Utrecht University

On 15 February, the Faculty of Geosciences of Utrecht University and IHE Delft Institute for Water Education signed a Memorandum of Understanding. This document endorses the desire of the two institutes to cooperate more with each other…

NWO has awarded Utrecht University Botanic Gardens a Museum Grant worth 37.000 euros to digitise a portion of their extensive archive of seed lists. The – now still analog – collection of lists forms a valuable source of data, and…

Several humanities scholars and students from Utrecht University have contributed to the latest (and digital) edition of the Encyclopedie van de Vlaamse Beweging (Encyclopaedia of the Flemish Movement). The reference work, which will…

The interdisciplinary consortium Deliberate Genre Literacy in Secondary Education will receive almost 1 million euros from the Netherlands Initiative for Education Research (NRO). With the grant, the team will explore methods to make…

The GroenvermogenNL R&D consortium HyUSE has been granted a subsidy of over €14 million over the next six years for research developing the use of hydrogen in the transition to a more sustainable and low-carbon energy future in the…

The structure of one of the most abundant antibodies in our blood, Immunoglobulin M (IgM), turns out to be different than previously thought: it contains an additional protein known as CD5L. This discovery, made by Utrecht University…

New research has revealed that Rembrandt impregnated the canvas for his famous 1642 militia painting ‘The Night Watch’ with a lead-containing substance even before applying the first ground layer. Such lead-based impregnation has never…

For the first time ever, research led by one of Utrecht University’s earth scientists – Dr Dan Palcu – has earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. His fascinating research shows the immense proportions of the largest lake…

Utrecht scientists, under the supervision of Marc-Etienne Moret, have discovered a new mechanism to build molecular catalysts. The new mechanism involves the earth-abundant metal nickel instead of precious metals that are often used…

Kate Avis (Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences), Jeffrie Quarsie (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine) and Lorelie Tummers each receive a Mosaic 2.0 scholarship programme by NWO. The PhD scholarship programme is aimed at the group of…