The Academy has been rewarding scientifically talented students, their supervising teachers, and schools with the Academy Education Prize since 2008. This prize is awarded annually to the twelve best pre-university (vwo) profile assignments from the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Three projects are awarded per profile. With this, the KNAW highlights extraordinary achievements in secondary education.
Students have the chance to win a scholarship (this year, three first prizes of €2000 per student per profile), intended for the first year of further education at a Dutch university or university of applied sciences, or at a foreign educational institution of comparable level.