Dutch Research Agenda (NWA) -ORC funding for REAP2SOW-consortium chaired by Wouter Kohlen, WUR

REAP2SOW: Resilient and Efficient Agricultural Proteins to Sustain Our World  The REAPsSOW consortia receives around 6.8 million to start immediately. REAPsSOW- research What if your plate could help build a healthier Netherlands? REAP2SOW explores how [...]

NWO awards KIC call ‘Antimicrobials for the preclinical pipeline’ to Consortium

NWO awards KIC call ‘Antimicrobials for the preclinical pipeline' to  Consortium chaired by Marnix Medema The call stimulates research on antimicrobials (including antibiotics) as they are of great value to healthcare. They are necessary for [...]

Richard Immink appointed as Personal Professor “Plant Reproduction in a Changing Climate”

Researcher Richard Immink is appointed as Personal Professor of Plant Reproduction Biology in a Changing Environment by the Board of Directors of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) effective 1 February 2025. Immink will investigate how the combination of [...]

EPSO Young Plant Scientist Award 2025

Himanshu Chhillar winner of the Award for fundamental research. The winner of the award for fundamental research is Himanshu Chhillar of the Institute of Biology, Leiden University, The Netherlands, for his project “Revolutionizing Plant Defence: Unveiling [...]

Winners EPS awards 2025

Congratulations to Evelien Stouten, Leonardo Jo, and Marian Bemer. Thanks to the EPS community for nominating your colleagues and being thankful. Is your colleague also one of a kind? Nominate them for the EPS awards 2026. [...]

EPS-Alumni network

Have you been part of the EPS community as a PhD candidate, postdoc, or staff member? We invite you to join our alumni group on LinkedIn! We're building a strong EPS Alumni Network and would love to stay in touch. [...]

NWO Open Competition Domain Science -M grant for Nora Gigli Bisceglia

M-grants are intended for realising curiosity-driven, fundamental research of high quality and/or scientific urgency. The M-grant offers researchers the possibility to elaborate creative and risky ideas and to realise scientific innovations that can form [...]

TKI grant for Michael Seidl

Project unravels interaction between lettuce and Fusarium fungus (€1.5 million funding to combat lettuce disease) Tackling a plant disease that increasingly threatens lettuce production has moved a major step closer, thanks to a [...]

From academia to industry: EPS postdoc mentor programme

Progress, innovation and sustainability are essential for breeding. This requires in-depth research and specialist knowledge. Postdocs play an important role in this – they have in-depth professional knowledge and a fresh perspective on innovation. [...]

PhD Council presents the new chair and secretary

Julia Mars Plant Stress Resilience & Experimental and Computational Development Utrecht University I am Julia and I am a second year PhD student with dr. Dorota Kawa at Utrecht University. My research focuses [...]

EPS Annual meeting 2025