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ViewDutch government provides €150m for transport R&D

One-off boost for industry-academia consortia aims to counter pandemic effects on R&D spending

ViewNetherlands news roundup: 4-10 December

This week: an EIT sustainability award, an electrochemical agenda and no Covid passports on campus

ViewDutch universities urged to collaborate better with startups

Rathenau Institute calls for more spending on business partnerships to boost tech take-up

ViewUniversities launch initiative to boost knowledge transfer

Dutch institutions and startup facilitator aim to improve the societal impact of scientific research

ViewNetherlands news roundup: 27 November to 3 December

This week: increased harassment, sustainable pension investments and an offshore solar panel test

ViewDutch and UK scientists awarded for ‘standing up for science’

John Maddox Prize goes to scientific-integrity consultant Elisabeth Bik and clinician Mohammad Sharif Razai

ViewMinister tells Dutch universities to improve work-life balance

Ingrid van Engelshoven criticises excessive staff workloads, temporary contracts and discrimination

ViewReport highlights benefits of academic-business collaboration

Dutch society will benefit more from universities’ work if companies get involved, consultancy finds

ViewNetherlands news roundup: 20-26 November

This week: lifelong learning, gender imbalance in management studies and a plasma technology laboratory

ViewConsider social impacts of digital tools, Dutch policymakers told

Technologies such as contact-tracing apps “only work if the social embedding is there”, researcher says

ViewPublic R&D spending found to augment economic growth

Higher investments could raise Dutch economic growth to 2 per cent annually, bank says

ViewNetherlands news roundup: 13-19 November

This week: coronavirus restrictions, a planned network R&D consortium and prizes for “surprising” research

ViewNetherlands news roundup: 6-12 November

This week: an international student surge, innovation funding and open science

ViewSeeking societal returns

NWO chair Marcel Levi discusses how the Dutch funder can make life easier for researchers

ViewDutch institutions promise more transparency on animal research

Better communication pledged amid fears that the battle for public opinion is being lost

ViewNetherlands news roundup: 30 October to 5 November

This week: a call for more impact, a presidential election and a societal impact network

ViewDutch research council funds 26 projects on open science

NWO’s Open Science Fund aims to align access to data and results with EU policy

ViewData uplink

How Odissei, a Dutch open-data infrastructure project, connects information sources for better social science

ViewPoliticians ‘should help tackle public scepticism of science’

Science is often distrusted because of the policies created from it, Dutch researcher warns

ViewNetherlands news roundup: 23-29 October

This week: open access, plastics recycling and the growth of radical innovation

ViewCompanies need better access to public research, government told

The Netherlands must do more to bring academics and entrepreneurs together, says advisory council

ViewDutch universities pledge to tackle intimidation

Guidelines seek to provide scientists with better protection from threats and harassment

ViewDecision to fund Wetsus research centre delayed again

Uncertainty over Dutch centre’s future continues as management is told to wait for next government

ViewNetherlands news roundup: 16-22 October

This week: EIC Accelerator success, policy recommendations for the next government and student IP training

ViewUniversities team up to help reduce healthcare costs

Dutch institutions aim to speed up technological advances by winning more funding and pooling resources

ViewCOP26: Missing vision

The Netherlands supports climate-focused research in many different ways—but without a targeted approach

ViewNetherlands news roundup: 9-15 October

This week: a chemistry collaboration, AI in medical imaging and the Nobel Prize in economics

ViewAcademy proposes national centre for medical expertise

Dutch knowledge hub would promote smoother drug development and improve collaboration, report says

ViewValue chain initiative proposed for Dutch bioplastics

Public-private R&D programme would create production chain from agriculture to chemicals and bioplastics

ViewNetherlands news roundup: 2-8 October

This week: stagnant R&D spending, travel funds for scientists and a quantum technology partnership