The Academy awards the Education Prize to emphasise and encourage quality in Dutch education. Science and scholarship depend on inspired teaching, both now and in the future.

The Education Prize is awarded annually to the twelve best subject cluster projects by Dutch secondary school pupils (pre-university level). The winning pupils will receive a bursary worth 1,500 euros for their first year of study at a Dutch university or university of applied sciences and an Academy certificate. The teachers who have supervised the winning pupils will be offered a group cultural trip. The relevant schools will receive an Academy plaque.

The Education Prize is the Academy’s gift to Dutch education. It was established in 2008 to mark the two hundredth anniversary of the Academy’s founding. See the Education Prize website (Dutch only) for more information about submissions, the assessment process, and practical matters.

Disciplines

Subject clusters (pre-university): Nature and Technology; Nature and Health; Economy and Society; Culture and Society

Who is it for?

Secondary school pupils in their final year (pre-university level), teachers, schools

Nomination and award

Four subject cluster juries assess the submissions; each jury consists of two Academy members, a member of the Young Academy, and a representative of an Academy research institute. The next set of awards will be presented on 11 June 2013.