NWO-I

Institutes Organisation of NWO

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Pierre Auger Observatory

Pierre Auger Observatory

Facility for cosmic ray research in the Argentine Pampas.

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Oranje rond onderdeel van de HFML-FELIX faciliteit

HFML-FELIX faciliteiten

Facility with some of the world's strongest magnets and free‑electron lasers that produce an unprecedented range of infrared light.

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Oranje rond onderdeel van de HFML-FELIX faciliteit

HFML-FELIX facilities

Facility with some of the world's strongest magnets and free‑electron lasers that produce an unprecedented range of infrared light.

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AMOLF researcher Daphne Antony in the 3D Photovoltaics research lab

SolarLab

The SolarLab consortium researches new solar energy technologies from six main locations and three satellite sites.

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Secure Analytics lab

NSCR established a specially designed, highly secure working environment for research involving sensitive data sets.

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AMOLF NanoLab researchers. Photography by Ivar Pel

NanoLab

Cleanroom with facilities for microscopy, electron microscopy, various lithography methods, plasma etching, material deposition and material analysis.

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PLD4Energy: a thin-film deposition and characterisation facility

Magnum-PSI, Ion Beam & PLD4Energy

DIFFER has several unique research facilities that allow researchers to study materials for the energy transition.

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The three vessels of the national research fleet from NIOZ are sailing side by side in the Wadden Sea

National research fleet

The fleet consists of three state-of-the-art vessels equipped with advanced research instrumentation.

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Prof. Geoffrey Bower, to become the new director of the NWO institute ASTRON on 1 September 2026

Geoffrey Bower appointed as new director of ASTRON

The Board of NWO-I has appointed Prof. Dr. Geoffrey C. Bower as the new director of ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy. Effective 1st of September 2026, Prof. Dr. Bower will succeed Prof. Dr. Jessica Dempsey.

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Princess Amalia visits the AMOLF research institute. The photo shows her with Mayor Femke Halsema and research director Albert Polman in the SolarNL lab at AMOLF.

Princess of Orange visits AMOLF

On Thursday, 16 April, the Princess of Orange visited Amsterdam Science Park, including AMOLF. The theme was Amsterdam Tech City, with a special focus on AI and sustainable solar energy.