Ammodo Science Award

Fundamental scientific research is essential for extending the limits of our knowledge. The Ammodo Science Award therefore stimulates specifically fundamental science. The Award covers all scientific disciplines, divided into four fields: Biomedical Sciences, Humanities, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences.

Nomination & selection

The Ammodo Science Award consists of eight sums of money, each of 300.000 euros. The advisory committee selected for each scientific domain puts forward two candidates for the Award chosen by them out of all the nominations received within that domain. Nominations for the next edition of the Ammodo Science Award can be submitted from the first week of June 2020.

News

Research Stephanie Wehner in MIT Technology Review

Winners of the first Ammodo Science Award for groundbreaking research announced

Eveline Crone appointed professor of Developmental Neuroscience in Society at the Erasmus University Rotterdam

Calendar

June 2020

Start nominations

January 2021

Laureates Ammodo Science Award 2021 announced

spring 2021

Award Ceremony

Ammodo Science Award

The Ammodo Science Award for groundbreaking research is intended to stimulate potentially groundbreaking research. Such research is usually the result of team work, and for that reason this Award is for research being carried out by a group of researchers working together, and is intended to recognise the contribution of every member of the group. The Ammodo Science Award for groundbreaking research is presented biennially to research projects in two of the following scientific disciplines: Biomedical Sciences, Humanities, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences.

Nomination & Selection

The Ammodo Science Award for groundbreaking research consists of two prizes of EUR 1,200,000 each. The coming edition of the Award will be presented to one research project in the field of Biomedical Sciences and one in the field of Humanities. The rectors of the fourteen Dutch universities that are members of the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) may each nominate one research project per scientific domain.

Winners

The Ammodo Science Award for groundbreaking research focuses on potentially groundbreaking research and ensures that all researchers involved in the winning project are recognised and rewarded. In 2020 the Award was presented for the first time to two research groups in the domains Natural Sciences and Social Sciences. In 2022 the Award will be presented for the first time to two research groups in the domains Biomedical Sciences and Humanities.

News

2020 Ammodo Science Award

2021 Ammodo Science Award

Ammodo Science
Award for fundamental research