We are happy to announce that four Green Labs NL members are involved in projects that received an NWO Sustainable Science Fund! Funding has been awarded to a total of twenty projects from the call launched in 2025 by NWO and the Dutch Climate Research Initiative (KIN) to stimulate sustainable research practices in science. Fantastic to see that so many initiatives received funding, congratulations to all teams!

Explore all projects on this webpage.

Projects that Green Labs NL is involved in are:

  • Implementing SPARKHub for sustainable research: a national pilot study (including Florijn Dekkers, Thomas Freese, Joep Sprangers)
  • Impact assessment of laboratory disposables within life sciences research – external validation and optimisation of an existing methodology for new contexts outside academic hospitals (including Aram de Haas)
  • Training in Sustainable Research Practices: An Ethics- and Intervention-Oriented MOOC for PhD Researchers (including Thomas Freese)
  • The ULTRA-SAFE study: Ultra Low Temperature storage of Reagents: Assessment of Stability After FrEezing (including Aram de Haas)

More recent news

  • Van Walree funding opportunity for sustainability initiatives

    Funding

    Joep Sprangers

    May 9, 2025

  • Updates from the SuRe Symposium 2025 in Heidelberg

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    Joep Sprangers

    May 9, 2025

  • First E-module “Just and Sustainable Laboratory Practices” now available

    Education

    Joep Sprangers

    November 17, 2024

  • Our new website is now live!

    Greenlabs

    Joep Sprangers

    November 15, 2024