The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) is one of the main funders of Dutch science. The NWO promotes the quality of scientific research by subsidiary programmes and grants such as the Spinoza Prize, the Innovation Research Incentive Schemes (Veni, Vidi, Vici) and the Gravitation programme. Many of our academics have succeeded in obtaining funding from the NWO.
Spinoza
The NWO Spinoza Prize is the highest award in Dutch academia. Each year, NWO awards the NWO Spinoza Prizes to three or four researchers working in the Netherlands who according to international standards belong to the absolutely best researchers worldwide. The NWO Spinoza Laureates do outstanding and groundbreaking research with broad impact. They are an inspiration for early-stage researchers.
This prestigious prize is awarded annually to researchers in the Netherlands conducting outstanding and groundbreaking research with a broad social impact.
Stevin
The Stevin Prize is, together with the Spinoza Prize, the highest award in Dutch science. Researchers receive this prize for their outstanding, pioneering and inspiring work. NWO has been awarding the Spinoza Prize since 1995 to a maximum of four scientists a year who are international leaders in their field. The NWO Stevin Prize, awarded annually to a maximum of two (teams of) researchers, was presented for the first time in 2018. One of the winners of the Stevin Prize was virologist Marion Koopmans.
NWO announced that prof. dr. Koopmans of Erasmus MC was granted a NWO-Stevin Prize for her research about the transfer of viruses
Veni
The Veni grant is part of the Incentives Scheme of the NWO. The Veni allows researchers who have recently obtained their PhD to conduct independent research and develop their ideas for a period of three years. Many starting scholars from Erasmus University Rotterdam, who display a talent for scientific research, have successfully applied for a Veni grant. The VENI scholars of our university carry out research in many fields, from history to economics and from sociology to medicine. Projects focus on topics like the twentieth century history of creative thought in military-industrial contexts, the relationship between economic status and love and sex in the intimate relationships of youth.
The Veni funding will enable the researchers to further develop their research ideas.
Fourteen Rotterdam EUR-scientists will receive a Veni grant (NWO). With this, they can further develop their research ideas over the next three years.
Kim van Broekhoven will use the Veni grant to investigate how students develop creative ideas in co-creation with ChatGPT.
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded Dr Matthijs Korevaar of Erasmus School of Economics with an individual NWO Veni grant.
Twelve scientists from Erasmus University Rotterdam and Erasmus MC will receive Veni funding from the NWO to further develop their research ideas.
Six researchers from Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) and Erasmus MC have been awarded a Veni grant by the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).
Vidi
Vidi is a funding instrument in the Innovational Research Incentives Scheme. It allows researchers who have already spent several years doing postdoctoral research to develop their own innovative line of research, and to appoint one or more researchers for this. Many scholars of Erasmus University Rotterdam were able to further their research by obtaining a Vidi grant. They study issues such as fatherhood in the 21th century, racial stereotypes in sports journalism and the role of the enzyme CAMK2 in the development of the brain.
The NWO has awarded Professor Chen Li and Assistant Professor Jana Cahlikova with prestigious Vidi grants.
The NWO has awarded Associate Professor Niels Rietveld a prestigious Vidi grant, a grant awarded to researchers who are in the transition to leadership.
Research whether the use of empathy by social workers in psychosocial treatment for young people with multiproblems increases its success.
Van Ostaijen will conduct international comparative research on the decision-making of ‘street-level workers’, such as cops, in superdiverse European cities
The laureates are from Erasmus MC, Erasmus School of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University.
Vici
Vici is a funding instrument from the Talent Scheme. Several senior researchers at Erasmus University Rotterdam have been awarded this grant and given the opportunity to build up their own research group, often in anticipation of a tenured professorship. In 2018, Dr Gijs van Soest received a grant of 1,5 million euros to study arteriosclerosis.
NWO awards a Vici grant supporting philosophical research on AI, automation and technodiversity, strengthening interdisciplinary work at Erasmus University.
Anne Gielen has been awarded a Vici grant worth up to €1.5 million by the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
Prof. Loes Keijsers, prof. Willem de Koster and prof. Martijn Schonewille receive a prestigious Vici grant from NWO.
Prestigious Vici research grant for research how to improve conversations with adolescents
Vici grant to break new ground in studying an important form of societal polarization
Prof Renske Keizer, Prof Aurélie Lemmens and Dr Wendy van de Sande receive a prestigious Vici grant from NWO.
KNAW
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) serves as a learned society representing the full spectrum of scientific and scholarly disciplines. Also, this institution acts as a management body for national research institutes and it advises the Dutch Government on matters related to scientific pursuit. In the Netherlands, a membership of the KNAW is seen as an honour for an academic career. Several scholars of Erasmus University Rotterdam have been granted this honour.
Yara Toenders Receives Prestigious KNAW Early Career Award
This award recognizes Alberto’s innovative and original research and stimulates the further development of his academic career.
Researchers Jonathan Mijs and Stefan Barakat receive a KNAW Early Career Award. This award is intended for researchers who are at the beginning of their careers
Gravitation
With Gravitation, the government stimulates excellent research in the Netherlands. It is intended for scientific consortia that have the potential to become world leaders in their field. Gravitation is carried out by NWO on behalf of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. Researchers can conduct top university research for ten years and collaborate in a multidisciplinary manner.
Moniek Buijzen is part of the consortium 'The Algorithmic Society (ALGOSOC)' that receives 21.3 million euros from the Gravitation Programme.
The research consortium GUTS, led by Prof. Dr. Eveline Crone, has been honoured with a Gravitation programme grant of 22 million euros.
Other prizes and awards from NWO
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a grant of €7.4 million to the ROOTS1000 international consortium lead Dr. Zemzem Shigute Shuka.
Through this research, they are contributing to our understanding of sustainability and exploring ways to make research practice itself more sustainable.
From diversity in leadership positions to platform workers and the parental burnout.
Seven researchers from Erasmus University Rotterdam and Erasmus MC have been awarded NWO Open Competition-SSH grants.
The collaboration between ODISSEI (Open Data Infrastructure for Social Science and Economic Innovations) and CLARIAH (Common Lab Research Infrastructure for the
The grant amounts to a maximum of EUR 50,000 and gives plenty of scope for experimentation and innovation.
