Employees
308
66
PhD students
35
Nationalities
24
Professorships
42
Courses
Internships
139
2153
Earned media items
Public lectures
12
Budget 2024
The overall budget for 2024 amounted to 56.4 M€. NWO contributed 32.8 M€ as basic structural funding, 0.0 M€ incidental contributions and 4.0 M€ project funding. Other project-related additional funding was received through EU projects (1.7 M€) and other national and international projects were acquired in competition (12.4 M€). Chartering of RV Pelagia to third parties yielded a revenue of 4.6 M€. Miscellaneous and ad hoc funding amounted to 0.9 M€.
Staff 2024
On average, NIOZ employed a staff of 308 full-time equivalents (FTE), representing a total headcount of 336 employees. Of this total, 131 (39%) employees were women; 103 (31%) employees were of foreign nationality, representing 35 different countries. The scientific staff, including tenure track scientists, postdocs and PhD students accounted for 50% of the total staff, scientific support staff for 19%, and technical staff, ship crew and services & administration accounted for 31%.
Scientific Output 2024
NIOZ scientists authored or co-authored 324 peer-reviewed journal articles, 0 books (monograph), 5 chapters in books, 3 non-refereed publications and 5 professional publications. Out of the 324 peer-reviewed journal articles, 319 (98%) appeared as open access publications. 18 PhD students received their degrees: at Utrecht University (11), University of Groningen (5) and Wageningen University & Research (2).
In 2024, NIOZ scientists held 24 professorships at universities in the Netherlands. That represents half of our senior scientist population, showing the academic recognition of our work. Principal investigators (PI’s) together held 230 other external functions, such as memberships of committees and editorial boards. Our scientists were awarded 15 research grants of ≥ K€ 500 of which 2 are individual grants; 12 research grants of K€ 250 to K€ 500 of which 1 is an individual grant; 20 research grants of ≤ K€ 250; and 3 prizes. Ship time: In 2024, RV Pelagia sailed for 130 days for Dutch scientific programmes. RV Wim Wolff sailed for 74 days for Dutch science programmes in the Wadden Sea and in the Grevelingen and Voordelta and RV Navicula for 13 days. Foreign scientific teams used RV Pelagia 57 days for charter cruises and RV Wim Wolff 12 days for charter cruises. In addition, NMF supported Dutch scientists during 31 days of scientific expeditions on board foreign vessels through barter activities with OFEG partners.
Outreach and teaching 2024
NIOZ news and scientists were brought to the attention of media and the public in various ways, including direct press contacts and press releases. Also, NIOZ experts were asked to comment on breaking and developing (inter)national news stories by journalists. Among the most frequently shared stories were ‘plastic eating fungus’ and ‘animals found living under the sea floor’. In 2024, free publicity added up to 2153 ‘earned media’ items. An important event for NIOZ took place on 15 February 2024 when Research Vessel Wim Wolff was christened in the harbor of the NIOZ on Texel. Various events were organized on 5, 6 and 8 June, focusing on ocean policy and science and the National Ocean Science Conference. On 8 June, World Ocean Day was promoted in six different Dutch museums in the form of lectures, workshops and activities. NIOZ scientists gave 12 public lectures. For 2024, the category ‘other’ refers to 8 performances of the theater show ‘Overvloed’ (a pun on abundance and floods) about climate change by a NIOZ oceanographer and a comedian throughout The Netherlands. NIOZ Texel and Yerseke were visited by 38 groups, and 10 symposiums were organized at NIOZ or elsewhere by NIOZ staff. The number of societal advisory boards which PI's are a part of was 13. Many NIOZ scientists were involved in education, with 42 courses, and 139 students doing their internships at NIOZ.
