(IN BRIEF) The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has launched a new €6.1 million funding call to support research into innovative nuclear reactors and advanced nuclear fuels, as part of the Netherlands’ broader strategy to strengthen nuclear energy as a low-carbon … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Netherlands, News, Science, Technology
Tagged advanced modular reactors, Dutch nuclear energy research programme, Dutch Research Council, Generation IV reactors, low carbon energy, materials research, micro reactors, Ministry of Climate and Green Growth, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, monitoring systems, Netherlands, nuclear energy, nuclear fuels, nuclear innovation, NWO, NWO Opens €6.1 Million Programme to Support Innovative Nuclear Energy Technologies, public private consortia, reactor safety
(IN BRIEF) NWO and GroenvermogenNL are granting €19.3 million to the HyFINE consortium to develop greener, hydrogen-driven production methods for specialty and fine chemicals, helping reduce reliance on fossil feedstocks and lowering waste and energy use. Including co-funding and in-kind … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Chemicals, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Netherlands, News, Science, Technology
Tagged circular production, climate-neutral production, consortium, Dutch chemical industry, Dutch green chemistry push strengthened as €24.2 million HyFINE initiative accelerates fossil-free chemical synthesis, Electrochemistry, Evgeny Pidko, Fernanda Neira D’Angelo, fine chemicals, Green Chemistry, GroenvermogenNL, hydrogen, HyFINE, industry partners, innovation Netherlands, National Growth Fund, NWO, photo redox catalysis, renewable electrons, research institutes, specialty chemicals, sustainable synthesis, TNO, TU Delft, universities, €19.3 million funding, €24.2 million investment
(IN BRIEF) NWO has granted funding to eight international research projects focused on museum collections with colonial histories. The programme supports collaborative academic work between Dutch institutions and researchers from countries connected to the collections, aiming to address provenance gaps, … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Awards, Education, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Netherlands, News, Science, Technology
Tagged ABC natural history collections, Aceh shell middens, Asmat bis poles, Banda Neira nutmeg, colonial collections research, digitization, Dutch Research Agenda, Eight Research Initiatives Awarded Support Under NWO Call on Colonial-Context Collections, heritage restitution, international collaboration, museum cooperation, museum provenance, NHM architecture, NWO, provenance studies, Río de la Plata cartography, UnRest project, Verhoeven collections
(IN BRIEF) The Water4ALL Partnership is launching its third funding round under Water for a Circular Economy, with NWO awarding nearly €3.4 million to Dutch-linked proposals. Twenty-seven international projects have been selected, including ten involving Dutch research teams, with work … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Netherlands, News, Science, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged 27 projects, aquifer recharge, arsenic recovery, Bioplastics, circular economy, circular water systems, Dutch applicants, Eindhoven University of Technology, European Partnerships, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Horizon Europe, industrial wastewater, monitoring technologies, Nature-based solutions, Netherlands plays leading role in Water4ALL as new €3.4 million circular water economy programme begins, nitrogen recovery, NWO, saline wastewater recovery, Saxion University of Applied Sciences, TU Delft, Wageningen University & Research, Water for a Circular Economy, water reuse, Water4ALL Partnership, €3.4 million funding
(IN BRIEF) Three researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology — Ahmed Dorrah, Jaime Bonnin Roca, and Hamdi Joudeh — have each received NWO Vidi grants worth up to €850,000 to advance their individual research programs. The funding enables them to … Read the full press release
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Tagged Ahmed Dorrah, Autonomous Vehicles, Brainport Region, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology Strengthens Research Excellence with Three NWO Vidi Grant Recipients, energy efficiency, government innovation, Hamdi Joudeh, information theory, innovation policy, Jaime Bonnin Roca, nano-optics, Netherlands science, NWO, photonics, Quantum technology, research funding, semiconductor, TU/e, Vidi grants, wireless sensing
(IN BRIEF) TU/e has received funding for two research projects under the NWO Big Chemistry program, each worth €400,000. The projects, led by Jan van Hest and Nadia Erkamp in partnership with Arla, and by Ghislaine Vantomme with SupraPolix, both … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Chemicals, Education, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, News, Science, Technology
Tagged AI in chemistry, Arla, Big Chemistry, biomaterials, BioSoftCoat, CASEIN, Eindhoven University of Technology, Ghislaine Vantomme, high-throughput experiments, Jan van Hest, Nadia Erkamp, National Growth Fund, Netherlands research funding, NWO, partnership, robotics in chemistry, SupraPolix, sustainable dairy, TU/e, ultrasoft coatings
(IN BRIEF) The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has opened nominations for the Tulip Fund, a €50 million initiative aimed at attracting leading scientists from outside the EU to Dutch universities and research institutions. The fund focuses on appointing globally recognized … Read the full press release
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Tagged academic freedom, applied research, Dutch Research Council, European research, fundamental research, Global Collaboration, international researchers, knowledge institutions, Netherlands, NWO, partnership, scientific excellence, sustainable research groups, Tulip Fund, universities, €50 million fund
(IN BRIEF) Two recent PhD graduates from the University of Groningen, M. Kokkorakis and K. Zhong, have secured prestigious Rubicon grants from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). Over the next two years, Kokkorakis will work at Yale School … Read the full press release
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Tagged academic careers, AI in enzyme engineering, Awards, biocatalysts, Dutch research, Green Chemistry, Harvard Medical School, humanized liver models, international research, K. Zhong, leadership, lipids and immunity, liver disease research, M. Kokkorakis, metabolic diseases, NWO, protein dynamics, Rubicon programme, spectroscopy, sustainable science, University of Groningen, Yale School of Medicine
(IN BRIEF) The CET Partnership’s 2025 call offers €2 million for international research projects that accelerate the EU’s energy transition toward a low-emission economy by 2050. Dutch applicants—including TO2 institutes—can apply for up to €400 000 per project, in collaboration … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News, Science, Technology
Tagged CET Partnership, Clean Energy Transition Partnership, European Climate Law, European Green Deal, Horizon Europe, hydrogen, industrial frameworks, integrated energy systems, international collaboration, low-emission economy 2050, matchmaking 19 June, matchmaking 24 June, multi-vector interactions, NWO, pre-proposal deadline 9 October 2025, renewable fuels, RVO, TO2 institutes, webinar 17 June, €2 million funding
(IN BRIEF) The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has granted over €4.1 million to fourteen research projects under the 2023 Thematic Digital Competence Centers (TDCC) call. These projects support digital transformation in Life Sciences & Health, Natural and Engineering Sciences, and … Read the full press release
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Tagged AI Training, AI-savvy researchers, Amsterdam UMC, audiovisual data, cloud-native data, cohort harmonization, DANS, data infrastructure Netherlands, data stewardship, data-driven research, digital research infrastructure, digital transformation in research, Dutch science funding, FAIR data, geospatial machine learning, HPC, Leiden University, Life Sciences and Health, Natural and Engineering Sciences, non-competitive research grants, NWO, NWO funding 2025, Open Science, Radboud University, research transparency, scientific reproducibility, social sciences and humanities, SSH data privacy, SURF, synthetic data, TDCC, Thematic Digital Competence Centers, TU Delft, UMC Groningen, University of Amsterdam, University of Twente, Utrecht University, VU Amsterdam
(IN BRIEF) The press release announces that the NWO has allocated over 7.7 million euros for four projects aimed at digitizing energy renovation efforts in the built environment. A primary focus of these projects, especially the DPARt project coordinated by … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Education, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News, Science, Technology
Tagged agent-based simulation, AI gamification, built environment, co-funding, consortium partners, Data Governance, digital models, digitalization, DPARt, Dujuan Yang, energy consumption, energy renovations, homeowners associations, INNOVATION, leadership, living labs, NWO, NWO-KIC, partnership, Public Private Partnership, Qi Han, sustainability, sustainable renovations, TU/e, Virtual Reality, VvE
(IN BRIEF) NWO’s Open Technology Programme is funding six application-oriented projects in the Applied and Engineering Sciences domain with an investment of over 4.9 million euros, supplemented by more than 720,000 euros from industry and other organizations. The projects, which … Read the full press release
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Tagged 2D materials, AI, application-oriented projects, Applied and Engineering Sciences, atomic force microscopy, BATT-AI, battery energy storage, Bloch oscillations, energy transition, funding, industry collaboration, Islam Khalil, mesoscopic transport, multiprobe cantilever, Nataly Bañol Arias, NWO, Open Technology Programme, partnership, Radboud University Medical Centre, TU Delft, twisted bilayer graphene, University of Twente, UT researchers, vascular intervention, wireless robotic clot retrieval
(IN BRIEF) The NWO Executive Board has approved seventeen groundbreaking grant applications aimed at advancing fundamental, high-impact scientific research. These projects cover a diverse range of topics, from cancer research and immune systems to climate change and sustainable technology, all … Read the full press release
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Tagged cancer research, climate change, digital sovereignty, fundamental research, Grant Approvals, Horizon Europe, M-grants, NWO, Open Competition, scientific innovation, sustainable technology
(IN BRIEF) This week, the Dutch Senate is deliberating the 2025 budget, which includes significant cuts to higher education and scientific research. NWO has expressed concern that these reductions will hinder the Netherlands’ ability to remain competitive as a knowledge-based … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Economy, Education, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News, Politics, Science, Technology
Tagged 2025 budget, Climate, COVID-19, cuts, digitalisation, Dutch Senate, economic growth, Education Quality, health, higher education, INNOVATION, knowledge economy, Marcel Levi, MRI scanner, Netherlands, NWO, Open Science, Open Science NL, PhD grants, prosperity, Radboudumc, research funding, safety, Scientific Infrastructure, scientific research, strategic autonomy, talent, teachers, universities, university medical centers
(IN BRIEF) The NWO Open Competition Science – XS for 2025 invites researchers with innovative, high-risk projects to submit applications for funding. The competition offers up to €50,000 per project, with a total budget of €2.4 million per package. The … Read the full press release
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Tagged 000, 2025, February 18 2025, funding, funding deadlines, funding packages, Groundbreaking Research, high-risk initiatives, innovative projects, May 6 2025, negative results, NWO, NWO Domain Science, NWO Domain Science framework, Open Competition Science – XS, Open Competition-M, Open Competition-XL, Positive Results, research development, researchers, September 16 2025, €2.4 million, €50
(IN BRIEF) On December 15, 2024, Professor Caroline Katsman was appointed as the scientific figurehead of the Dutch Climate Research Initiative (KIN). A renowned climate scientist with expertise in oceans and climate, she will collaborate with fellow figurehead Professor Derk … Read the full press release
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Tagged 2050, appointment, climate change, climate crisis, climate research, climate science policy, climate scientist, climate-neutral society, collaboration, consultation, Delft University of Technology, Dutch Climate Research Initiative, Dutch university climate centers, Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Kin, KNAW, KNMI, leadership, Michiel van den Hout, NWO, NWO Vidi grant, ocean circulation, oceans and climate, physical climate science, Professor Caroline Katsman, Professor Derk Loorbach, scientific figurehead, sea level rise, societal stakeholders, societal transformation, strategic partnerships, transition, transition science
(IN BRIEF) The NWO Round Table Earth and Environmental Sciences has launched the White Paper on Earth and Environmental Sciences (EES) to strengthen collaboration and coherence within the Dutch EES research community. The document outlines key activities, networks, and integration … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The NWO Domain Science (ENW) has awarded five prestigious prizes, each worth €50,000, to recognize outstanding contributions in science across categories such as societal impact, diversity, communication, and team collaboration. The winners include female role models advancing equality, … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News, Science, Technology
Tagged Awards, Dr. Maartje de Graaf, Dr. Tamara Mchedlidze, Dr. Tjalling Bosse, leadership, Nanda Horeweg, NWO, Prof. Dr. Anja Volk, Prof. Dr. Hannah Dugdale, Prof. Dr. Iris Sommer, Prof. Dr. Liesbeth Janssen, Prof. Dr. Wim Noorduin, Prof. Viktor Kölzer, Scientific Contributions
(IN BRIEF) Four research consortia have been awarded nearly €19 million through the NWO Perspectief programme to advance technological innovations addressing societal challenges. Supported by funding from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and contributions from 37 partner organizations, these projects … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Denmark, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged AI, Dirk Beljaarts, Margot Weijnen, NWO, Technological Innovations
(IN BRIEF) The Netherlands Initiative for Education Research (NRO) has been praised for its effective and transparent operations between 2019 and 2023 in an independent evaluation by Dialogic. The report commends NRO’s role in advancing education quality through research programming, … Read the full press release
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