1,287 search results for “nwo” in the Public website
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Leiden Spinoza and Stevin Prize laureates
Of the 109 Spinoza Prizes that have been awarded since 1995, 26 have gone to researchers from Leiden University. The NWO Spinoza Prize is the highest Dutch award in science. The younger NWO Stevin grant goes to researchers who have achieved great success in the field of knowledge utilisation for society.…
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Centre for Interdisciplinary Genome Research
The CIGR brings together a diverse range of unique expertise in genome research rooted in biology, chemistry and physics. Members of the CIGR investigate genome folding and genome transactions. An important aspect is direct as well as long term relevance for medicine.
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Evolutionary traps – Balanced lethal systems
How do balanced lethal systems originate and persist in nature?
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Born to be shy?
An international mega-analysis on the neurobiological link between inhibited temperament and social anxiety disorder
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Funding | Project 0100
The One Amongst Zeroes project is funded by the NWO-Vici grant. The grant runs from October 2021 to August 2026. Grant No. VI.C.201.058
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Spinoza project Statistical Science
Developing and investigating statistical methods for complex data and models
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Prince, Pen, and Sword. Eurasian Perspectives
Prince, Pen, and Sword offers a synoptic interpretation of rulers and elites in Eurasia from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century. Four core chapters zoom in on the tensions and connections at court, on the nexus between rulers and religious authority, on the status, function, and self-perceptions…
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In the media
The research at the Living lab attracts a great deal of press attention. Please find below a small selection of the many news reports that have been published. Also take a look at the Zembla programme about the Living Lab.
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Delta-Institute for Theoretical Physics
Zaanen
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Postdoctoral Research
It is essential for researchers to be able to obtain independent research funding in order to advance in their career.
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Field Labs: Testing Intersectional Approaches to Inclusive Actions
Subproject of the NWO Smart Culture Grant research project 'The Critical Visitor'.
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Postdoctoral Research
It is essential for researchers to be able to obtain independent research funding to advance in their careers.
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The added value of multimedia to repeated story book reading in preschool age
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Becoming Literate by Means of the internet
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Legal Empowerment of Pollution Victims in China and Indonesia
A political-legal study of rights invocation by pollution victims in China and Indonesia
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Narrative reflective self-understanding: the corporeal
This PhD project analyses the politics and aesthetics of depictions of torture in American and European ‘war on terror’ films.
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Memory and Identity
Research conducted in this group aims at furthering our understanding of how communities and individuals deal with social change, conflict and trauma through remembrance and commemoration as well as forgetting in the arts.
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Nabataean Aramaic
A living language?
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Following vaccines in the body
Myrra Carstens
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Light relief
How can new compounds relieve cancer patients of severe side effects?
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Twisted light and helical structures
Wolfgang Lüffler
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Partners
Psychology Lab on Wheels is possible thanks to the support of our partners.
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Manioc roots
Prehistory of Amazonia seen from the kitchen
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Unravelling proteins by touch
How can we develop a new microscope that can distinguish individual atoms in proteins?
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Formation of synthetic fuel: new insights!
Navarro Paredes
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Elucidating the catalytic properties of gold
How does CO adsorption on gold promote its own oxidation and the oxidation of other organic molecules?
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Graphene as biological sensor
How distance-dependent is graphene as biological sensor?
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Favourable developments for numbers
What is the relationship between probability experiments and cryptographic applications?
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Quest for new antibiotics
Gubbens
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Extreme phenomena in soft materials
What are the mechanics of soft materials (e.g. foam, sand)?
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Guiding blood vessels with laser light
How can lasers control the growth of new blood vessels?
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Chromatin dynamics in single genes
John van Noort
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Concrete arithmetic between geometry and number theory
Bruin
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Mathematics cluster STAR tenure track
Perform cutting-edge research in the area of the STAR mathematics cluster.
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Seeking the boundaries of quantum mechanics
Bouwmeester
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From molecules to planets: Exploring the chemical heritage of solar systems
Walsh
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Applying for research
The portfolio of eLaw includes research executed for the European Commission, NWO (the national research council in the Netherlands), the national government, local government agencies, large corporations, SMEs and NGOs.
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Spherical mosaics from different tiles
What are 'defects' and mechanical properties of mosaics of different shapes of tiles?
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The eel, a swimming paradox
Why is the swimming efficiency of the European eel higher than predicted?
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Why don't drugs make it to the market?
How can we extend the drug residence time to combat diseases more effectively?
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Unravelling the chlorine production reaction
How can we make the production of chlorine cheaper and more friendly for the environment?
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Towards a comprehensive and predictive theory of catalysis based on simple structure-activity relations
Can we tailor catalysts at the atomic scale by means of high-school chemistry and geometry rules?
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Applied String Theory: Explaining Quantum Matter with Black Holes
Schalm
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The densest matter in nature
What is neutron star matter?
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Gravitation, strings, and strongly interactive matter
What is the connection between materials with weak and strong gravitational interactions?
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Reversing cardiovascular diseases
How can the development of constrictions in the blood vessels be reversed?
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Making big data meaningful for a promising start
All children deserve a promising start. Most children are doing fine. But some need extra support, because of problems during pregnancy or because they grow up in disadvantaged circumstances, e.g. due to poverty, parental addictions or psychological problems.
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Microscale Analytical Tools
Enabling volume-restricted metabolomics using next-generation microscale analytical tools.
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SCALES project
How to strike a balance between the sometimes conflicting stakes of individual, public and private data-producers and data-processors?
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Exploring hidden villages in colonial and non-colonial landscapes
A project to explore the configuration of different types of settlement and its role in the evolution of landscape, both in pre-Roman times and in the so-called Colonial landscape. We used several techniques of field survey, pottery classification and other non-invasive approaches to the archaeological…