On 16 May 2023, eight laureates were presented with an Ammodo Science Award for fundamental research 2023 at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Science and art came together during this festive afternoon. There were interviews with the laureates, as well as a dance performance by choreographer Arno Schuitemaker. Curators Rita Ouédraogo en Azu Nwagbogu explained their ideas […]
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Ammodo Foundation is launching Ammodo Docs, a new series of short documentaries about the work of leading scientists and artists. Season one will premiere at Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen on Friday 7 April 2023 and will be broadcast by NTR on Dutch public television. From 20 April onwards, the films will […]
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Tazuko van Berkel, Stan Brouns, Tatiana Filatova, Jingyuan Fu, Merel Keijzer, Daniël Lakens, Hugo Snippert and Anja Spang are the winners of the Ammodo Science Award for fundamental research 2023. The laureates each receive a cash prize of 350,000 euros which they can use in the coming years to explore new avenues of fundamental scientific […]
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During a festive ceremony at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten on 18 May 2022, research groups Omnes Pro Uno (Utrecht University) and iHub (Radboud University) were presented with an Ammodo Science Award for groundbreaking research 2022. Both teams received €1.2 million for their groundbreaking scientific research. With the help of the latest genetic technologies, Omnes […]
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Today it has been announced that the research groups Omnes Pro Uno (OPU) from Utrecht University and the Interdisciplinary Hub for Digitalization and Society (iHub) from Radboud University Nijmegen are the winners of the 2022 Ammodo Science Award for groundbreaking research. Each group receives a cash prize of 1.2 million euros that may be used […]
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On Wednesday 2 February, International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) announced the three winners of the Ammodo Tiger Short Competition. The winning films are Becoming Male in the Middle Ages by Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Neves Marques, Nazarbazi by Iranian filmmaker Maryam Tafakory and Nosferasta: First Bite by American filmmakers Bayley Sweitzer and Adam Khalil. The filmmakers […]
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As in previous years, Ammodo supports the competition programmes of the 34th edition of International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), which takes place from Wednesday 17 to Sunday 28 October 2021. In doing so, Ammodo contributes to the development of filmmaking talent and the visibility of creative documentaries. This year, IDFA revamped its programme structure. […]
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On 14 September 2021, eight winners of the Ammodo Science Award for fundamental research 2021 received their awards during a festive ceremony at Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam. Each of them was given a grant of €300,000 to be spent on a fundamental research project. On stage, Ammodo’s chair of the board Steven Perrick underlined the importance […]
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Annemieke Aartsma-Rus, Patricia Dankers, Lisa Herzog, Walter Immerzeel, Rivke Jaffe, Christian Lange, Floris de Lange and Louis Vermeulen are the winners of an Ammodo Science Award 2021. Ammodo made the announcement today. The eight mid-career scientists will each receive a cash prize of 300,000 euros. They can use this money in the coming years to […]
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Ammodo initiated a documentary about the artist Rayyane Tabet, who’s work is currently being exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) in New York. The film Displaced Pieces – A Spy Story delves into the past of this internationally renowned artist, who’s great-grandfather was working on a secret mission early last century. He […]
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The winners of the first Dutch science award for groups carrying out groundbreaking research established by Ammodo are now known. The winners of this, the very first such award, are the group behind the research project Guardians and Caretakers of the Genome based at the Erasmus MC and the research group Social Educational Neuroscience Amsterdam […]
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January 29, 2019 Nadine Akkerman, Lenneke Alink, Teun Bousema, Birte Forstmann, Ewout Frankema, Toby Kiers, Jacco van Rheenen and Stephanie Wehner are the winners of the Ammodo Science Awards 2019. Each of the laureates receives a monetary prize of 300,000 euro. The funds can be used to explore new directions in pure scientific research. The […]
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Manifesta 12: ‘The Planetary Garden – Cultivating Coexistence’ took place in Palermo in June 2018. The title refers to the book, ‘The Planetary Garden’ (1997), by the French botanist Gilles Clément. In his book, Clément describes the world as a large garden which is shaped by man. The choice of Palermo came about because of […]
Read moreYou can now nominate candidates for the Ammodo KNAW Award 2017. Internationally recognised scientists who hold a position at a Dutch university or research institution are eligible for the Ammodo KNAW award. Eligible candidates should have been promoted in or after the year 2002, and they should be able to explore new pathways in fundamental […]
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