How does this website work?

Welcome to the website of NWO, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. A brief description about what you can expect from this site is given below.

Service bars

At the top and bottom of each page you will find bars with ´service tabs´. What can you do with these tabs?

Top service bar

• home
  I want to return to the start page
• recently changed
  I want an overview of all pages modified over the past 14 days
• contact
  I want NWO's address and telephone number and directions for reaching NWO by car or public transport
• nederlands
  I want the Dutch translation of the page I am now on
• A A A
  I want to change the font size used on the website

Bottom service bar

• listen to page
  I want a computerised voice to read the contents of the page
• print this page
  I want to print off the content of the page without the web layout
• e-mail page
  I want to send a link of the page to an e-mail address
• response
  I want to send comments and/or additional information regarding the page to the web editor
• disclaimer
  Legal disclaimer with respect to the content of the webpages
• RSS
  I want to subscribe to news or events
  

Main menu

Using the main menu you can find your way to all pages of the website (22,000+).

• strategy
  I want to view NWO´s mission statement and current strategy; recent results
• internationalisation
  I want to know more about NWO´s international activities
• theme development
  I want to view the 13 themes from the current strategy
• subsidy guide
  I want to view all grants and programmes in a list of five main categories
• research
  I want to search for scientists and publications in awarded, current and completed research projects; give websites of programmes
• work at NWO
  I want information about career possibilities and current vacancies at NWO, NWO institutes and other knowledge institutes
• press and public
  I am looking for contact persons, activities and policy for the press and wider public
• organisation
  I want to know how NWO is organised
• NWO organisation guide
  I want to quickly go to NWO divisions and institutes or other frequently used overviews
  

Right margin

Extra submenus are provided in the right margin of most pages to help you navigate through the site.

•  submenus of NWO divisions, organisational aspects or focus areas