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Welkom bij de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen: hoeder en duider van de wetenschap in Nederland

De KNAW is bij wet gehouden iedere vier jaar een 'instellingsplan’ vast te stellen. Het beleid voor de komende jaren is verwoord in Staan op Kennis. Strategische Agenda 2021-2025.

Beleid

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Met vragen over onderzoek, bijeenkomsten en beleid van de KNAW kunt u terecht bij de afdeling Communicatie. Die biedt ook wegwijs bij het zoeken naar deskundigen.

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The Academy is the forum, the voice and the conscience of science in the Netherlands. Its institutes lead the way here and abroad with their research and collections. Its activities are based on the conviction that knowledge and creativity are the most important ingredients for well-being and prosperity.

About the KNAW

By means of funds and prizes, we support excellent and promising researchers and put them in the spotlight.

<a href="https://www.knaw.nl/en/academy-funds-and-awards">More about the Academy funds and prizes</a>

Funds and Prizes

The De la Court Prize recognises individuals who have produced outstanding scholarly work in the social sciences or humanities without financial reward, independently and outside the established academic institutions. The prizewinner receives a monetary award of EUR 7,500.

The De la Court Prize recognises individuals who have produced outstanding scholarly work in the social sciences or humanities without financial reward, independently and outside the established academic institutions. 

De la Court Prize

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Nieuws

The direct health effects of these environmental changes are often clear, but the indirect effects are much more difficult to study, even though they are likely to impact many more people. In the report 'Planetary Health. An emerging field to be developed' the Academy surveys the knowledge gaps and identifies where progress can be made in filling them.

The direct health effects of these environmental changes are often clear, but the indirect effects are much more difficult to study, even though they are likely to impact many more people. In the report 'Planetary Health. An emerging field to be developed' the Academy surveys the knowledge gaps and identifies where progress can be made in filling them. 

Planetary Health. An emerging field to be developed 

Drie van de KNAW-instituten doen onderzoek waarbij dieren worden ingezet. De KNAW heeft daarnaast diverse adviezen en publicaties over dierproeven uitgebracht.

Drie van de KNAW-instituten doen onderzoek waarbij dieren worden ingezet. De KNAW heeft daarnaast diverse adviezen en publicaties over dierproeven uitgebracht.

Dierproeven

Gonda Lecture spoken by Upinder Singh, 10 June 2022. The J. Gonda Foundation supports the scholarly study of Sanskrit, other classical Indian languages and literature, and Indian cultural history. The Foundation organizes the Gonda Lecture every year, which is also published.<h2>Inscribing power on the realm: Royal ideology and religious policy in India c. 200 BCE-300 CE</h2>Upinder Singh, Professor of History, Ashoka University, Sonepat, India, argues that the fundamental template of ancient Indian political ideology and religious policy was established during the period c. 200 BCE-300 CE through a continuous dialogic process revealed in the manner in which kings inscribed their power on their realm. She does so by drawing on epigraphic evidence to focus on three themes.

Upinder Singh argues that the fundamental template of ancient Indian political ideology and religious policy was established during the period c. 200 BCE-300 CE through a continuous dialogic process revealed in the manner in which kings inscribed their power on their realm. She does so by drawing on epigraphic evidence to focus on three themes.



Gonda Lecture by Upinder Singh

De KNAW Onderwijsprijs is dé prijs voor buitengewone vwo-profielwerkstukken. De KNAW wil met deze prijs uitstekende prestaties in het voortgezet onderwijs in het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden stimuleren en belonen.

De KNAW Onderwijsprijs is dé prijs voor buitengewone vwo-profielwerkstukken. De KNAW wil met deze prijs uitstekende prestaties in het voortgezet onderwijs in het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden stimuleren en belonen. 

KNAW Onderwijsprijs

In the Faces of Science project, PhD candidates communicate about their research and their lives as doctoral students in blogs, vlogs, articles, lectures, media appearances and social media activities. They are members of the Faces of Science network and receive tools and training to hone their science communication skills. Faces of Science cooperates with a team consisting of <a href="https://www.nemokennislink.nl/">NEMO Kennislink</a> staff and members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and The Young Academy. The Lira Foundation supports the project.

In the Faces of Science project, PhD candidates communicate about their research and their lives as doctoral students in blogs, vlogs, articles, lectures, media appearances and social media activities. They are members of the Faces of Science network and receive tools and training to hone their science communication skills. 

Faces of Science

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