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Gravitation grant on plant mechanical properties for better crops25 March 2024
Gravitation grant for electrochemical processes large-scale energy transition25 March 2024
Twinning partner in three EU collaborative projects20 March 2024
NWO M-1 grants for Roos and Poolman20 March 2024
NWO M2-grant for better treatment of blood coagulation diseases18 March 2024
University of Groningen hosts EURODARK11 March 2024
Businesses and knowledge institutions join forces on development of smart agricultural robots06 March 2024
NWO funding for improved image sensors06 March 2024
Ammodo Science Award for tuberculosis vaccine05 March 2024
A plant-based sensor04 March 2024
Vici grants for four UG/UMCG scientists29 February 2024
Bayu Jayawardhana is a pioneer in the world of control technology27 February 2024
FSE professor joins Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities23 February 2024
Azzopardi's algorithms are inspired by the brain20 February 2024
Growth Fund Project for Green Steel launched14 February 2024
UG-spin-off CoRe Pro B.V. develops sustainable solutions to convert renewable materials usefully12 February 2024
UG contributes to circular Dutch solar panels09 February 2024
NWO Impact Explorer for Van den Bogaart’s research into the early detection of small amounts of dividing cancer cells in blood08 February 2024
Major project to improve remote-controlled vehicles05 February 2024
National Measuring Campaign  | Counting Stars25 January 2024
Promising UG researcher goes to US on Rubicon grant22 January 2024
The UG nominates two academics for the Klokhuis Science Prize22 January 2024
ERC Proof of Concept Grant to improve monitoring heart failure patients18 January 2024
UG and Nobian renew their partnership18 January 2024
Large NWO grant for research into origin of the universe16 January 2024
Large NWO grant for research into unraveling logical complexity16 January 2024
NWO grant for improvement solar energy materials11 January 2024
NWO grant for Anastasiia Krushynska's MetaFlow project09 January 2024
Prof. Raffaella Carloni wins FSE Impact Award 202309 January 2024
New project will take a step towards answering whether gravity is quantum08 January 2024
Building life without DNA08 January 2024
NWO Take-off grant for innovative knee prosthesis by Raffaella Carloni 20 December 2023
Prof. Marco Fraaije receives NWO Perspectief funding for biotech research13 December 2023
Prof. Katja Loos secures more than EUR 6 million funding for creating sustainable plastic13 December 2023
Join the 'Language and AI' community11 December 2023
UG collaborates with Chinese partners to improve management of wastewater08 December 2023
Representing the UG Natural and Engineering Sciences community: an interview with Andrea Capiluppi07 December 2023
UG students put themselves on the map with homemade Mars Yard05 December 2023
Ten Groningen science and engineering students win national Young Talent Incentive Award30 November 2023
Three FSE researchers receive NWO XS grant29 November 2023
UG professor Jayawardhana appointed scientific director DISC29 November 2023
FSE researcher partners in JTF grant with UMCG and regional industries27 November 2023
Two Major European grants for Groningen researchers23 November 2023
Seagrass restoration in the Wadden Sea20 November 2023
Krushynska is partner in substantial MedTech grant with UMCG, and regional industries16 November 2023
Dr. Saal van Zwanenberg Honorary Prize for Erik Frijlink and Research Prize for student15 November 2023
One mussel doesn't make a reef13 November 2023
Team Groningen wins medal with Bye-o film in iGEM competition Paris07 November 2023
A look back at Frits Zernike's anniversary06 November 2023
Rector magnificus Jacquelien Scherpen and three UG professors appointed NAE Fellows02 November 2023
HAICu wants to act as a reliable guide within the realms of Dutch heritage31 October 2023
Top Dutch Solar Racing-team finish 6th at the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge | Update26 October 2023
Three ERC Synergy grants for Groningen researchers26 October 2023
70 microscopes at celebration marking 70 years of the Nobel Prize23 October 2023
Erik Frijlink receives Dr. Saal van Zwanenberg Honorary Prize23 October 2023
Heeres teams up with industrial partner BioBTX in 2,8M Euro JTF subsidy19 October 2023
Moniek Tromp appointed Captain of Science of the Top Sector Chemistry13 October 2023
Start Energy Solutions project ‘PHAETON’ in Cyprus10 October 2023
Funding from Erasmus+ Program for European AI – Education project03 October 2023
Feringa Building approaches completion03 October 2023
Funding from Erasmus+ Program for learning and teaching project03 October 2023
Centre for Learning and Teaching researchers receive grant from Erasmus+ Program03 October 2023
PureIMS wins the LIFE Science Innovation Award 202328 September 2023
AI-kennis naar de jonge generatie in Noord-Nederland27 September 2023
Friendship Award for Prof. Ben Feringa26 September 2023
Two Open Competition Science-M grants for FSE researchers26 September 2023
UG students win the Mars Rover Challenge18 September 2023
Researchers and industry revolutionize PVC recycling14 September 2023
Johan van de Gronden new director of BirdEyes11 September 2023
Sonja Billerbeck partner in EIC Pathfinder-project07 September 2023
PhD Supervisor of the Year 2023 Clemens Mayer05 September 2023
Harish Vedantham and Casper van der Kooi nominated for 'Wetenschapstalent 2023'28 August 2023
Veni grants for seven Groningen STEM researchers09 August 2023
1.6 million euros for Astrochemistry and James Webb Space Telescope26 July 2023
Five promising UG researchers to top institutes abroad on Rubicon grants26 July 2023
NWO XS grant for Kamenz and Onck24 July 2023
NWO Take-off funding for ENTEG spinout company Sencilia24 July 2023
10 million euros from NWA for HAICu consortium11 July 2023
Millions for research on heritage and stress in young children11 July 2023
Two Open Competition Science-M grants for FSE researchers10 July 2023
Master’s student Physics Adrian Sidhu wins GUF 100 Prize10 July 2023
Vidi grant for Dr Klein, Dr Martynchuk and Dr Quax29 June 2023
Six UG and UMCG researchers awarded Vidi grant29 June 2023
Impact in Focus - Oscar Franken's Waddensea research28 June 2023
Amalia Dolga receives funding from Michael J. Fox Foundation15 June 2023
Frank Dekker partner in funded Horizon Europe project15 June 2023
FSE team wins Self Driving Challenge13 June 2023
Comenius Teaching Fellow grant for Druetta and Van Benthem and Hackl13 June 2023
UG/ UMCG and TU Delft join forces for child-friendly button cell battery12 June 2023
Marco Fraaije receives funding for research into insect enzymes09 June 2023
Kyriakou partner in ECOLEFINS EIC Pathfinder project07 June 2023
Three FSE researchers receive an NWO XS grant06 June 2023
Rehabilitation through virtual reality games05 June 2023
Master's student Energy and Environmental Sciences Lotte Top wins Rachel Carson Graduation Award 202331 May 2023
Godwit migration is learned rather than innate30 May 2023
SNN funding for Avraamidou and Sburlea30 May 2023
Ben Feringa Impact Award 2023 awarded to George Azzopardi and Guru Swaroop Bennabhaktula26 May 2023
Jeanine Olsen awarded honorary doctorate from University of Gothenburg17 May 2023
Open Competition Science-M grants for Slawinska and Tolstoy16 May 2023
CurioUs: two-way relationship between citizens and science16 May 2023
‘The University is a goldmine of applicable ideas’15 May 2023
Impact: Intelligent tools help with child abuse forensics08 May 2023
Royal Decorations for UG staff members26 April 2023
Else Starkenburg receives Aspasia grant26 April 2023
KNAW appoints Marrink and Rosmalen as members25 April 2023
Professor Loi receives Hestia funding18 April 2023
Tessa Quax and Casper van der Kooi receive Human Frontier Science Program grant13 April 2023
Three promising UG researchers to top institutes abroad on Rubicon grants11 April 2023
Mariano Méndez receives European prize for astronomy education in developing countries05 April 2023
Parkinson’s: the search for a cure (video, episode two)05 April 2023
ERC Advanced Grant for Filippo Fraternali30 March 2023
Drie RUG-onderzoekers benoemd tot leden van Wetenschappelijke Klimaatraad24 March 2023
Seven labs receive LEAF awards for sustainability20 March 2023
Jacquelien Scherpen winner of Prince Friso Engineering Award 202316 March 2023
Ben Feringa awarded Honorary Doctorate from Bratislava University16 March 2023
ENW Science-M grant for Andreas Milias-Argeitis10 March 2023
2023 Izatt-Christensen Award for Prof. Sijbren Otto06 March 2023
Farming insects on manure27 February 2023
Vici grants for four researchers23 February 2023
Kick-off collaboration between 4TU.Centres and UG institutes on research and teaching21 February 2023
Vijf RUG-onderzoekers benoemd bij Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen20 February 2023
ERC Proof of Concept grant for peptide-based vaccins15 February 2023
Professor Scherpen finalist Prince Friso Engineering Award – vote now for the Public Prize!14 February 2023
Twenty-four faculties of 4TU and the UG are joining forces in integral plan to strengthen the technology sector01 February 2023
From paper industry waste to sustainable kerosene31 January 2023
Carmem M. Gilardoni wins the Ehrenfest-Afanassjewa thesis prize 202220 January 2023
The quest for the perfect paint17 January 2023
Three promising UG researchers to top institutes abroad on Rubicon grants16 January 2023
In search of the coveted safer, better, longer-lasting battery: BatteryNL kicks off16 January 2023
UG call-to-action: measure the darkness by counting stars with us!12 January 2023
Research into LRRK2’s role in Parkinson11 January 2023
Two Open Competition Science-M grants for FSE researchers23 December 2022
NWO Take-off grant for Marc van der Maarel and Mariska van der Hoek21 December 2022
Reinoud Gosens partner in NWO Perspectief consortium21 December 2022
Professor Caspar van der Wal receives grant within National Growth Fund program Quantum Technology20 December 2022
Four FSE researchers receive NWO XS grant19 December 2022
Groningen contributes to major research initiative into energy-efficient information technology15 December 2022
Chemical Engineering students win Electe competition15 December 2022
Why seal whiskers are super sensors13 December 2022
Grant for children's book about plants12 December 2022
Glue for the lungs06 December 2022
Eleven Groningen science and engineering students win national Young Talent Award29 November 2022
Katja Loos wins NWO Team Science Award with HyBRit research group28 November 2022
Dr. Qi Zhang wins FSE Postdoc Prize 202225 November 2022
Student Vera Thijssen wins Unilever Research Prize 202225 November 2022
ERC Starting Grant for four researchers of the Faculty of Science and Engineering22 November 2022
Four FSE researchers receive NWO XS grant for bold research18 November 2022
Wouter Roos partner in EIC Pathfinder project07 November 2022
Maria Antonietta Loi and Jan Anton Koster partners in Horizon Europe consortia03 November 2022
Team iGEM Groningen 2022 wins gold medal01 November 2022
Maria Antonietta Loi elected member of the European Academy of Sciences01 November 2022
Amina Helmi delivers 2022 Halley Lecture at Oxford University26 October 2022
Consortium with Laura Govers wins tender from Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management for scaling up seagrass restoration26 October 2022
Experience the night at the University of Groningen24 October 2022
Laura Heinen wins Women Interactive Materials Award 202224 October 2022
Marco Fraaije receives funding for COST Action20 October 2022
The Young Academy Groningen welcomes eight new members18 October 2022
Martien Kas elected president of European College of Neuropsychopharmacology18 October 2022
Recyclable plastics for a sustainable future17 October 2022
Telescoop voor Waddenbibliotheken14 October 2022
Giovanni Maglia receives $1.5 million from National Institutes of Health for research into next-generation protein nanopores13 October 2022
UG rises to place 75 in THE rankings12 October 2022
‘Zilveren Zandloper’ for Dirk-Jan Scheffers07 October 2022
Astronomy community celebrates 60 years of ESO07 October 2022
Groningen’s solar team on the grid once again05 October 2022
What environment created life on earth? Dr. Tim Lichtenberg receives prestigious fellowship03 October 2022
Open Competition Science-M grants for Krushynska and Dekker22 September 2022
European award for education project coordinated by Science LinX22 September 2022
Board of the University proud of national coverage of Feringa’s ‘Everyday Molecules’21 September 2022
Erasmus+ funding for Avraamidou and Azevedo21 September 2022
Virtual job interview maps stress19 September 2022
PhD Supervisor of the Year Award 2022 for Sancia van der Meij06 September 2022
A robot to do your cleaning? A very realistic scenario!06 September 2022
UG opens ‘Answers Shop’ for questions from children05 September 2022
Yfke Bethlehem new UG poet-in-residence05 September 2022
Heeres partner in HORIZON EUROPE-RIA consortium NewWave05 September 2022
Launch of BirdEyes, an international center for research and education in the field of climate change01 September 2022
Professor Sabeth Verpoorte awarded Honorary Doctorate from Tampere University01 September 2022
NWO Demonstrator funding for Van den Bogaart and Bianchi30 August 2022
Festive opening of new UG research station 'De Herdershut' on Schiermonnikoog29 August 2022
NWO ENW–XL grants worth millions awarded to UG research consortia27 July 2022
Six young UG researchers to top institutes abroad on Rubicon grants25 July 2022
Two FSE researchers receive NWO XS grant25 July 2022
FSE Learning Analytics team wins national prize in field of data science and AI in education18 July 2022
Open Competition Science-M grant for three FSE researchers06 July 2022
George Palasantzas receives funding from NWO Open Technology Programme05 July 2022
NWO Take-off grants for Davide Grossi, Yori Ong and Oscar Kuipers05 July 2022
Hamidreza Kasaei receives Gratama Science Award 202204 July 2022
Master’s student BCN Noa Schwensfeier wins GUF 100 Prize04 July 2022
Koester de duisternis04 July 2022
Finals of the Dutch Astronomy Olympiad 2022 at the University of Groningen01 July 2022
Vidi grant for Dr. Schmidt: enzyms that can make chemical reactions less polluting01 July 2022
Subsidy for innovative concept to process rubber waste into new products30 June 2022
Newly established Dutch Biology Council23 June 2022
Mural of J.C. Kapteyn revealed17 June 2022
Fulbright grant for Kathinka Frieswijk17 June 2022
Amina Helmi and her team involved again in most recent Data Release from Gaia-mission13 June 2022
Professor Aravind and Dr. Mokhov partner in NWO Perspectief consortium: research into ammonia as a fuel09 June 2022
Recreation decreases density of ticks near paths07 June 2022
Nominations 2022 Gratama Science Award (UG) announced23 May 2022
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