Snellius, Niels Bohrweg 1, 2333 CA, Leiden

Gorlaeus Building, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC, Leiden

Arsenaal, Arsenaalstraat 1, 2311 CT, Leiden

Reuvens, Reuvensplaats 2-4, 2311 BE, Leiden

NWO (the Dutch Research Council) has granted more than 10 million euros for five human-centered AI research projects (2.1M€ each). Leiden University participates in two of these five research proposals, which are called ELSA labs.

Plexus Student Centre, Kaiserstraat 25, 2311 GN, Leiden

Wijnhaven, Turfmarkt 99, 2511 DP, The Hague

Kamerlingh Onnes Building, Steenschuur 25, 2311 ES, Leiden

Lipsius, Cleveringaplaats 1, 2311 BD, Leiden

Over the past year, many students and staff members of Leiden Law School have been lauded for their extraordinary achievements. For instance: a grant received, an award won, or an appointment by a special committee. We have combined all these achievements in our Honours Gallery 2022:

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The Faculty Board has handed in a proposal with the Executive Board (CvB) for the allocation of the starter and incentive grants.

Ten Leiden researchers will receive funding of up to 280,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). They will use this grant to develop their research ideas in the coming three years.

Eduard Fosch-Villaronga from Leiden University has been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This grant of 1.5m euros enables talented early-career scholars to start their own pioneer project, lead a research team, and implement their best ideas at the frontiers of their…

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Leiden University has received a Lifelong Learning grant that will enable it to significantly expand its learning for professionals, for example for the government in The Hague and the Leiden Bio Science Park.

Sixteen researchers at Leiden University are to receive a Veni grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). These awards offer promising young researchers the opportunity to further develop their own ideas over a period of three years.

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Leiden and South Africa have long standing historical ties in the field of mathematics. These ties have now been strengthened thanks to an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility (ICM) grant. Four researchers from Pretoria are now visiting Leiden. ‘No matter how good we are at dealing with Teams and…

Gorlaeus Faculty Office, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC, Leiden

LUMC Research Building, Einthovenweg 20, 2333 ZC, Leiden

Herta Mohr, Witte Singel 27A, 2311 BG, Leiden

Willem Einthoven, Kolffpad 1, 2333 BN, Leiden

The PDI-SSH grant will be used by Meuwese to create a web portal and collection of tools and resources, named ‘WetSuite’, that will help researchers apply Natural Language Processing (NLP) methods to legal textual data from public bodies.

Three lecturers from Leiden University have been awarded a 100,000-euro Comenius Teaching Fellowship within the scope of the Senior Fellows programme. The grant will enable them and their project teams to carry out their own teaching innovation project.

LUMC Education Building, Hippocratespad 21, 2333 ZD, Leiden

Academy Building, Rapenburg 73, 2311 GJ, Leiden

Anna van Buerenplein, Anna van Buerenplein 301, 2595 DG, The Hague

Matthias de Vrieshof, Matthias de Vrieshof 1-4, 2311 BZ, Leiden

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Mirjam Sombroek, Aart Hendriks and Martine de Vries (LUMC) will work on mapping the ethical and legal aspects of gene therapy. The aim is to establish a best practice of how society can best deal with these therapies. For example with guidelines on how to regulate, reimburse and make these therapies…

Van Steenis, Einsteinweg 2, 2333 CC, Leiden

Old Observatory, Sterrenwachtlaan 11, 2311 GW, Leiden

From malaria parasites as a vaccine to how top-level bureaucrats reach their decisions: seven researchers from Leiden University have received a Vidi grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This 800,000-euro grant will enable them to develop their own innovative line of research over the next five…

Matthew Canfield (Assistant Professor, Van Vollenhoven Institute) and Danielle Chevalier (Assistant Professor Law & Society, Van Vollenhoven Institute) both received XS Grants from the NWO Open Competition SSH for their respective research projects. These grants are a maximum of €50,000 and enable…

Johan Huizinga, Doelensteeg 16, 2311 VL, Leiden

P.J. Veth, Nonnensteeg 1-3, 2311 VJ, Leiden

Beehive Student Centre, Turfmarkt 104, 2511 DC, The Hague

Oude UB, Rapenburg 70, 2311 EZ, Leiden

An impressive 12 researchers from Leiden University have been awarded an 800,000-euro grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This will enable them to develop their own line of research over the next five years.

From research on stellar winds to sign language: an impressive seven researchers from Leiden University will receive a prestigious Vici grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).

Eight scientists from Leiden University have been awarded a grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). With this Vidi funding, the researchers can set up an innovative line of research and further expand their own research group over the next five years.

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To what extent can global issues be solved by multistakeholder collaboration, a relatively new type of organisation? Jan Aart Scholte, the coordinator of the Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) interdisciplinary research programme, has received a Dutch Research Council (NWO) grant…

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Pieter de la Court, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden

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