Strongest MRI scanner in the world will be built in the Netherlands

A consortium of seven partners, led by the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour (Radboud University), has received a €19 million Roadmap grant from NWO. It will be used to build the world's first MRI scanner with a magnetic field strength of 14 Tesla in Nijmegen. Every two years, the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science makes funds available to NWO for the National Roadmap Large-Scale Research Infrastructure. This enables the construction or renewal of essential research infrastructure in the Netherlands. In the DYNAMIC project, researchers will build the world's first MRI scanner with a magnetic field strength of 14 Tesla. The scanner's high sensitivity will allow scientists to image the brain in more detail and thereby better understand brain function, but will also enable them to gain new insights into mechanisms of diseases and their treatment throughout the body. 'The new MRI scanner will be placed in on the Nijmegen campus, but the scanner will be a tremendous resource for the Dutch scientific community and collaborate with international partners,' stresses David Norris, project leader and Professor of Magnetic Resonance Physics at the Donders Institute of Radboud University.