Ammodo Science
Award for fundamental research

Ammodo Science Award

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

About the Ammodo Science Award

Nomination & selection

The Ammodo Science Award for fundamental research comprises eight prizes of 350,000 euros each. The nomination round for the seventh edition of the Ammodo Science Award will start in the spring of 2026.

More about the selection procedure

Laureates

The Ammodo Science Award is for outstanding, internationally recognised mid-career scientists working in the Netherlands who obtained their doctorate between five and fifteen years ago. In 2015 the first eight laureates received the inaugural Awards.

To the laureates