Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)

The organisation NWO comprises - apart from a General Board, management and staff departments - these units. Divisions Eight divisions comprise (by law) all different aspects of science. They are responsible for the funding task of NWO. Each division has a Board, consisting of scientists. The Boards are supported by an NWO Office. * Earth and Life Sciences (ALW) * Chemical Sciences (CW) * Physical Sciences (EW) * Humanities (GW) * Social Sciences (MaGW) * Medical Sciences (MW) * Physics (N) * Technical Sciences (TW), executed by the Technology Foundation STW The divisions develop research programmes and organise granting procedures. They have considerable independency. Not seldom they offer, in various combinations, joint programmes for which the scientific field delivers the input. This 'multidisciplinarity' is an unmistakable trend in science. NWO has even based her strategy on these cutting-edge themes. Foundations The NWO organisation comprises two foundations. * Netherlands National Computing Facilities Foundation (NCF) * WOTRO Science for Global Development These foundations differ in juridical status and origin from the Divisions. In practice, WOTRO has a comparable funding task and acts as a Division. NCF offers financial support for purchase and management of our nation's super computers and other large-scale computer facilities. Temporary Task Forces Three so-called Temporary Task Forces execute ministerial policy. They have a semi-permanent status and are accommodated by NWO. * Advanced Chemical Technologies for Sustainability (ACTS) * Netherlands Genomics Initiative (NGI) * National ICT Research and Innovation Authority (ICTRegie)