Gravitation
The Gravitation programme brings researchers from a single discipline or from several disciplines together in consortia and facilitates innovation, excellence and the international positioning of Dutch research. These consortia belong to the world’s best in their research field or have the potential to join it.
Encouragement of excellent research
With Gravitation, the government encourages excellent research in the Netherlands. The programme is for scientific consortia that have the potential to rank among the world's best in their field. The programme is a form of direct government research funding. ZonMw assesses and selects the applications in cooperation with NWO. The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science funds the programme.
Purpose and objectives
Gravitation is intended for consortia of scientists who conduct innovative and influential research within their professional discipline. The purpose is to encourage research programmes to achieve international breakthroughs.
More information
- For general information, visit the website NWO Gravitation
- For information about projects, visit the website NWO Projects Gravitation
Committee
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Chair
Prof. Aafke HulkMembers
Prof. Nishi Chaturvedi
Prof. Edward Curry
Prof. Kirsten Drotner
Prof. Orla Freely
Prof. Rüdiger Klein
Prof. John Kuriyan
Prof. Linda Partridge
Prof. Lynn Russell
Prof. Sean Ryder
Prof. Catherine Schenk
Prof. Oren Scherman
Prof. Alexander Schluger
Prof. Michael Smith
Prof. Jeroen van den Bergh
Prof. Gunnar von Heijne
Prof. Johan Wagemans
Prof. Shearer West
Prof. Ana Zenclussen