Kennis & creativiteit als basis van onze samenleving.

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

De Franse oncologe Laurence Zitvogel onderzoekt al dertig jaar het verband tussen het immuunsysteem en het succes van therapieën om kanker te bestrijden. Zo ontdekte zij onder meer dat micro-organismen in de darm de effectiviteit van de behandeling van kanker beïnvloeden. Voor haar baanbrekende wetenschappelijke werk op dat gebied en haar gedreven inzet om daarmee de behandeling van en de zorg voor kankerpatiënten te verbeteren, ontvangt zij dit jaar de Bob Pinedo Cancer Care Award. De voertaal tijdens deze bijeenkomst is Engels.

Uitreiking van de Bob Pinedo Cancer Care Award 2022 aan Laurence Zitvogel.

KNAW Trippenhuis - Kloveniersburgwal 29, Amsterdam

Uitreiking Bob Pinedo Cancer Care Award 2022 aan Laurence Zitvogel

Babs Gons is spoken word-performer en sinds dit jaar lid van de Akademie van Kunsten. In deze Uit de Kunst-lezing neemt ze het publiek mee in de verteltraditie van spoken word, waarin op sociale en poëtische wijze commentaar wordt gegeven op het leven, de liefde, de dood en alles daartussen.

Babs Gons is spoken word-performer en sinds dit jaar lid van de Akademie van Kunsten. In deze Uit de Kunst-lezing neemt ze het publiek mee in de verteltraditie van spoken word, waarin op sociale en poëtische wijze commentaar wordt gegeven op het leven, de liefde, de dood en alles daartussen.

Uit de Kunst: Babs Gons

Wat moeten we bewaren, wat weggooien, hoe kunnen we onthouden? Een verkenning op het snijvlak van theorie en praktijk in de kunsten, de film en aanverwante terreinen. Georganiseerd ter gelegenheid van de tentoonstelling 'Fiona Tan - Mountains and Molehills' in Eye Filmmuseum.

Wat moeten we bewaren, wat weggooien, hoe kunnen we onthouden? Een verkenning op het snijvlak van theorie en praktijk in de kunsten, de film en aanverwante terreinen. Georganiseerd ter gelegenheid van de tentoonstelling 'Fiona Tan - Mountains and Molehills' in Eye Filmmuseum.

Mountains and Molehills Symposium

In de Uit de Kunst-lezing van 21 december vertelde Jetse Batelaan, jeugdtheaterregisseur, aan de hand van beeldfragmenten over zijn ontwikkeling als maker en zijn werk bij Theater Artemis. Daar maakt hij ontregelend en grensverleggend theater voor kinderen, pubers en iedereen die dan nog overblijft. In zijn lezing vertelt hij meer over zijn aanvankelijke ongemak met drama en conflict, de inspirerende subversieve kracht van een jong publiek en de waarde van paniek in de kunstbeleving van kinderen. Zowel zijn voorstellingen als ook de kunstprojecten van Theater Artemis komen in deze lezing aan bod.

In de Uit de Kunst-lezing van 21 december vertelde Jetse Batelaan, jeugdtheaterregisseur, aan de hand van beeldfragmenten over zijn ontwikkeling als maker en zijn werk bij Theater Artemis.

Uit de Kunst: Jetse Batelaan

In deze Uit de Kunst-lezing interviewde Yoeri Albrecht beeldend kunstenaar Jan Dibbets over het wezen van fotografie in relatie tot beeldende kunst.

In deze Uit de Kunst-lezing interviewde Yoeri Albrecht beeldend kunstenaar Jan Dibbets over het wezen van fotografie in relatie tot beeldende kunst.

Uit de Kunst: Jan Dibbets

Redeneren over causale verbanden is binnen de gehele wetenschap een belangrijk thema. De Nobelprijs voor de Economie werd vorig jaar toegekend aan Guido Imbens, buitenlands lid van de KNAW. Samen met Joshua Angrist kreeg hij de prijs voor hun rol in de ontwikkeling van methoden om te onderzoeken hoe onderzoekers causale verbanden begrijpen en analyseren.

Redeneren over causale verbanden is binnen de gehele wetenschap een belangrijk thema. De Nobelprijs voor de Economie werd vorig jaar toegekend aan Guido Imbens, buitenlands lid van de KNAW. Samen met Joshua Angrist kreeg hij de prijs voor hun rol in de ontwikkeling van methoden om te onderzoeken hoe onderzoekers causale verbanden begrijpen en analyseren.

Online, via Zoom

Causaliteit in economie, informatica, logica en taalkunde 

Op 2 februari 2023 worden twee nieuwe boeken over de Indonesische Revolutie gepresenteerd. Tijdens de boekpresentatie zal het symposium 'Bridging the narratives: Indonesian and Dutch historians re-examine the Indonesian independence war' plaatsvinden.

Op 2 februari 2023 worden twee nieuwe boeken over de Indonesische Revolutie gepresenteerd. Tijdens de boekpresentatie zal het symposium 'Bridging the narratives: Indonesian and Dutch historians re-examine the Indonesian independence war' plaatsvinden.

Museum Volkenkunde, Steenstraat 1, Leiden

Boekpresentatie en symposium 'Bridging the Narratives. Indonesian and Dutch historians Re-examine the Indonesian Independence War'

Tijdens deze discussiemiddag staan verschillende aspecten en knelpunten van valorisatie door wetenschappers centraal. Dit is een besloten bijeenkomst voor leden van de KNAW.

Tijdens deze discussiemiddag staan verschillende aspecten en knelpunten van valorisatie door wetenschappers centraal. Dit is een besloten bijeenkomst voor de leden van de KNAW.

Valorisatie door Nederlandse wetenschappers

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Dit programma is terug te zien op het <a href="https://youtu.be/BJQ08yYd3Ho">YouTube-kanaal van de KNAW</a>.

Harpiste Lavinia Meijer begon in 2016 met haar levenswerk ‘Untitled’. Centraal hierin staat de vraag: ‘Hoe kijken we over 100 jaar terug op de huidige tijd?’. Tijdens de Uit de Kunst-lezing neemt ze ons mee in nieuwe invalshoeken op deze vraag. Met muziek als verbindende factor.

Uit de Kunst: Lavinia Meijer

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Ga mee in een tijdmachine met deze professionele tijdreizigers: een mariene bioloog, een galactisch archeoloog, een kunsthistoricus en een kunstenaarscollectief.

LiveScience - Naturalis, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden

InterScience De Jonge Akademie: Tijdmachine

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About the institutes

Het Knowledge Transfer Office (KTO) van de KNAW is opgericht om de KNAW-instituten en individuele KNAW onderzoekers te ondersteunen bij vragen rondom kennisbenutting. Het KTO helpt bij het zoeken van de nodige expertise voor deze kennisbenutting en biedt ondersteuning op het gebied van subsidiewerving.

Knowledge Transfer Office

De kwaliteit van de KNAW-instituten wordt regelmatig getoetst aan de hand van het Strategy Evaluation Protocol en de bijbehorende KNAW-handleiding voor evaluaties van KNAW-instituten. Op deze pagina treft u de evaluatiedocumenten van alle KNAW-instituten aan.

Evaluaties KNAW-instituten

Het onderzoek binnen het Hubrecht Instituut voor Ontwikkelingsbiologie en Stamcelonderzoek -KNAW richt zich op de ontwikkelings- en stamcelbiologie. Het instituut heeft 24 onderzoeksgroepen die fundamenteel, multidisciplinair onderzoek verrichten op gezonde en zieke cellen, weefsels en organismen. Het Hubrecht Instituut werkt samen met talrijke laboratoria op lokaal, nationaal en internationaal niveau. Het instituut heeft een speciaal partnerschap met het UMC Utrecht, Universiteit Utrecht, Prinses Máxima Centrum voor kinderoncologie, het European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) en Oncode Institute.

Het Hubrecht Instituut – KNAW doet wereldwijd toonaangevend onderzoek op het gebied van ontwikkelingsbiologie en stamcellen. De onderzoeksgroepen doen fundamenteel, multidisciplinair onderzoek op gezonde en zieke cellen, weefsels en organismen.

Hubrecht Instituut voor Ontwikkelingsbiologie en Stamcelonderzoek 

De onderzoeksinstituten van KNAW en NWO vormen gezamenlijk het portfolio van nationale onderzoeksinstituten. KNAW en NWO dragen er gezamenlijk zorg voor dat deze nationale instituten meerwaarde bieden in het Nederlandse kennislandschap en goed zijn toegerust op veranderende wetenschappelijk en maatschappelijke uitdagingen.

Portfolio van onderzoeksinstituten KNAW en NWO

<a href="/over-de-instituten/klachtenregeling-wetenschappelijke-integriteit">Meer informatie over deze klachtenregeling</a>

Klachtenregeling wetenschappelijke integriteit KNAW

De KNAW vindt dat onderzoeksgegevens en publicaties met publiek geld gefinancierd onderzoek vrij toegankelijk moeten zijn. Ze vraagt tevens haar eigen onderzoekers om publicaties open access uit te brengen. Dat betekent dat deze onderzoeksresultaten, zoals artikelen, boeken, proefschriften of rapporten, gratis en onbeperkt toegankelijk zijn.

Open science

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Hooglerarenbeleid KNAW

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)

Hoewel universitair (hoofd)docenten tijdens een promotietraject grotendeels dezelfde plichten als hoogleraren hebben, hebben ze niet dezelfde rechten. De Jonge Akademie pleit er met ‘Iedereen professor!’ voor deze rechten los te koppelen van het functieprofiel hoogleraar en deze toe te kennen aan alle universitair (hoofd)docenten.

Hoewel universitair (hoofd)docenten tijdens een promotietraject grotendeels dezelfde plichten als hoogleraren hebben, hebben ze niet dezelfde rechten. De Jonge Akademie pleit er met ‘Iedereen professor!’ voor deze rechten los te koppelen van het functieprofiel hoogleraar en deze toe te kennen aan alle universitair (hoofd)docenten. 

De Jonge Akademie opent het ‘Iedereen professor Jaar'

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

De Jonge Akademie is een platform van onderzoekers uit verschillende disciplines die zich bewezen hebben in hun vak. Zij organiseert activiteiten op het gebied van interdisciplinariteit, wetenschapsbeleid, internationalisering en wetenschap en maatschappij.

De Jonge Akademie

De Akademie heeft tot doel de stem te vertolken van de kunsten in de Nederlandse samenleving (inclusief de politiek) en het bevorderen van de interactie tussen de kunsten onderling, de kunst en de maatschappij en tussen wetenschap en kunst. De leden van de Akademie van Kunsten komen uit de gehele breedte van de kunsten.

Akademie van Kunsten

De KNAW is het forum, de stem en het geweten van de wetenschap in Nederland. Haar instituten behoren met hun onderzoek en hun collecties tot de (inter)nationale top. Aan de basis van al haar activiteiten ligt de overtuiging dat kennis en creativiteit de belangrijkste grondstoffen zijn voor welzijn en welvaart.

Over de KNAW

The Academy’s duties are defined by law. Briefly, they are: to serve as a learned society representing the full spectrum of scientific and scholarly disciplines; to act as a management body for national research institutes; to advise the Dutch Government on matters related to scientific pursuit.

Academy's duties

The Academy is required by law to adopt a strategic plan every four years. It has described its policy for the 2021-2025 period in the document Knowledge-based! Strategic Agenda for 2021-2025.

Academy policy

The Academy is both a learned society and an organisation of national research institutes. The Academy Board defines the overall policy and budget. The director general has overall responsibility for day-to-day management of the Academy.

Organisation, board and management

<a href="https://www.knaw.nl/leden">To the member overview</a> (Dutch only)

Members of the Academy

Science is profoundly international and scientific cooperation is indispensable for tackling the international challenges of our time. Promoting international cooperation is therefore one of the four ambitions in the Strategic Agenda 2021-2025.

International

The seventeenth century saw the emergence of the “academy”, a learned society whose members worked for the advancement of science and scholarship. In the subsequent two centuries, governments throughout Europe founded national academies to promote science and scholarship and international cooperation in research. The academy of the Netherlands was founded in 1808.

History of the Academy

De KNAW telt circa 600 leden. Ze worden gekozen op basis van hoogwaardige wetenschappelijke prestaties. Leden worden voor het leven benoemd. <a href="/de-leden-van-de-knaw" title="De leden van de KNAW">Lees meer.</a>Op zoek naar leden uit het verleden? <a href="https://dwc.knaw.nl/en/biografie/pmknaw/">Bekijk het historisch archief.</a>Bent u KNAW-lid? <a href="https://leden.knawgenootschap.nl/agenda+ledenomgeving+knaw/Default.aspx" target="_blank">Klik hier voor een overzicht van bijeenkomsten van leden.</a>

Leden

What young scientist wouldn't want to meet a Nobel Prize winner? The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings are unique gatherings in Lindau, Germany, at which young and established researchers meet to find inspiration and share knowledge. Seven researchers nominated by the Academy will attend this year.

What young scientist wouldn't want to meet a Nobel Prize winner? The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings are unique gatherings in Lindau, Germany, at which young and established researchers meet to find inspiration and share knowledge. 

Seven young scientists to attend the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings

In collaboration with their colleagues at the Donders Institute, researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have developed a simulator that enables artificial visual observations for research into the visual prosthesis. This open source tool is available to researchers and offers those who are interested insight into the future application.

In collaboration with their colleagues at the Donders Institute, researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have developed a simulator that enables artificial visual observations for research into the visual prosthesis. 

Visual prosthesis simulator offers a glimpse into the future

In 2024, The Young Academy will again welcome ten new members. They represent the full breadth of science and scholarship, and their research covers a wide variety of topics, ranging from needle-free injection to the philosophy of technology and natural protection from the sea.

In 2024, The Young Academy will again welcome ten new members. They represent the full breadth of science and scholarship, and their research covers a wide variety of topics, ranging from needle-free injection to the philosophy of technology and natural protection from the sea.

The Young Academy welcomes 10 new members

Researchers with a PhD can use an Academy Early Career Partnership grant to organise an interdisciplinary meeting at the Trippenhuis (the Academy's headquarters) or at another location of their choice. The Academy has awarded a grant to ten researchers each year since 2019. This post highlights two exceptional meetings that took place this year.

Researchers with a PhD can use an Academy Early Career Partnership grant to organise an interdisciplinary meeting at the Trippenhuis (the Academy's headquarters) or at another location of their choice. The Academy has awarded a grant to ten researchers each year since 2019. This post highlights two exceptional meetings that took place this year.

Academy Early Career Partnerships grant for interdisciplinary meetings 

The Academy has recently received requests from various quarters to comment on the conflict in Israel and the Palestinian Territories. We too are very concerned about the events of the past few months. The human suffering unfolding before our eyes is overwhelming and affecting us deeply. We sympathise with everyone touched by these terrible events. Based on our role, we are also keen to reflect on the profound impact of these events on the academic community in this region.

The Academy has recently received requests from various quarters to comment on the conflict in Israel and the Palestinian Territories. 
We too are very concerned about the events of the past few months. The human suffering unfolding before our eyes is overwhelming and affecting us deeply. We sympathise with everyone touched by these terrible events. Based on our role, we are also keen to reflect on the profound impact of these events on the academic community in this region. 


Events in Israel and the Palestinian Territories 

The Young Academy invites all academics in the Netherlands to take ‘The Academy Thermometer’ survey. A series of questions about workload, motivation and social safety explore the mental health of academics.

The Young Academy invites all academics in the Netherlands to take ‘The Academy Thermometer’ survey. A series of questions about workload, motivation and social safety explore the mental health of academics.

The Young Academy probes mental health among academics with its Academy Thermometer

In the period ahead, last week's election results will be transformed into a new cabinet and new policies, including for science. Dutch science has a strong position internationally. Maintaining and reinforcing that strong position is not something to be taken for granted. For the prosperity and well-being of our country, it is vital to nurture it. That can be done by investing in the full breadth of science and safeguarding its open, inclusive, and international character. We also call upon the next Dutch government to continue to make use of the latest scientific insights to tackle the major challenges that we face today. The Academy stands ready to continue to play a connecting role in that regard.

In the period ahead, last week's election results will be transformed into a new cabinet and new policies, including for science. Dutch science has a strong position internationally. Maintaining and reinforcing that strong position is not something to be taken for granted. For the prosperity and well-being of our country, it is vital to nurture it. That can be done by investing in the full breadth of science and safeguarding its open, inclusive, and international character. We also call upon the next Dutch government to continue to make use of the latest scientific insights to tackle the major challenges that we face today. The Academy stands ready to continue to play a connecting role in that regard. 

Academy: keep science strong for the society of the future

Physicist Shlomo Havlin, world renowned as an expert on phase transitions and statistical physics, has won the 2023 Bakhuis Roozeboom Medal. He receives the medal for his ground-breaking theoretical contributions to a range of topics related to phases and phase transitions; a field dedicated to how matter can behave in different states.

Physicist Shlomo Havlin, world renowned as an expert on phase transitions and statistical physics, has won the 2023 Bakhuis Roozeboom Medal. He receives the medal for his ground-breaking theoretical contributions to a range of topics related to phases and phase transitions; a field dedicated to how matter can behave in different states.

Shlomo Havlin wins Bakhuis Roozeboom Medal

Petra de Jongh (Utrecht University) will receive the 2023 Gilles Holst Medal. The jury praised her interdisciplinary approach, her tireless pursuit of knowledge, and the industrial applications resulting from her research on the role of nanomaterials. These include practical, circular solutions for a sustainable energy transition and the development of a new generation of batteries.

Petra de Jongh (Utrecht University) will receive the 2023 Gilles Holst Medal. The jury praised her interdisciplinary approach, her tireless pursuit of knowledge, and the industrial applications resulting from her research on the role of nanomaterials. These include practical, circular solutions for a sustainable energy transition and the development of a new generation of batteries.

Petra de Jongh wins Gilles Holst Medal. Recognition for her scientific contribution to a sustainable energy transition

Twelve young researchers – three from each of the Academy’s science domains – will be receiving a KNAW Early Career Award in 2024.  The prize, awarded annually for outstanding achievement, consists of a sum of EUR 15,000 and a unique work of art. The KNAW Early Career Award will be presented this year for the fifth time.

Twelve young researchers – three from each of the Academy’s science domains – will be receiving a KNAW Early Career Award in 2024.  The prize, awarded annually for outstanding achievement, consists of a sum of EUR 15,000 and a unique work of art. The KNAW Early Career Award will be presented this year for the fifth time.

KNAW Early Career Award for twelve young researchers

Dutch science has a strong position internationally. That expresses itself in a high level of prosperity and well-being. But maintaining and reinforcing that strong position for future generations is not something to be taken for granted. For that, stable investment, as deployed in recent years, remains crucial. We call on politicians to commit to a strong science system that is ready to meet the future. The countries around us invest heavily in science. The Netherlands must also continue to do so.The Royal Academy and The Young Academy therefore call on the next government to focus on a number of crucial points:

Dutch science has a strong position internationally. That expresses itself in a high level of prosperity and well-being. But maintaining and reinforcing that strong position for future generations is not something to be taken for granted. For that, stable investment, as deployed in recent years, remains crucial. We call on politicians to commit to a strong science system that is ready to meet the future. The countries around us invest heavily in science. The Netherlands must also continue to do so.

The Royal Academy and The Young Academy therefore call on the next government to focus on a number of crucial points: 

Appeal to new Dutch government: commit to a strong science system

Neuroscientist Christiaan Levelt will become the new director of the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences), starting 1 January 2024. Levelt is currently a group leader at the institute, where he investigates how the brain learns and processes information. He is also a professor at VU Amsterdam. Christiaan Levelt succeeds Pieter Roelfsema, who has led the institute since 2007 and will remain associated with it as a group leader.

Neuroscientist Christiaan Levelt will become the new director of the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences), starting 1 January 2024. Levelt is currently a group leader at the institute, where he investigates how the brain learns and processes information. He is also a professor at VU Amsterdam. Christiaan Levelt succeeds Pieter Roelfsema, who has led the institute since 2007 and will remain associated with it as a group leader.

Christiaan Levelt new director of Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience

Municipalities do not know enough about the monuments and statues in their public spaces, and their historical awareness is insufficient. As a result, they respond on a merely ad hoc basis to increasingly vehement discussions. At national level too, registration of public cultural heritage is inadequate. In its Unstable Pedestals [Wankele sokkels] report on controversial monuments, the Academy offers advice as to how administrators, policymakers, and members of the public can deal with such monuments more effectively.

Municipalities do not know enough about the monuments and statues in their public spaces, and their historical awareness is insufficient. 

Municipalities need to know more about controversial monuments

The caretaker Minister of Education, Culture and Science, Robbert Dijkgraaf, is leading an impressive delegation of 21 prominent Dutch educational and knowledge organisations on a knowledge mission to South Africa from 15 to 18 October. The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) is one of the organisations. The mission marks a significant step in strengthening relations between the Netherlands and South Africa, with a particular emphasis on education and research.

The caretaker Minister of Education, Culture and Science, Robbert Dijkgraaf, is leading an impressive delegation of 21 prominent Dutch educational and knowledge organisations on a knowledge mission to South Africa from 15 to 18 October. The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) is one of the organisations. The mission marks a significant step in strengthening relations between the Netherlands and South Africa, with a particular emphasis on education and research.

Dutch Knowledge Mission to South Africa 

Legislation for screening researchers from outside Europe should not be introduced, says the Academy. The systematic screening of large groups of researchers coming to our country – as currently proposed by the Dutch government – is too imprecise and virtually impossible to implement. Moreover, the plans are contrary to the principles of Open Science – i.e. the free exchange of knowledge – and academic freedom. These are the views of the Academy as set out in a position paper on knowledge security published today.

The systematic screening of large groups of researchers coming to our country – as currently proposed by the Dutch government – is too imprecise and virtually impossible to implement. 

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) warns against proposed Knowledge Security Act

The KNAW Academy has appointed three ad interim Board of Management members with effect from 10 October 2023. They are Drs Zakia Guernina as director general a.i., Em Prof Dr Pieter Hooimeijer as deputy director of research policy a.i. and Dr Gerard Nijsten as deputy director of operations a.i.

The KNAW Academy has appointed three ad interim Board of Management members with effect from 10 October 2023. They are Drs Zakia Guernina as director general a.i., Em Prof Dr Pieter Hooimeijer as deputy director of research policy a.i. and Dr Gerard Nijsten as deputy director of operations a.i.


New Board of Management KNAW appointed

Clouds are highly significant in our climate system. But what is the exact role they play? And how is that role changing with rising temperatures? Answering these questions makes a major contribution to understanding the processes underlying climate change. The French climatologist Sandrine Bony investigates the role of clouds in the climate system, and specifically in climate change. For her pioneering work in this field, the Academy is awarding her this year's Buys Ballot Medal for meteorology, in particular climate change.

The French climatologist Sandrine Bony investigates the role of clouds in the climate system, and specifically in climate change. For her pioneering work in this field, the Academy is awarding her this year's Buys Ballot Medal for meteorology, in particular climate change.

Buys Ballot Medal for cloud researcher Sandrine Bony

Three researchers active in the medical sciences are to receive funding from the KNAW Van Walree Fund to pursue innovative activities that support sustainable, peer-to-peer knowledge-sharing. The three researchers are Joyce Browne (Utrecht University Medical Centre), Malon Van den Hof (Amsterdam University Medical Centre/Statistics Netherlands) and Veerle Heesters (Leiden University Medical Centre), who will each receive up to EUR 10,000 in funding.

Three researchers active in the medical sciences are to receive funding from the KNAW Van Walree Fund to pursue innovative activities that support sustainable, peer-to-peer knowledge-sharing. The three researchers are Joyce Browne (Utrecht University Medical Centre), Malon Van den Hof (Amsterdam University Medical Centre/Statistics Netherlands) and Veerle Heesters (Leiden University Medical Centre), who will each receive up to EUR 10,000 in funding.

Three medical researchers awarded funding from the KNAW Van Walree Fund for knowledge-sharing initiatives

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Researchers may apply for a grant to cover expenses associated with research, study trips, translation or the organization of scientific meetings with a maximum of EUR 3,000. Applications for a grant must concern research focused on modern logic, philosophy of science, history of logic, history of the philosophy of science or scientific philosophy in general. This year, the E.W. Beth foundation aims to grant proposals with innovative ideas that have the most impact for both the applicant and the goals of the E.W. Beth Foundation.

Application form Evert Willem Beth Foundation

Researchers may apply for a grant to cover expenses associated with research, study trips, translation or the organization of scientific meetings in the field of logic or philosophy.

Evert Willem Beth Foundation

<a href="https://www.knaw.nl/en/funds-and-prizes">To the overview of all funds and prizes</a>

Academy funds and prizes

Young researchers in the field of neurology, radiology and pharmacy can apply for a Van Leersum grant for a working visit to a foreign university/institute from a Dutch university.<a href="https://www.knaw.nl/fondsen-en-prijzen/knaw-van-leersum-beurs">Lees meer over de KNAW Van Leersum Beurs in het Nederlands</a>

Young researchers in the field of neurology, radiology and pharmacy can apply for a Van Leersum grant for a working visit to a foreign university/institute from a Dutch university.

Academy Van Leersum Grant

Young researchers in the field of pediatrics or related areas can apply for a grant for a working visit to a foreign university/institute from a Dutch university.

Young researchers in the field of pediatrics or related areas can apply for a grant for a working visit to a foreign university/institute from a Dutch university.

Academy Ter Meulen Grant

The Christiaan Huygens Science Prize honors a young researcher who has made an innovative contribution to space sciences, mathematics or physics in a dissertation. The laureate receives a bronze statue by Christiaan Huygens and a cash prize of 10,000 euros.In 2024, the field of mathematics will be central.

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.

Christiaan Huygens Science Award

The Bob Pinedo Cancer Care Award is a biennial award intended for a researcher (or team of researchers) whose contribution to (translational) cancer research and compassionate cancer patient care is regarded as outstanding. The laureate receives 100,000 euros (to be used for research) and a bronze sculpture.

The Bob Pinedo Cancer Care Award is a biennial award intended for a researcher (or team of researchers) whose contribution to (translational) cancer research and compassionate cancer patient care is regarded as outstanding. The laureate receives 100,000 euros (to be used for research) and a bronze sculpture.


Bob Pinedo Cancer Care Award

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

Each year, a financial contribution of up to € 50,000 can be awarded to three scientific researchers on autoimmune diseases.

The De Boer-van Staveren Fund enables researchers at an early stage of their careers to set up or develop innovative basic research on autoimmune diseases. 

De Boer-van Staveren Fund

The 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.

The 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.



KNAW Early Career Award

The Bakhuis Roozeboom Medal recognises individual researchers who have made a significant contribution to phase theory.

The Bakhuis Roozeboom Medal recognises individual researchers who have made a significant contribution to phase theory.

Bakhuis Roozeboom Medal

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.

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