By means of funds and prizes, we support excellent and promising researchers and put them in the spotlight.
By means of funds and prizes, we support excellent and promising researchers and put them in the spotlight.
The Christiaan Huygens Science Award is presented annually to a researcher whose doctoral dissertation has made an innovative contribution to one of the disciplines space sciences, mathematics or physics. In 2023 the award will be focusing on physics.
View prizeThe KNAW Early Career Award recognizes innovative and original research and stimulates the further development of the careers of all kinds of early career researchers in various areas of scientific practice.
View prizeThe Bakhuis Roozeboom Medal recognises individual researchers who have made a significant contribution to phase theory.
View prizeThe Buys Ballot Medal recognises individual researchers who have made a significant contribution to meteorology, particularly in the field of climate change.
View prizeDuring the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, talented young researchers have the opportunity to meet peers from almost 100 countries and to talk to Nobel laureates.
View prizeResearchers studying animal behaviour, including behavioural biology and psychology, may apply for a grant to cover expenses associated with research, study trips to foreign research groups or the organization of scientific meetings or knowledge dissemination.
View fundThe M.W. Beijerinck Virology Prize is awarded to an internationally renowned researcher who has made a ground-breaking contribution to virology research. The prizewinner receives a monetary award of EUR 35,000.
View prizeThe Beijerinck Premium is awarded to a young scientist who is conducting original and outstanding virus-related research. The laureate receives a monetary award of EUR 25,000.
View prizeThe Gilles Holst Medal honours researchers who have made an outstanding contribution to applied physics or chemistry.
View prizeThe Academy Medal is awarded every other year to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of science in the Netherlands in the broadest sense.
View prizeThe Lorentz Medal honours scientists who have made a pioneering contribution to theoretical physics.
View prizeIn 2021, groups consisting of at least three scientists with a proven and structural track record in science communication could apply for funding of up to EUR 10,000 to support and/or enrich their science communication activities.
View fundThe Van 't Hoff Fund awards grants for research, publications and scientific meetings in the field of chemistry.
View fundEvery two years, the Heineken Prizes are awarded to five internationally leading scientists and a talented visual artist in the Netherlands.
View prizeThe Heineken Young Scientists Awards are awarded every two years to recognise young researchers who have made outstanding scientific contributions and set an example for other young scientists.
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