Basic data
On this webpage, you can find the basic data of NWO-I.
Annual budget
As of 31 December 2024, the annual budget of NWO-I is 285 million euros for exploitation and investments; basic and other income from grants from NWO, the European Union, and the Dutch government as well as from partnerships with universities and industry.
How many people work at NWO-I?
At the end of 2024, NWO-I employed 1.673 fte (rounded off, representing 1.798 people), of which (rounded off)
- 568 FTE (608 people) scientific staff;
- 342 FTE (347 people) PhD students;
- 762 FTE (843 persons) technicians and other personnel
They are employed in these organisation units (reference date 1 December 2023, new figures will be published shortly).
| Name Institute | Number of employees |
| AMOLF | 227 |
| ARCNL | 62 |
| ASTRON | 225 |
| CWI | 212 |
| DIFFER | 134 |
| Nikhef | 226 |
| NIOZ | 331 |
| NSCR | 70 |
| SRON | 217 |
| NWO-I office | 60 |
| JIVE* | 23 |
| LOFAR | 1 |
| Total | 1.798 |
* JIVE is part of NWO Institute ASTRON and Jive implements the core data processing and user services that turn the network of distributed telescopes into a single observatory to study the radio sky at the highest possible resolution.
In 2024, the researchers at the institutes together produced a total of 90 dissertations, 1,942 scientific (refereed) publications and 1,269 other publications, including those targeting general audiences.