News
The latest news from ZonMw about research, practice, policy and education in healthcare.
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Website in new ZonMw house style
Following the launch of our revamped website in April, ZonMw has now introduced a new house style. The website looks...
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ZonMw and NWO to use open data for monitoring open access
For the first time, ZonMw and NWO have based their open access monitor on open metadata. This shows that in 2022, 93% of...
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Off Road: no new round in 2023
We are currently in the process of an innovation and efficiency drive within our Off Road programme. We aim for the most...
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ZonMw signs Dutch Global Health Pact
ZonMw is one of the signatories of the Global Health Pact. On 28 September 2023, ZonMw director Véronique Timmerhuis...
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New grant awarded for research on health effects of microplastics
What happens when microplastics enter the human body? While the amount of microplastics in our environment is increasing...
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Preproposal 2023 Vidi round open for applications
For the first time within the Vidi, NWO is employing a preproposal phase for the 2023 Vidi round. Applicants can submit...
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Clinical Fellows: reopens for applications from 12 September onwards
From 12 September onwards, physicians who hold a PhD can once again submit a proposal for the ZonMw programme Clinical...
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Veni grant for 188 scientists from all fields
NWO has awarded Veni funding of up to EUR 280,000 to 188 promising researchers from the full breadth of science. This...
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Fifteen young researchers start their own research abroad with Rubicon grant
Fifteen recently graduated scholars can do their research at foreign research institutes thanks to a Rubicon grant from...
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More research needed on the impact of environmental change on human health
'Global environmental change has major effects on human health.' This is 1 of the key messages of the Planetary Health...
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European science organisations call for science-based discussion on animal free approaches
On 25 May 2023 the European Parliament´s Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) will hold a...
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Knowledge Agenda makes recommendations for transition to animal-free innovations
(Bio)medical research is currently undertaking the transition to animal-free research. ZonMw analysed what is needed to...