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Sign up for matchmaking event Partnership NWO-Plantum

19 July 2018

NWO and Plantum would like to invite researchers to share their ideas and to join in the route to climate smart plant production. Ensured quality, harvest certainty and resilience are main issues for plant production of the near future. Because of their world leading position, Dutch plant breeding companies have a huge impact on the global availability of solutions for production challenges when it comes to biotic stresses and productivity under normal conditions. But for the challenges on abiotic stresses, there is a lack of knowledge.
Association for informal care offers family tool MyFutures

18 July 2018

The national association for informal care Mezzo has started offering one of the results of the MyFutures research project: the Family Talk Package. This project received funding from the Creative Industries - Research Through Design 2015 Cooperation Programme of NWO Domain Applied and Engineering Sciences (AES). The talk package was developed by researchers from Delft University of Technology, the Design Academy Eindhoven and design agency Muzus, healthcare organisations and municipalities. "A conversation about the future always feels too early until it is too late."
154 researchers awarded a NWO Veni grant worth 250,000 euros

16 July 2018

The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded a Veni grant worth up to 250,000 euros to 154 highly promising young scientists. The grant provides the laureates with the opportunity to further elaborate their own ideas during a period of three years.
NWO works on gender equality

5 July 2018

Today, science celebrates its first international day of 'LGBT+ people in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics'. LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. Studies show that people in this group often struggle to openly be themselves out in the open which affects the academic climate. NWO pursues a diversity policy with emphasis on gender equality. A concrete example was the signing of Gender Equality Plans by four NWO institutes during Physics@Veldhoven on 22 January 2018. The plans describe clear actions and milestones and first results are visible.
Save the date: 12 december 2018 Pump your Career

5 July 2018

Diversity and inclusiveness are indispensable for science. If science wants to be relevant for society then it needs to reflect the various identities and perceptions that exist within society. To boost the careers of female scientists, facilitate their promotion to higher positions, and to generate attention for the various dimensions of diversity and inclusiveness, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and the Dutch Network of Women Professors (LNVH) are organising a talent day on Wednesday 12 December 2018 at the Beatrix Theater in Utrecht.

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