Basic data
On this webpage, you can find the basic data of NWO-I.
Annual budget
As of 31 December 2023, the annual budget of NWO-I is 225 million euros for exploitation and investments; basic and other income from grants from NWO, the European Union, and the Dutch government as well as from partnerships with universities and industry.
How many people work at NWO-I?
At the end of 2023, 1.615 fte (1.743 persons) were employed by NWO-I, of which (rounded off)
- 334 FTE (337 people) PhD students (OIOs);
- 250 FTE (217 people) researchers in temporary employment (including postdocs);
- 271 FTE (295 persons) researchers in permanent employment
- 152 fte (174 persons) employees in temporary employment
- 609 FTE (666 persons) permanent staff
They are employed in these organisation units (reference date 1 December 2023)
| Name Institute | Number of employees |
| NWO Institute AMOLF | 205 |
| NWO Institute ARCNL | 53 |
| NWO Institute ASTRON | 208 |
| NWO Institute CWI | 212 |
| NWO Institute DIFFER | 130 |
| NWO Institute Nikhef | 219 |
| NWO Institute NIOZ | 348 |
| NWO Institute NSCR | 66 |
| NWO Institute SRON | 213 |
| NWO-I office | 60 |
| BUW (Administrative Unit for Research Groups at Universities) | 5 |
| JIVE* | 24 |
| Total | 1.743 |
* JIVE is part of NWO Institute ASTRON and Jive implements the core data processing and user services that turn the network of distributed telescopes into a single observatory to study the radio sky at the highest possible resolution.
In 2023, researchers at the institutes collectively produced a total of 90 dissertations, 2,132 scientific (refereed) publications and 979 other publications (including those aimed at general public).