CHRISTIAAN HUYGENS SCIENCE AWARD
The Christiaan Huygens Science Award encourages innovative research in the disciplines in which Christiaan Huygens excelled. The award is presented in a different discipline each year. In 2019, the award will be focusing on physics.
The award was established in 1998 and is presented annually to a researcher whose doctoral dissertation has made an innovative contribution to a specified discipline.
The winner receives a certificate, a bronze statuette of Christiaan Huygens, and a tax-free monetary award of EUR 10,000. The award is funded by the Christiaan Huygens Science Award Foundation and various enterprises and institutions that have an affinity for the specific discipline concerned.
The Academy appoints the jury and oversees the nomination procedure.
Disciplines
- Mathematics (in particular actuarial studies and econometrics)
- Physics
- Space Sciences
Who is it for?
A researcher at a Dutch University who defended his or her doctoral dissertation in physics between 1 January 2016 and 1 January 2019.
For more information click "LINK TO ORIGINAL" below.
This opportunity has expired. It was originally published here:
https://www.knaw.nl/en/awards/awards/christiaan-huygens-science-award