12 December 2019
NWO is going to introduce a uniform narrative curriculum vitae format in the upcoming Vici round. This measure dovetails with a new approach for recognising and rewarding scientists and follows on from the position paper Room for everyone’s talent, which NWO recently published with its partners. Moreover, NWO has had good experiences in recent years with the narrative CV in the pre-application pilot for the Veni in the NWO domains SSH, AES and ZonMw.
31 October 2019
In 2020 NWO will update the landscape inventory of large-scale research infrastructures.
2 October 2019
Six top researchers will receive the NWO Spinoza Prize and NWO Stevin Prize today from the Minister of Education, Culture and Science, Ingrid van Engelshoven, in the Koninklijke Schouwburg (Royal Theatre) in The Hague. The prizes are the highest distinction in Dutch science.
21 June 2019
Today, NWO chair Stan Gielen announced that professor Bas van Bavel, professor Yvette van Kooyk, professor Ronald Hanson and professor Amina Helmi have received the NWO Spinoza Prize, and professor Andrea Evers and professor Jack Pronk the NWO Stevin Prize. The Spinoza and Stevin Prizes are the highest awards in Dutch science. Each laureate will receive 2.5 million euros, which they can spend on scientific research and activities related to knowledge utilisation.
23 May 2019
NWO has awarded a WISE grant to three female research talents. For Dr Sarah Caudill this has opened the way for an appointment at the National Institute for subatomic physics, Nikhef. Dr Julia Engelmann will set to work at the oceanographic research Institute NIOZ. Finally, Dr Liubov Amitonova will work at ARCNL, the research Institute for nanolithography. With the WISE programme, NWO encourages the appointment and further promotion of female top researchers at NWO institutes.
13 May 2019
At the start of 2018, NWO announced that it would require an embedding guarantee from candidates for the Veni and Vidi funding rounds and that it would evaluate this measure after one year. The evaluation has now been completed and reveals that the measure has led to the number of applications for the Vidi grant being reduced by more than 25% compared to 2017. Additionally, it turns out that the embedding guarantee has not led to a discipline, institution or institute no longer being able to participate in the Vidi round.
4 March 2019
On Monday 4 March 2019, NWO has launched the second funding round of the NWA research programme 'Research along Routes by Consortia' (ORC). The funding programme aimed at all research disciplines stimulates interdisciplinary research and innovation, bringing societal and scientific breakthroughs within reach. For the 2019 funding round a budget of 80.5 million euros is available. The deadline for announcing initiatives is 9 May 2019. The deadline for submitting a pre-proposal is 6 June 2019.
26 February 2019
32 leading scientists will each receive 1.5 million euros from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). This Vici grant will enable them to develop an innovative line of research and set up their own research group in the coming five years. Vici is one of the largest scientific grants for individuals in the Netherlands and targets advanced researchers.
6 February 2019
From January 2019, researchers can once again submit applications for computing time on national computer systems. Applications can be submitted to NWO at any time.
