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Over 300 guestsDuring the opening, Utrecht University welcomed more than 300 guests, including junior and senior researchers, and representatives from public and private sectors, research and educational institutes, regional and national…

Size matters when it comes to preserving biodiversity in natural areas. Larger and strictly protected areas are clearly more effective, according to biologists from Utrecht University and international colleagues. Examining the…

Size matters when it comes to preserving biodiversity in natural areas. Larger and strictly protected areas are clearly more effective, according to biologists from Utrecht University and international colleagues. Examining the…

Certain non-digestible sugar structures used in nasal sprays can reduce bacterial infections in the lungs. This makes the sugars a potential alternative to antibiotics, of which large-scale use might lead to bacterial resistance in both…

Two researchers from Utrecht University and one from the Hubrecht Institute have been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant. The grant from the European Union enables researchers to further extend their scientific endeavour and consists on an…

The research project into the economic resilience of women had already received a large NWO grant last year, but now NWO has awarded another grant of 1.6 million euros. external link“With a total of 2.8 million euros, the…

At this year's Dies Natalis on March 25th, Utrecht University will award two honorary doctorates to Professor João Mano and Baroness Minouche Shafik. Both demonstrate in their own way that combining research with public outreach is…

A consortium of four European universities and the Tax Justice Network NGO have received a Horizon Europe grant of 2,7 million euros. Their joint research project DemoTrans will study the interchange between democratic institutions and…

A broad collective of Dutch climate researchers, including Utrecht researchers Sanli Faez (Faculty of Science), Liesbeth van de Grift (Faculty of Humanities) and Marjolijn Haasnoot (Faculty of Geosciences), are uniting in a task force at…

The research group Omnes Pro Uno (OPU) of Utrecht University is one of the two winners of the Ammodo Science Award for groundbreaking research 2022. The Ammodo Foundation announced this today. The team will receive a cash prize of 1.2…