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 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.
View prizeThe 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.
View prizeThe 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.
View fundThe 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 prizeIn 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.
View prizeThe 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.
View fundResearchers 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.
View fundYoung 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.
View fundThe Buys Ballot Medal recognises individual researchers who have made a significant contribution to meteorology, particularly in the field of climate change.
View prizeThe Dr. Hendrik Muller Prize is awarded every other year to a mid-career researcher working in the Netherlands who has made an outstanding contribution to the humanities or social sciences. The prize consists of a monetary award of EUR 25,000, intended to help finance a research project at the prizewinner’s discretion.
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 prizeScientific researchers can apply for up to € 10,000 for new initiatives that enable (more) sustainable knowledge sharing about medical-scientific research between professional colleagues, preferably (also) for researchers from low and middle income countries.
View fundResearchers 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 prizeYoung ecologists may apply for a grant of up to EUR 9,000 to cover expenses associated with fieldwork in the Netherlands or abroad or research abroad.
View fundThe 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 prizeIn 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.
View prizePostdoctoral researchers at the beginning of their careers can apply for up to EUR 10,000 to organise an interdisciplinary meeting in the Academy's Trippenhuis complex or another location of their choice.
View fundThe 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 Van der Gaag Grant helps young behavioural researchers cover the cost of a research project or working visit abroad. A KNAW Van der Gaag Grant consists of a cash sum not exceeding EUR 10,000.
View fundThe Statesman Thorbecke Fund Programme is for research projects that have a strong connection with the Dutch statesman Johan Rudolf Thorbecke. Preference is given to projects carried out by a postdoctoral researcher. A project may be awarded up to EUR 200,000 in funding.
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