Policy news NWO-I
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Miriam Luizink appointed director NWO-I
The board of the Institutes Organisation of NWO has appointed Miriam Luizink as director of NWO-I with effect from 1 October 2020. Together with the recently appointed director of operations, Jan van der Boon, she will lead the Institutes...
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Sjoerd Wouda appointed Central Health & Safety Coordinator NWO-I
The board of NWO-I has appointed Sjoerd Wouda as Central Health & Safety Coordinator for NWO-I with effect from 1 June 2020. In close collaboration with the Health & Safety coordinators and environmental advisers from the NWO Institutes, he...
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Marco de Baar appointed new director NWO institute DIFFER
The board of the Institutes Organisation of NWO has appointed Prof. Marco de Baar as director of DIFFER, the Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research, for a period of two years. With effect from mid-2020, he will succeed Prof. Richard van de...
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Jan van der Boon director of operations NWO-I
With effect from 1 September 2020, Jan van der Boon will be director of operations for the Institutes Organisation of NWO. Together with the director of NWO-I, who has yet to be appointed, he will realise the new governance model chosen for NWO-I...
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Stan Bentvelsen reappointed as Director Nikhef
The NWO executive board has reappointed Prof. Stan Bentvelsen for a second term of five years as director of the National Institute for Subatomic Physics Nikhef with effect from 1 December 2019....
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Ed van den Berg appointed as interim director bureau NWO-I
The board of the NWO institutes organisation has appointed Ed van den Berg as interim director of operations for the bureau NWO-I. He takes over a large part of the duties from Christa Hooijer, who has been Director of Science at the TNO Unit...
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Peter van der Laan appointed as interim director NSCR
The board of the Institutes Organisation of NWO has appointed Prof. Peter van der Laan as interim director of the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR). He replaces Prof. Catrien Bijleveld until her definitive...
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NWO Utrecht has moved
You are welcome at our new NWO location 'Nova Zembla', a sustainable office close to the A12 and public transport at Winthontlaan 2, 3526 KV Utrecht....
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Michael Wise new Director General at SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research
The NWO board has appointed Dr. Michael Wise as General and Scientific director of SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research. Wise is currently Head of Astronomy at the NWO institute ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy. He also...
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Relocation of SRON-Utrecht to South Holland now official
By adding their signature to the collaboration agreement on 31 May, Leiden University, TU Delft, SRON and NWO have confirmed the relocation of SRON-Utrecht to South Holland. From 2021, the headquarters of the space research institute will be located...
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NWO Utrecht to relocate in 2019
On Wednesday 9 May, the NWO executive board signed a new lease contract for a different building for NWO Utrecht. The relocation will take place at the start of 2019: a location with more workplaces, also for flex workers from The Hague, a large and...
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NWO Institutes praised for quality, innovation and national role
The nine NWO Institutes have been evaluated by panels of independent, international experts. The experts praise the innovative research, the global position and the national role of the institutes. The scientific quality, societal relevance and...