Joana Ozorio de Almeida Meroz (Visual Arts, Media and Architecture research MA student) has been awarded an NWO Mosaic PhD scholarship to carry out her research 'A Socio-Cultural History of Dutch Design, 1945-2010'. This is the first time a Mosaic scholarship is awarded to the Faculty of Arts of the VU University Amsterdam. She gave a presentation on her research at the official Mosaic award ceremony on 17 October 2011, after the speech by VU rector magnificus Lex Bouter.