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Veni grants for eleven Leiden researchers 05 November 2020
Eleven Leiden researchers have been awarded a Veni grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The grant will enable them to develop their research ide...
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NWO Vidi grant for 11 Leiden researchers 04 November 2020
Eleven Leiden researchers have been awarded an 800,000 euro Vidi grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This will enable them to develop their own...
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Three Leiden researchers receive Rubicon Grant for research abroad 30 September 2020
Chemist Liubov Belyaeva, psychologist Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam and LUMC researcher Elisa Giacomelli have received a Rubicon Grand and will therefore ...
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ERC Starting Grants for five young researchers from Leiden University 03 September 2020
The ERC Council has awarded Starting Grants to five promising Leiden researchers. With an impressive three laureates, the Faculty of Social and Behavi...
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Immunologist Ton Schumacher wins NWO Stevin Prize 23 June 2020
Ton Schumacher, professor by special appointment in Immunotechnology at the LUMC and group leader of Molecular Oncology and Immunology at the Netherla...
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Spinoza Prize for Leiden cell biologist, immunologist and chemist Sjaak Neefjes 23 June 2020
Sjaak Neefjes, Professor of Chemical Immunology at Leiden University, will receive the NWO Spinoza Prize this year. The Spinoza Committee called Neefj...
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Three new Leiden members of KNAW 30 April 2020
KNAW has elected eighteen new members, including two professors at Leiden University and one who studied and obtained his PhD in Leiden. The New Acade...
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Royal Distinction for archaeologist Maarten Jansen 24 April 2020
On 24 April it was announced that, following his farewell, archaeologist Professor Maarten Jansen was appointed Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion....
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2019 Hall of fame 07 January 2020
Over the past year, many of our staff and students have won prizes, been awarded a substantial grant or been appointed to an academic association or a...
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Honorary doctorate for LUMC Dean Pancras Hogendoorn 07 November 2019
Pancras Hogendoorn, Professor of Pathology and Dean of the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), received an honorary doctorate from Semmelweis Uni...
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Prestigious award for pharmacologist Meindert Danhof 09 October 2019
Meindert Danhof is the 2019 recipient of the Høst Madsen Medal for his pioneering work in systems pharmacology. He received the award on 22 September ...
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On the road with an International Credit Mobility grant 09 September 2019
Over the next three years, 92 students and researchers from Leiden University and its partner universities will be strengthening their research and te...
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Veni grants for 25 Leiden researchers 16 July 2019
From molecular ping-pong to cassava in the Amazon, and from extraterrestrial life to special antibodies. Twenty-five researchers from Leiden Universit...
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Vidi grants for nine Leiden researchers 23 May 2019
From artificial intelligence to letters from the Dutch East Indies and from breast-cancer gene BRCA-1 to the collaboration between government and oppo...
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€8.5m for research into healthy ageing and vitality 25 April 2019
A large multidisciplinary team of experts on ageing has secured over €8.5m for a major study of which factors and solutions promote healthy ageing and...