News
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Canal Watch scoops communication prize 28 November 2023
Canal Watch (De Grachtwacht), which has been cleaning canals since 2018, has received the Dutch Research Council (NWO) Communication Initiative Award....
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Gianclaudio Malgieri nominated in the '35 under 35' Future Leaders list 28 November 2023
The 4th edition of the award for young leaders in digital policy included Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor at eLaw, among the award recipients.
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Four projects awarded science communication grants 24 November 2023
A climate game, a science and music festival, a mobile psychology lab and interactive sessions on anxiety in children. The Dutch Research Council (NWO...
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European grant to advance self-learning capabilities of quantum computers 24 November 2023
A major grant for research into machine learning algorithms for quantum computers. With this ERC Consolidator grant, Vedran Dunjko and his colleagues ...
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Two ERC Consolidator Grants for Leiden researchers 23 November 2023
Research on quantum computers and Islamic charities: two Leiden researchers have received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council.
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KNAW Early Career Awards for two Leiden researchers 21 November 2023
Young Leiden researchers Alisa van de Haar and Marleen Kunneman have received a KNAW Early Career Award. The prize, awarded annually for outstanding a...
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Honorary doctorate for Canadian-American astrophysicist Sara Seager 17 November 2023
Leiden University will confer an honorary doctorate on astrophysicist Sara Seager for her work on exoplanets. Seager will receive the doctorate during...
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Jayshri Ramadhin wins Moot Court Challenge Cup 16 November 2023
This was the twelfth occasion that the Moot Court Challenge Cup has been awarded! This time for the best oral argument at the Moot Court held in the s...
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Dual Medical Delta appointment for six Leiden professors and one lecturer 15 November 2023
Six professors and one lecturer from Leiden University have officially been appointed Medical Delta professors or lecturers. They were inaugurated sim...
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Luning and Hein receive LUF grant to carry out research on infrastructure projects in Ghana and Morocco 13 November 2023
Infrastructure projects such as ports, highways and railways are intertwined with geopolitics, economic systems, political interests and cultural valu...
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Investigating obsidian sources in Honduras with a Corrie Bakels Grant 13 November 2023
Obsidian, a volcanic glass-like material, is often used for making tools by Mesoamerican societies. In Honduras, certain obsidian artefacts do not yet...
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Call for nominations Jewish Studies Thesis Prize 2023 09 November 2023
The Leiden Jewish Studies Association is pleased to announce a call for nominations for the "Best Thesis in Jewish Studies" produced at Leiden Univers...
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Ionica Smeets to give Iris Medal prize money to students 09 November 2023
Ionica Smeets is planning to give the prize money that she won with the Iris Medal, a prize for excellent science communication, to student projects. ...
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Caspar Jacobs, Marta Bielinska Winners of Du Châtelet Prize 2023 08 November 2023
The Du Châtelet Prize in Philosophy of Physics is awarded annually for previously unpublished work in philosophy of physics by a graduate student or j...
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ZonMw grant for Leonie Vreeke to develop a stepped-care treatment for very shy young children 06 November 2023
Psychologist Leonie Vreeke is ready to start a new 5-year research project which was granted by ZonMw with nearly € 600.000,-. A PhD student and a res...