{"id":4942,"date":"2026-04-21T12:07:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T12:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukb.nl\/?post_type=nieuws&#038;p=4942"},"modified":"2026-04-21T12:07:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T12:07:38","slug":"nominate-candidates-for-the-2026-leo-waaijers-open-science-award","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/ukb.nl\/en\/news\/nominate-candidates-for-the-2026-leo-waaijers-open-science-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominate candidates for the 2026 Leo Waaijers Open Science Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Starting from 2026, UKB and NWO will jointly present the annual NWO UKB Leo Waaijers Open Science Award. This award was established by UKB in 2024 to recognize individuals or teams who have made an exceptional contribution to open science. From 21 April 2026, you can nominate open science initiatives for this award. Who will you nominate?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Starting in 2026, NWO and UKB will jointly present the annual Leo Waaijers Open Science Award. With this award, UKB, NWO, and Open Science NL recognize and honor initiatives that make a significant, inspiring, and sustainable contribution to the open science movement. These are pioneers who have worked against the tide and thereby set real change in motion. The winner will receive a prize of \u20ac50,000. This fund can be used to further reinforce existing initiatives, expand them, or launch new ones.<\/p>\n<h1><strong>The nomination process<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>The prize may be awarded to a single person or to multiple individuals who are jointly committed to open developments. The conditions for nomination can be found in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwo.nl\/en\/leo-waaijers-open-science-award\">Leo Waaijers Open Science Award brochure<\/a>. A jury of open science experts will evaluate the submissions. The winner will be announced during the Open Science Festival on 14 October 2026 in Delft, where the award will be officially presented. Nominations must be submitted by 2:00:00 PM CEST on 23 June 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Further information and nominations: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwo.nl\/en\/leo-waaijers-open-science-award\">https:\/\/www.nwo.nl\/en\/leo-waaijers-open-science-award<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4906,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-4942","nieuws","type-nieuws","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukb.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nieuws\/4942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukb.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nieuws"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukb.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/nieuws"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukb.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukb.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}