The KNAW Early Career Award encourages the further development of a diverse range of early career scientists and scholars who have made valuable and innovative contributions to science or scientific practice.
The KNAW Early Career Award encourages the further development of a diverse range of early career scientists and scholars who have made valuable and innovative contributions to science or scientific practice.
'I am using the funds from the KNAW Early Career Award for my research on severe perineal tears and pelvic floor disorders. Through my research, I hope to help women with such issues realize that they are not alone, and that our work will make it increasingly possible to treat these conditions.'
All disciplines within the Domains:
Scientists and scholars in the Kingdom of the Netherlands who obtained their PhD between three and seven years ago, and do not hold a position as PI, Associate Professor, Professor or equivalent. An extension arrangement applies to the post-PhD period.
Members of the Royal Academy (KNAW) and The Young Academy, full professors [hoogleraren] working at a University in the Kingdom of the Nederlands and directors of research institutes in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The KNAW Early Career Award (hereafter: the Award) was established in 2019 as encouragement for a diverse range of scientists and scholars who have made valuable and innovative contributions to science or scientific practice in the years following the completion of their PhD. These contributions may relate to the themes identified in the Recognition & Rewards programme: research, education, impact, patient care (in university medical centres), or leadership.
A maximum of twelve awards are presented annually, with a maximum of three awards in each of the four Academy domains. Laureates each receive of a work of art and a sum of € 15,000 to be used at their discretion for the benefit of their own research career.
This year's ceremony will take place on Tuesday 19 November 2025 at the Trippenhuis in Amsterdam.
Laureates of the 2024 Early Career Award