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NWO Institutes

NWO-I’s full name is Foundation for Dutch Scientific Research Institutes. It is an independent foundation incorporated under private law (not a governmental organization). Because of its national interest, it is supervised by NWO (the Dutch Research Council, a governmental body). NWO-I is an umbrella organization for nine national research institutes:

* AMOLF Physics of functional complex matter
* ARCNL Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography
* ASTRON Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
* CWI Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
* DIFFER Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research
* Nikhef National Institute for subatomic physics
* NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
* NSCR Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement
* SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research

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