The highest award in Dutch academia, the Spinoza Prize, has been awarded to MiCRo principle investigator Corné Pieterse!

He receives the award for his outstanding and inspiring research. The award, granted by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) to three or four researchers working in the Netherlands, that belong to the best researchers worldwide. Every researcher who is awarded receives 2.5 million Euro funding for their research.

Congratulations, Corné!

Click here for the official announcement on the NOW website (in Dutch)

Click here for short interviews with this year's laureats (in Dutch)