Minister Letschert’s 'Prinsjesdag' hat inspired by work of AMOLF researcher Wim Noorduin
On Prinsjesdag, the opening of the Dutch parliament, Rianne Letschert, Minister for Education, Culture and Science, will wear the ‘Hat of Wonder’, a fusion of science and art.
Visit our institutes during Weekend of Science 2026
Weekend of Science takes place on 3 and 4 October 2026. Come and take a look behind the scenes of science and technology at NWO-I. You can visit our institutes in Amsterdam, Dwingeloo, Leiden, Groningen, Eindhoven, Nijmegen, Texel and Yerseke.
NWO-I/NSCR and VU Amsterdam Extend Collaboration Agreement
Marcel Levi (Chair of the NWO-I Board of Trustees) and Jeroen Geurts (Rector Magnificus of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) signed a new collaboration agreement between the NWO institute NSCR and VU Amsterdam on 4 September 2026.
In August 2025, the European Sentinel-5 space instrument was launched as supplement to TROPOMI. SRON supplies the recessed grids for both and developed the software to extract useful data from the observations.
The impact of this particle was measured with the KM3NeT neutrino telescope, currently under construction. From the Netherlands, the NWO institute Nikhef, the University of Amsterdam, Leiden University and NIOZ are members of the KM3NeT collaboration.
Researchers from DIFFER and TU/e, together with research teams from the UK’s UKAEA and the European EUROfusion bring nuclear fusion a step closer with a technique that could solve the heat problem.
Beate Völker joins the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Beate Völker is stepping down as Director of the NWO institute NSCR (Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement) and will join the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam as of September 2026.
The NWO institutes guarantee the highest standards in scientific research. This is demonstrated, amongst other things, by the six-yearly assessment carried out by external international evaluation committees.
