14 September 2015
State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science Sander Dekker and NWO chairman Jos Engelen awarded NWO Spinoza Prizes today to four leading scientists working in the Netherlands. Organic chemist René Janssen, religious studies scholar Birgit Meyer, statistician Aad van der Vaart and human genetics professor Cisca Wijmenga were presented with the prize in the Nieuwe Kerk in The Hague.
7 July 2015
21 promising young scientists are set to carry out research at leading foreign institutes with a grant from the Rubicon programme of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). NWO’s Rubicon programme gives promising researchers the opportunity to gain international experience as a springboard for their scientific career.
29 April 2015
Can general and commercial access to experimental medicines be made easier in a safe and responsible manner? How can citizens, government bodies and companies remain involved in designing the smart city of the future? What can Dutch companies learn from collaboration with local entrepreneurs in Africa for innovations in the Netherlands? And how can emotions help to make innovations a success?
