University of Groningen

Prof. Geert van den Bogaart of the University of Groningen together with Dr. Ruben Bierings (Erasmus MC) will receive an NWO grant EUR 750,000 for research into blood coagulation diseases. With the knowledge this will provide, future…

Even though VentureLab North is already ten years old, interim manager Ignacio Faustino feels that the project is more dynamic than ever before: ‘Ideas are like small seeds. Each seed has its own personality. They will grow in…

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded M-1 grants in the Exact and Natural Sciences domain to Prof. Wouter Roos and Prof. Bert Poolman of the Faculty of Science and Engineering (RUG). Both will receive EUR 375,000. Roos for…

The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science has awarded a Gravitation grant to the Green Tissue Engineering research programme, of which Professor Marleen Kamperman, from the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials (Faculty of Science…

RUG/UMCG researchers Mark Hipp, Bart Eggen, Moniek Tromp and Marleen Kamperman, along with colleagues, are involved in four of seven Dutch science consortia. In total, these seven studies will receive more than 160 million euros. This…

The research master in economics and business at the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) has been named an ‘excellent programme’ in the latest Keuzegids Masters . FEB’s research master in economics and business received a…

In New Ways of Teaching, lecturers share their innovative, creative, and effective educational initiatives. From unusual teaching methods to new technologies — anything is possible. How do these ideas arise, and what impact do they…

Felix Pot has won the prestigious Van der Knaap Dissertation Prize from the Royal Dutch Society of Sciences and Humanities. He receives this award for his research on the perceived accessibility in rural areas, on which he defended in his…

The responsibilities for dealing with the consequences of gas extraction in Groningen are divided among many different institutions. These are interdependent and together, they make up a complex institutional system. Marielle Bovenhoff…

The Humanity Hit on the Chronicle of the abbey of Wittewierum is nominated for the Best Groninger Film 2022, in the Commissioned film/ commercial category. The film was made last year by Marieke Verdijk and Frank Boxman, who were…