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NWO Strategy 2011-2014: Growing through knowledge






NWO Strategy 2011-2014: Cover

This document (PDF, 56 pages) contains the NWO strategy for 2011-2014.
Science valued!
Science Valued!
This document (PDF, 80 pages) contains NWO's strategy document for the period 2007-2010.
Science valued! (summary)
Summary NWO Policy 2007-2010
Eminent Talent: 2005 - The eleventh year
Eminent Talent: 2005 - The eleventh year is the supplement to Eminent Talent, a festive edition celebrating 10 years Spinoza Prize. Interviews with the 4 laureates of 2005. 14 pages, English text.
Eminent Talent: 2006 - The twelfth year
Eminent Talent: 2006 - The twelfth year is the second supplement to Eminent Talent, a festive edition celebrating 10 years Spinoza Prize. Interviews with the 4 laureates of 2006. 14 pages, English text.
Eminent Talent: 2007 - The thirteenth year







Eminent Talent: 2007 - The thirteenth year is the third supplement to Eminent Talent, a festive edition celebrating 10 years Spinoza Prize. Interviews with the 4 laureates of 2007. 14 pages, English text.
Eminent Talent: 2008 - The fourteenth year
Eminent Talent 2008 UK
Eminent Talent: 2008 - The fourteenth year is the fourth supplement to Eminent Talent, a festive edition celebrating 10 years Spinoza Prize. Interviews with the 4 laureates of 2008. 16 pages, English text.
Eminent Talent: 2009 - The fifteenth year






Eminent Talent: 2009 - The fifteenth year

Eminent Talent: 2009 - The fifteenth year is the fifth supplement to Eminent Talent, a festive edition celebrating 10 years Spinoza Prize. Interviews with the 3 laureates of 2009. 12 pages, English text.
Eminent Talent: 2010 - The sixteenth year






Eminent Talent: 2010 - The sixteenth year

Eminent Talent: 2010 - The sixteenth year is the sixth supplement to Eminent Talent, a festive edition celebrating 10 years Spinoza Prize. Interviews with the 4 laureates of 2010. 16 pages, English text.
Eminent Talent: A decade of Spinoza Awards
A festive edition celebrating 10 years Spinoza Prize. Interviews with all 36 laureates. 104 pages, in English.
Innovational Research Incentives Scheme brochure 2010
This document (PDF, 22 pages), contains the brochure Innovational Research Incentives Scheme 2010.
Innovational Research Incentives Scheme | brochure 2012
This document (PDF, 22 pages) contains the brochure Innovational Research Incentives Scheme 2012.
Mosaic | call for proposals
This document (PDF, 13 pages) contains the brochure text of the Mosaic (Mozaïek) programme (version October 2011).
Dutch Science. Powered by NWO






Dutch Science. Powered by NWO


Dutch Science. Powered by NWO is the downsized, English language version of Experiment NL. Wetenschap in Nederland - deel 4 [Experiment NL. Science in the Netherlands - part 4]. Read more about: How footballer Arjen Robben could still play in the World Cup, Teenage brain sensitive to stress, A 1/2 pound of cheese and a cardiogram, please, Glimpse into cosmic nursery, and Syllables easier than stress marks.



In Experiment NL. Wetenschap in Nederland - deel 4 NWO and Quest higlight the best and most exciting research projects of 2010. Top researchers from all corners of the Dutch science world speak about their most recent discoveries.

NWO Annual Report 2005
For the first time the NWO Annual Report (54 pages) appears in English as well as in Dutch. The accountability indicators highlight the report of the corporate activities in 2005.
NWO Annual Report 2006
The NWO Annual Report appears in English (58 pages) as well as in Dutch. The accountability indicators highlight the report of the corporate activities in 2006.

A cd-rom issued separately (business card size) offers access to information on research projects conducted in 2006, the Social Annual Report on 2006 and PDFs of some NWO publications. Send an order request to voorlichting@nwo.nl.
NWO Annual Report 2007
voorbladThe NWO Annual Report appears in English (67 pages, downloadable circa mid-August) as well as in Dutch. The accountability indicators highlight the report of the corporate activities in 2007. The financial report is incorporated in the Dutch version only.
A cd-rom issued separately (business card size) offers access to information on research projects conducted in 2007, the Social Annual Report on 2007 and PDFs of some NWO publications. Send an order for the cd-rom to voorlichting@nwo.nl.
NWO Code of Conduct on Conflicts of Interest
This document (PDF, 4 pages) contains NWO's Code of conduct regarding conflicts of interests. NWO's right to exist in her role as funding partner is inextricably connected to the objectivity of her decision-making and the transparity of her assessment procedures. An important condition for objectivity and transparity is prevention of confliciting interests. Version October 2010.
NWO Regulation on Granting


This document (PDF, 18 pages) contains the NWO Regulation on Granting. In case of different interpretation of the original (Dutch) text and this (English) translation the original Dutch text prevails. This version has been updated with effect from 1 May 2011, and replaced the version of January 2007.

Symposium Ten Years Dutch Russian Research Co-operation
Magazine Hypothesis - August 2010: special edition in English






Hypothese 2010-3

NWO magazine about Science - special English edition. In this issue: International policy: Crossing the borders. Indian Wisdom: Poetry explains mathematics. Collaboration: Searching for software errors.