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18 October 2018
On Friday afternoon November 23 a workshop will take place for all consortia that submitted a pre-proposal for the call Living Labs in the Dutch Delta.
17 October 2018
Do you trust weapons that decide when they shoot? Do you want to be defended by soldiers who are physically and mentally "upgraded"? Why do we trust new technologies? Can we find solutions for death? What will the human of the future look like? And can the future be fixed? On 8 and 9 November 2018, a new edition of Brave New World will be held in the Stadsgehoorzaal in Leiden. A conference about the impact of future technologies on people and society.
Cyber attacks of varying levels of severity realised by various parties and actors threaten society daily. Managing security risks in the cyber domain is more urgent than ever for our increasingly digitised society. The broad societal importance of the cyber security challenge requires a joint effort of science, industry and government.
The board of NWO Domain Science has approved six project proposals for the European call Biodivscen.
16 October 2018
Research consortia can submit proposals for research in the area of art and culture, heritage and media in relation to the creative industry. The deadline is 5 February 2019 at 14.00 hours CEST. The aim is to make connections between concrete innovative art and culture practices and comprehensive scientific and societal issues. Eligible proposals concern themes in which societal and scientific challenges and everyday practice are brought together.
Depressed classmates appear to be better helpers than young people who are not depressed. Furthermore, a depressed pupil who helps another pupil often starts to feel a bit more cheerful. These are findings from the doctoral research of Loes van Rijsewijk (University of Groningen). Van Rijsewijk did her research with a Research Talent grant from NWO and made use of the SNARE data collection funded by NWO.
The Dick Stufkens Prize 2018 for the best PhD thesis of the Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry (HRSMC) will be awarded to Dr Stefan Vuckovic. In his thesis, Vuckovic presents a new and innovative approach to the quantum mechanical calculation of atomic and molecular energies. It lays the foundation for a more accurate modelling of drugs, catalysts, solar cells and batteries.
15 October 2018
On 16 November, NWO and ARIAS (Amsterdam Research Institute of the Arts and Sciences) are jointly organising the Smart Culture Working Conference in Utrecht to explore the concept of Arts, Research & Science. 'Smart Culture' is the name of an NWO grant programme that allows experienced researchers (from universities and universities of applied sciences) to request funding for research in the area of arts and culture.
NWO will no longer use its own funds to enter into new financial obligations for joint calls via ERA-NETs and JPIs. The main reason for this is that NWO focusses on new forms of international collaboration in its new strategic plan (2019-2022).
12 October 2018
NORFACE* announces a new transnational research programme on democratic governance. The main focus of this research programme will be on understanding the precise nature of the recent turbulence in democratic politics and governance in Europe, how European states can negotiate it and how they can develop strategies to enhance the quality of democratic politics and governance. The Call for Proposals is expected to be published on 3 December 2018, with a deadline for submitting Outline Proposals on 19 February 2019. Please note that these dates may still be subject to changes.
