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

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Mandatenregeling KNAW

Knowledge and creativity as the basis of our society.

Welcome to the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW): guardian and interpreter of science in the Netherlands

Beantwoording adviesaanvraag d.d. 8 december 2000 minister OCenW.

Beantwoording adviesaanvraag d.d. 8 december 2000 minister OCenW



Primaten voor biomedisch onderzoek

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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 Academy Education Prize is awarded annually for twelve high-quality secondary-school research papers. There are first, second, and third prizes for each of the four subject clusters. The pupils who wrote the papers receive a scholarship of 2,000, 1,500, or 1,000 euros respectively and a certificate. The Academy rewards not only the pupils, but also the supervising teacher and the schools that made it possible for the pupils to achieve such top-class performance.The Academy Education Prize is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year.

In the context of the Academy Education Prize, the twelve best school research projects (pre-university level) are selected each year and the pupils who wrote them are awarded a scholarship of 2,000, 1,500 or 1,000 euros.

KNAW Education Prize

The J. Gonda Fund Foundation is part of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and supports the scholarly study of Sanskrit, other classical Indian languages and literature, and Indian cultural history.

The J. Gonda Fund Foundation is part of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and supports the scholarly study of Sanskrit, other classical Indian languages and literature, and Indian cultural history.

J. Gonda Fund

Door het uitreiken van fondsen en prijzen ondersteunen we excellente en veelbelovende onderzoekers en zetten we hen in de schijnwerpers. <a href="/fondsen-en-prijzen-knaw">Meer over de fondsen en prijzen van de KNAW</a>

Fondsen en Prijzen

With its historic architecture, the Trippenhuis is an exceptional venue for your event.The Trippenhuis was built between 1660 and 1662 as a residence for the brothers Louys and Hendrick Trip, dealers in copper, iron, and armaments. It has been the seat of the Academy since the early nineteenth century and for a time it also housed the Rijksmuseum, home of Rembrandt’s Night Watch and other famous works of art. When the Rijksmuseum moved to its new home, the Academy remained and gradually expanded into the adjacent canal-side mansions.

Venue hire

The IISG is a leading international archive and research institute in the field of social history, the history of labour and social movements.

The IISG is a leading international archive and research institute in the field of social history, the history of labour and social movements.

International Institute of Social History (IISH)

The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study is an intellectual haven for international researchers, writers, journalists and artists to pursue their research or projects, to work in an interdisciplinary environment and to share their knowledge with society.

The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study is an intellectual haven for international researchers, writers, journalists and artists to pursue their research or projects, to work in an interdisciplinary environment and to share their knowledge with society.

The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS)

Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) is the Netherlands institute for permanent access to digital research resources.

Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) is the Netherlands institute for permanent access to digital research resources.

Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS)

The Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute (Westerdijk Institute) is an Academy research institute that maintains a world-renowned microbial biological resource centre of living fungi, yeasts and bacteria. It is also a centre of expertise for mycology (the study of fungi and moulds).

The Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute (Westerdijk Institute) is an Academy research institute that maintains a world-renowned microbial biological resource centre of living fungi, yeasts and bacteria. It is also a centre of expertise for mycology (the study of fungi and moulds).

Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute

The Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) conducts research on population issues and makes demographic expertise available to researchers, policymakers and the public.

The Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) conducts research on population issues and makes demographic expertise available to researchers, policymakers and the public. 

The Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI)

The NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies investigates the history of world wars, large-scale violence and genocides, including their long-term impact on society. The institute also collects, stores and makes available archives and collections.

The NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies investigates the history of world wars, large-scale violence and genocides, including their long-term impact on society. The institute also collects, stores and makes available archives and collections. 

NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide studies

The Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO) conducts basic and strategic research on organisms, populations, ecological communities and ecosystems on land and in water.

The Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO) conducts basic and strategic research on organisms, populations, ecological communities and ecosystems on land and in water.

The Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO) 

The Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience conducts basic and strategic research in the neurosciences, focusing in particular on the brain and the visual system.

The Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience conducts basic and strategic research in the neurosciences, focusing in particular on the brain and the visual system.

Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience

The Meertens Institute studies and documents the Dutch language and Dutch culture.

The Meertens Institute studies and documents the Dutch language and Dutch culture.

Meertens Institute

The Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV) (1851) conducts research from an interdisciplinary and comparative perspective. The research focuses mainly on the continuities and discontinuities between the colonial period, contemporary history and contemporary developments. The programme also includes the impact of the colonial past on the post-colonial Netherlands.

The Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV) performs research in the humanities and social sciences focusing on Southeast Asia and the Caribbean.

The Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV)

The institute aims to make Dutch history and culture more inclusive. It also provides access to primary source material and text editions on which to base further analytical and interpretive research. In addition, the Huygens Institute takes the lead in developing innovative methods, tools and sustainable digital infrastructure.

The institute aims to make Dutch history and culture more inclusive. It also provides access to primary source material and text editions on which to base further analytical and interpretive research. In addition, the Huygens Institute takes the lead in developing innovative methods, tools and sustainable digital infrastructure.

Huygens Institute

The focus of research at the Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research is developmental and stem cell biology. The institute has twenty-four interdisciplinary research groups that conduct basic research using healthy and sick cells, tissue and organisms.

The Hubrecht Institute collaborates with numerous local, national and international laboratories. It is partnered with Utrecht University Medical Centre, Utrecht University, Princess Máxima Centre for Paediatric Oncology, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the Oncode Institute.

The Hubrecht Institute - KNAW performs world-leading research in the field of developmental biology and stem cells. The research groups conduct fundamental, multidisciplinary research on healthy and diseased cells, tissues and organisms.

Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research

The Academy institutes play a leading role in Dutch and international research. They serve as national centres of expertise, and manage and provide access to collections and/or research facilities, many of which are world-famous.

<a href="https://www.knaw.nl/en/about-institutes">Read more about the institutes</a>

Institutes

The Academy has approximately 600 members. Membership is awarded on the basis of scientific and scholarly achievement. Members are appointed for life. <a href="https://www.knaw.nl/en/about-knaw/members-academy">Read more.</a>Looking for members from the past? <a href="https://dwc.knaw.nl/en/biografie/pmknaw/">Please visit the historical membership list.</a>

Members

Op 27 november 2023 was de discussiebijeenkomst ’Essentiële geneesmiddelen als publiek goed: Ruimte voor maatschappelijk eigenaarschap?’, georganiseerd door de KNAW. Deze bijeenkomst bood een waardevol platform, waar experts uit wetenschap, beleid en de farmaceutische sector samenkwamen om van gedachten te wisselen over dit onderwerp.

Op 27 november 2023 was de discussiebijeenkomst ’Essentiële geneesmiddelen als publiek goed: Ruimte voor maatschappelijk eigenaarschap?’, georganiseerd door de KNAW. Deze bijeenkomst bood een waardevol platform, waar experts uit wetenschap, beleid en de farmaceutische sector samenkwamen om van gedachten te wisselen over dit onderwerp. 

'Wetenschap moet rol in ontwikkeling medicijnen terugpakken' - Verslag discussiebijeenkomst Essentiële geneesmiddelen als publiek goed

Verslag

Discussiebijeenkomst Essentiële geneesmiddelen als publiek goed - Ruimte voor maatschappelijk eigenaarschap?

'Wetenschap moet rol in ontwikkeling medicijnen terugpakken' - Verslag discussiebijeenkomst Essentiële geneesmiddelen als publiek goed

Verslag

Discussiebijeenkomst Essentiële geneesmiddelen als publiek goed - Ruimte voor maatschappelijk eigenaarschap?

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