Hall of Fame 2017
Many of our staff and students have won prizes over the past year. Others have been awarded a subsidy, or, because of their eminence in their field, they have been appointed members of academic societies or have taken up positions in the community. Reasons enough to be proud of them and to include them in our 2017 Hall of Fame. We are very proud of them all.
The undisputed science diva of 2017 is the ‘professor of adolescent studies’ Eveline Crone. She was awarded a Spinoza Prize, won two awards from NWO and was appointed to three scientific societies, including the European Research Council. Dutch monthly magazine OPZIJ also voted her the most influential female scientist in the Netherlands. She was the most frequently honoured individual in 2017.
International prizes, subsidies, grants and awards
EU subsidies
ERC Consolidator Grant
- Marianne Maeckelbergh – Institute for Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
- Jenny van der Steen - LUMC, Public Health (in Dutch)
ERC Advanced Grant
- Frans Theuws – Faculty of Archaeology
- Jonathan Silk - Leiden Institute for Area Studies and Centre for the Study of Religion
- Ronald Cramer - Mathematical Institute
ERC Starting Grant
- Daniela Kraft – Leiden Institute of Physics
- Milan Allan - Leiden Institute of Physics
- Mariana de Campos Françozo – Faculty of Archaeology
- Thomas Sharp - LUMC, Bio-nanopatterning
- Michaël Peyrot - Leiden University Centre for Linguistics
More EU...
- EU grant for Bart Custers – Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of the Law
- Jorrit Rijpma awarded EU funding as Jean Monet chair - Institute of Public Law
Honorary doctorates
- George Miley receives honorary doctorate from Trinity College Dublin – Leiden Observatory
- Marian Bakermans-Kranenburg receives honorary doctorate in Lund - Social Sciences
International appointments
- Eveline Crone joins Scientific Council ERC – Institute of Psychology
- Ineke Sluiter appointed Corresponding Fellow at the British Academy - Centre for the Arts in Society
- Maartje van der Woude Visiting Professor at University of Oslo - Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of the Law
- Maartje van der Woude appointed to Board of Trustees Law and Society Association - Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of the Law
- Stephanie Rap guest lecturer at Faculty of Law, Chinese Renmin University – Institute of Private Law
- Lynette Janssen guest researcher at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (in Dutch) - Institute of Private Law
- Christa Tobler guest lecturer at University of Vienna – Institute of Public Law
- Femke Bakker and Nienke Bos join editorial team of Acta Politica (in Dutch) – Political Science
- Dorine Verheij guest researcher at Université de Paris II (Panthéon-Assas) (in Dutch) - Institute of Private Law
- Bernhard Hommel appointed senator of Leopoldina (in Dutch) – Institute of Psychology
- Paul van der Heijden appointed honorary professor at University of Ghent – Institute of Private Law
- Thijs Beumers visiting scholar at the Institute of European and Comparative Law (IECL), University of Oxford - Institute of Private Law
- Sven Askes selected for Lindau Meeting days (in Dutch) – Leiden Institute of Chemistry
- Armin Cuyvers Visiting Fellow in thinktank of President Juncker, EU Commission – Institute of Public Law
- Ruben de Graaff guest researcher in research group at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (in Dutch) - Institute of Private Law
- Helena Uršič as guest researcher to Yale Law School in the US (due to unforeseen circumstances she was unable to make use of the Fullbright scholarship) - Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of the Law
- Alanna O'Malley was Kathleen Fitzpatrick Visiting Scholar at the University of Sydney and a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the History Department of George Washington University in Washington D.C.
Special international awards
- Professor Thijs van Kolfschoten honoured in Schöningen – Faculty of Archaeology
And also...
- Marc Koper wins Faraday Medal 2017 - Leiden Institute of Chemistry
- Meindert Danhof receives FIP award (in Dutch) - Leiden Institute of Chemistry
- Marin van Heel receives Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences 2017 - Leiden Institute of Biology
- Jo Hermans wins EPS Gero Thomas Commemorative Medal - Leiden Institute of Physics
- Daniela Kraft wins Biophysical Journal Paper of the Year 2017 - Leiden Institute of Physics
- Leiden University receives first Javanese Culture Prize
- Wessel Kraaij appointed ACM Distinguished Member - Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science
- Elseline Hoekzema receives NARSAD Young Investigator Grant 2017 - Institute of Psychology
- Janice Sandjojo wins prize for best presentation (in Dutch) - Institute of Psychology
- Fulbright-Schuman Scholarship for Joris Larik - Leiden University College
- Correctional Research Award for Paul Nieuwbeerta (in Dutch) – Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology
- Rob Verpoorte receives Egon-Stahl award in gold 2017 (in Dutch) - Leiden Institute of Chemistry and Leiden Institute of Biology
- Natascha van der Zwan receives Emerald Citation of Excellence Award – Institute of Public Administration
- Annelot van Esbroeck wint Best Oral Communication Prize - Leids Institute of Chemistry
- Jeroen Codee wint the Carbohydrate Research Award 2017- Leids Instituut voor Chemisch Onderzoek
- Mario van der Stelt receives Young Investigator Award from International Cannabinoid Research Society - Leiden Institute of Chemistry
- Universe Awareness: one of the most innovative educational programmes in the world - Leiden Observatory
- Lisanne Rens wins H.D. Landahl Mathematical Biophysics Award - Mathematical Institute
- Andy Sorensen wins Pecha Kucha presentation prize at the annual meeting of the European Society for the study of Human Evolution (ESHE) in Leiden - Archaeology
- Kaya Peerdeman and co-authors win prize for best article on pain reduction - Institute of Psychology
- Milan Allan wins Bryan R. Coles Prize - Leiden Institute of Physics
- Jian Wang receives first Eugene Garfield Award - Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science
- Newly discovered plant species named after Hortus director - Hortus botanicus leiden
- Danielle Bartels and Stefanie Meeuwis praised at World Congress for paper on itching (in Dutch) - Institute of Psychology
- Special Recognition Awards for nine top Leiden researchers at 34th World Cultural Council: Nadine Akkerman (Centre for the Arts in Society), Ann Brysbaert (Faculty of Archaeology), Marike Knoef (Institute of Tax Law and Economics), Marianne Maeckelbergh (Institute for Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology), Victoria Nyst (Centre for Linguistics), Sarah de Rijcke (Centre for Science and Technology Studies), Alicia Schrikker (Institute of History), Martina Vijver (Leiden Centre of Environmental Sciences) and Inge van der Weijden (Centre for Science and Technology Studies)
National prizes, subsidies and grants
Spinoza winners
- Eveline Crone - Institute of Psychology
- Michel Orrit - Leiden Institute of Physics
More NWO
NWO - VICI
- Judi Mesman (in Dutch) – Institute of Education and Child Studies
- Alfred Vertegaal (n Dutch) - LUMC, Molecular Cell Biology
- Judith Bovée (in Dutch) - LUMC, Pathology
- Andrea Evers (in Dutch) - Institute of Psychology
NWO - VIDI
- Alicia Schrikker – Institute for History
- Lara Weiss - Leiden Institute for Area Studies
- Victoria Nyst – Leiden University Centre for Linguistics
- Karène Sanchez - Leiden University Centre for Linguistics
- Jenneke van der Wal – Leiden University Centre for Linguistics
- Jenneke van der Wal - Leiden University Centre for Linguistics
- Gerrit Dusseldorp - Faculty of Archaeology
- Josée Joordens – Faculty of Archaeology
- Saskia Lesnik Oberstein - LUMC, Clinical Genetics
- Marieke Wermer - LUMC, Neurology
- Rawi Ramautar - Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research
- Jordy Bouwman - Leiden Observatory
- Reinout van Weeren - Leiden Observatory
NWO - VENI
- Fleur Visser – Leiden Institute of Biology
- Barbara Braams - Institute of Psychology
- Jasper van der Steen - Institute for History
- Anke Ramakers - Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology
- Hilde Wermink – Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology
- Jolien Rijlaarsdam – Institute for Child and Family Studies
- Stephanie Rap – Institute of Private Law
- Peter Webb – Leiden Institute for Area Studies
- Saskia Peels – Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society
- Anna Dlabačová– Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society
- Thanja Lamberts– Leiden Institute of Chemistry
- Lucia Bossoni – LUMC, Radiology and Biophysics
- Dennis Vriens – LUMC, Radiology
- Christrina Eich - LUMC, Radiology
- Yannick Bahé – Leiden Observatory
- Marcel van Daalen – Leiden Observatory
- Thanja Lamberts – Leiden Observatory
- Matthieu Schaller – Leiden Observatory
NWO medium-sized subsidy
- Ignas Snellen (in Dutch) - Leiden Observatory
NWO - Rubicon
- Nynke van den Berg, to Stanford University School of Medicine in the US - LUMC, Radiology
- Chris Smiet, to Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory in the US – Leiden Institute of Physics
- Joanna Pawlak, to Yale University School of Medicine in the US - Leids Institute of Chemistry
- Stefan de Jong, to the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research of the University of Manchester in the UK – Centre for Science and Technology Studies
- Margot Pont, to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in the US – Haematology and Immunology
- Changsheng Wu, to the Laboratory of Genetically Encoded Small Molecules at the Rockefeller University in the US – Leiden Institute of Biology
- Evin Aktar, to the Cognitive Affect and Temperament Lab at Penn State University in the US - Institute of Psychology
Gravity subsidies for consortia
- Innovation processes in antiquity, together with Radboud University, UvA and the universities of Groningen and Utrecht. Lead applicants: Ineke Sluiter and André Lardinois, Radboud - Leiden Institute for the Arts in Society, Faculty of Archaeology and Institute for History
- Organs-on-a-chip, together with Twente University, UMCG, TU Delft and the Hubrecht Institute. Lead applicants: Christine Mummery, LUMC/TU Twente and Albert van de Berg, TU Twente - LUMC, Development Biology and LUMC, Neurology
- Development of quantum software, together with QuSoft, CWI, QuTech, TU Delft, UvA and VU. Lead applicants: CWI, UvA and QuTech - Bas Edixhoven (Mathematical Institute), Askle Plat (Leiden Institute for Advanced Computer Studies) and Carlo Beenakker and Dirk Bouwmeester (Leiden Institute for Physics).
Other NWO awards
- Title of 'Simon Stevin Meester 2017' awarded to Andrew Webb - LUMC, MRI Physics and Leiden Institute of Physics
- Joost Batenburg awarded Dutch prize for IT research 2018 (in Dutch) - Mathematical Institute
- Dr Julia Cramer wins Minerva Prize 2017 – Leiden Institute of Biology
- NWO KIEM subsidy for Thony Visser, Yra van Dijk, Laura Bertens and Sara Polak (in collaboration with the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and Big Orange)
NWO - Free Competition in the Humanities
- Cátia Antunes and Karwan Fatah-Black, together with two researchers from the International Institute of Social History (in Dutch) – Institute for History
- Jeroen Duindam, with a researcher from RU/Huygens ING (in Dutch) - Institute for History
- Alicia Schrikker (in Dutch) - Institute for History
- Gert Oostindie (Leiden University and KITLV), together with researchers from KITLV and NIOD (in Dutch) - Institute for History
Starting Incentive Science Agenda
- Marco Beijersbergen – Leiden Institute of Physics
- Eveline Crone - Institute of Psychology
- Judi Mesman (together with Monique Volman, UvA) – Institute of Education and Child Family Studies
- Ionica Smeets – Faculty of Science
Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development
- Sarah de Rijcke receives Fostering Responsible Research Practices subsidy – Centre for Science and Technology Studies
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW))
- Eveline Crone wins Dr Hendrik Muller prize - Institute of Psychology
- Joanita Vroom receives DANS Klein Data Project subsidy – Faculty of Archaeology
- Eveline Crone ontvangt Ammodo KNAW Award (in Dutch) - Institute of Psychology
Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW)
NIAS
- Beatrix Futák-Campbell receives NIAS Theme Group Fellowship - Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
Young Academy of KNAW and KHMW
- Hayley Mickleburgh wins first National Postdoc prize (in Dutch) – Faculty of Archaeology
Special recognition awards
- Ton Dietz honoured by Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in Dutch) – African Studies Centre, Leiden
- Jos van den Broek receives Gold Pin from Municipality of Leiden (in Dutch) – Faculty of Science
Appointed to national academic associations
- Marc Koper appointed member of KNAW – Leiden Institute for Chemistry
- Leo Lucassen appointed member of KHMW – Institute for History
Academic and societal appointments
- Job Cohen joins board of NWO (in Dutch) – Institute of Public Law
- Marileen Dogterom appointed board member of KNAW – Leiden Institute of Physics
- Ymre Schuurmans in visitation panel Academies for Legislation and Gocernment Lawyers (in Dutch) - Institute of Public Law
- Eveline Crone member of Social Science Council of KNAW - Institute of Psychology
- Jorrit Rijpma Mr van de week in tijdschrift Mr (in Dutch) - Institute of Public Law
- Ruud Koole appointed to state commission parliamentary system – Institute of Political Science
- Jan de Keijser appointed member of the Board of the Netherlands Register of Court Experts (in Dutch) - Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology
- Mirjam Sombroek-Van Doorn deputy disciplinary judge at the Regional Disciplinary Court of the Health Care board (in Dutch) – Institute of Private Law
- Iris Haanappel-van der Burg councillor and deputy, Law Court of Amsterdam (in Dutch) - Institute of Private Law
- Jaap van den Herik member of Advisory Board of WODC – Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of the Law
- Paul van der Heijden appointed to Committee on Effectiveness of Higher Education (in Dutch) - Institute of Public Law
- Quirine Eijkman and Jan-Peter Loof appointed deputy-chairman Human Rights Commission (in Dutch) - Resp. Institute for Security and Global Affairs and Institute of Public Law
And also...
- Life Work award for information scientist Grzegorz Rozenberg - Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science
- Ton Koopman wins Edison Achievement Prize – Academy of Creative and Performing Arts
- Welmoet Boender appointed NIAS Fellow - Institute for Area Studies and Centre for the Study of Religion
- Subsidy for research on the war of decolonisation in the Duitch East Indies – Gert Oostindie (Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Region Studies together with the Dutch Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies (NIOD) and the Dutch Institute of Military History (NIMH) - Institute of History
- Linguist Evelyn Bosma wins Campus Fryslân Science prize (in Dutch) - Leiden Institute for Linguistics
- Dutch Cancer Society (KWF Kankerbestrijding) subsidises statistical research by Marta Fiocco - Mathematical Institute
- Bastiaan Rijpkema wins New Scientist Academic Prize – Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of the Law
- Greta Noordenbos given life time award by Netherlands Academy of Eating Disorders - Institute of Psychology
- Vestert Borger wins faculty Meijers Prize for best article – Institute for Public Law
- Laura Steenbergen and Christian Eistrup win FameLab Leiden - Institute of Psychology resp. Leiden Observatory
- Jan Vleggeert 'Mr. van de week' bij tijdschrift Mr. (in Dutch) – Institute of Tax Law and Economics
- Leiden University receives award for Diversity policy - Corporate
- Bart Verkuil wins Leiden Psychology Blog Award (in Dutch) - Institute of Psychology
- Esmée Driessen wins thesis prize from Maastricht University (in Dutch) – Institute of Public Law
- Professor Sandra Groeneveld and PhD candidate Eduard Schmidt win prize for best paper - Institute of Public Administration
- Eveline Crone most influential woman in science according to OPZIJ. Ionica Smeets and Ineke Sluiter also in top 10 (in Dutch) - resp. Institute of Psychology; Faculty of Science; Leiden University Centre for Arts in Society
- Twelve lawyers have won an ILS seed money grant to prepare a large(r) subsidy: Willem van Boom and Ton Liefaard (Institute for Private Law); Eric De Brabandere, Daniëlla Dam-de Jong, Moritz Jesse, Ingrid Leijten, Armin Cuyvers, Hans-Martien ten Napel and Cecily Rose (Institute for Public Law); Maarten Kunst and Jannemieke Ouwerkerk (Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology)
- Nuffic Van Gogh grant for Grotius Pothier research group (in Dutch) – Institute of Private Law
- Alexander van Oudenhoven Discoverer of the Year (C.J. Kok Award) at the Faculty of Science – Leiden Centre for Environmental Science
- Alexander van Oudenhoven Discoverer of the Year (C.J. Kok Award) at the Faculty of Science – Leiden Centre for Environmental Science
- Quentin Bourgeois receives research subsidy from municipality of Epe – Faculty of Archaeology
- Tom Hazenberg awarded 2018 South Holland Culture Prize (in Dutch) - Faculty of Archaeology
- Peter van der Zwan wins Legal dictation prize (in Dutch) - Institute of Tax Law and Economics
- Kiki Varekamp and Christiaan Veldman win NRO Prize (in Dutch) - Leiden University Graduate School of Teaching (ICLON)
- ‘Come and be amazed’ passport wins Museum Education Prize (in Dutch) - Leiden University Graduate School of Teaching (ICLON)
- Sander Blok wins LION Image Award 2017 - Leiden Institute of Physics
- Frank Takes wins Young eScientist Award 2017 - Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science
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Mario van der Stelt (LIC) wins 2017 Galenus Research Prize – Leiden Institute of Chemistry
Award-winning PhD research (international and national)
- Adrian Hamers awarded dissertation prize by International Astronomical Union - Leiden Observatory
- Sophie Feyder wins Praemium Erasmianum dissertation prize (in Dutch) - Institute for History
- Lynette Janssen wins International Insolvency Institute’s 2017 Prize – Institute of Private Law
- Chemist Sven Askes wins Dick Stufkens Prijs 2017 – Leiden Institute of Chemistry
- Nathalie Ortiz Zacarias wins FIGON/Dutch Medicines Days PhD competition (in Dutch) - Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research
- C.J. Kok Award for best faculty dissertation goes to Changsheng Wu – Faculty of Science
- Esther Mourits awarded scientific prize by Old Leiden Historical Association 2017 (in Dutch) - Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society
- Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry honours PhD project by David Klein - Leiden Institute of Chemistry
- Best Spanish-language dissertation on Soil Science by Daniel Arenas Lago – Leiden Centre of Environmental Sciences
- Bryant Jongkees wins Psychology PhD candidate prize (in Dutch) - Institute of Psychology
- Anthe Janssen wins prize for best Pharmacochemistry presentation at FIGON/Dutch Medicines Days (in Dutch) - Leiden Institute of Chemistry
- IPA Dissertation Award 2016 for Sung-Shik Jongmans - Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science
- KNAW De La Court Prijs for Karin Scheper - Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society
Royal decorations
- Willem te Beest: Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau - former Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board
- Prof. Ton Dietz: Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau (in Dutch) - African Studies Centre
- Prof. Gerard Persoon: Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau (in Dutch) – Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology and Leiden Centre for Environmental Sciences
- Prof. Job Kievit: Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau (in Dutch) - LUMC, Quality of Care
- Lex Haemers: Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau (in Dutch) – Plexus Student Centre
- Gregorz Rozenberg: Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion - Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science
Studente prizes and honours
Award-winning master's research
- Wytze Stellingwerf 2nd place in IISG Thesis Prize 2017 - Archaeology
- Niels Blokland win thesis prize on Personal Injury 2017 (in Dutch) – Civil Law
- Ward Doelman wins Unilever Prize (in Dutch) - Chemistry
- Charlotte Mol wins fifth Jaap Doek Child Law thesis prize (in Dutch) – Child Law
- Master’s student Erik Kroon wins 2017 university thesis prize - Archaeology
- Vincent Bakker wins 2017 Thesis Prize in research master’s in Political Science and Public Administration – Political Science and Public Administration
And also...
- Gayathri Jaikumar wins research grant Change Maker Challenge (in Dutch) - Biology
- Top sector Chemistry subsidy for Leiden master’s students Iris Klein Schiphorst and Myrthe Crombaghs (in Dutch) - Chemistry
- Master’s student Laetitia Houben graduates with highest distinction (in Dutch) – Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of the Law
- Master's student Willem Dekker graduates with the highest distinction - Latin America Studies
- Leiden University wins 2017 ICC Moot Court Competition - International Law
- Refugee student Oshank Hashemi wins Peter Baehr Prize 2016 – Russian Studies
- Janneke Fruin-Helb Beurs for best LISF research application goes to Matilda Sebire (in Dutch) - Archaeology
- KNMW awards Talent Prize for science students to 5 first-year students (in Dutch) - Linde Schoenmaker (Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences), Maite Boden (Physics), Pim Spelier and Alex Spieksma (Mathematics), and Maud van Boven and Quinte Smitskamp (Molecular Science & Technology)
- Master's student Heleen van Amerongen graduates with highest distinction (iin Dutch) - Constitutional and Administrative Law
- Kaisa de Bel wins 2017 Van den Berg Thesis Prize (in Dutch) – Political Science
- Ross Gildea wins Research Master’s Thesis Prize, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences - Political Culture and National Identities
- NVER Thesis Prize for Rosanne van der Straten - European and International Business Law
- Ilona Schoep wins Emile Thesis Prize for best master’s thesis in Education and Child Studies (in Dutch) - Education and Child Studies
- Maurits den Hollander wins Fruin Prize - History
- Ruben Rosseels wins J.R. Bruijn thesis prize (in Dutch) - History
- Thomas Bakkum wins second place in NCV Silver Master’s Award (in Dutch) - Life Science & Technology
- Andrea Peña wint als beste student Hendrik Casimir Prize van LION/Sterrewacht - Natuurkunde
- Marlous Onrust wins prize for best Psychology master’s thesis (in Dutch) - Psychology
- Annelise Reid wins 2017 Speckmann Master’s Thesis Prize – Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
- Valerio Gentile wins W.A. van Es Award - Archaeology
- Anna Latour wins second place in KNVI Thesis Prize for Informatics - Information Science
- Leiden students win gold and bronze in international coding competition - Maths and Information Science
- Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award for Petri Freundlich - International Human Rights Law
- LUF International Study Fund Prize for best report goes to Marjolein van Pagee (in History) - History
- Team Cheffo wins pitching competition (as part of bachelor’s course) in Dragon style: Michael Ivančić, Chloé Kiveron, Kathryn Kwok, Emilie van der Lande and Jochem Pieters -Entrepreneurship & Innovation
- One gold and four silvers at prestigious international maths competition (Bob Zwetsloot, Daan van Gent, Onno Berrevoets, Pim Spelier andWessel van Woerden) - Wiskunde
- Paul Post wins Ars Aequi Prize 2016 for best student article - European Law
- Next Generation Women Leaders Prize for Imane el Morabit - Leiden University College The Hague
- Bachelor's students Anne Veens, Mirjam Hupkes and Willem van Wijk win Speckmann Prize 2017 (in Dutch) - Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
- Royal Medal of Honour for Grotius Law Faculty association (in Dutch) - Faculty of Law
Also interesting
- Exchange student Anna Carey makes best promo film for Leiden - Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
- Sustainable Business Battle wins Sustainability Trophy (in Dutch) - Sara Alford (Psychology), Mart Lubben (Industrial ecology), Friso Postma (Law) and Eveline Kantor (Industrial Ecology)
- Sustainable Business Battle also wins Van Bergen Prize
- LIFE study association wins competition for student surveys (in Dutch) - Life Science and Technology
- Junior Degen Dutch judo champion (in Dutch) – Tax Law
Teaching prizes and awards
University Teaching Prize for best lecturer, awarded by the Leiden University Student Platform (LUS)
Florian Schneider wins LUS Teaching Prize - Leiden Institute for Area Studies
Faculty and institute prizes
- Faculty teaching prize for Laurens de Hoog and Elsemieke Daalder (in Dutch) – Faculty of Law, resp. Institute for Private Law and Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of the Law
- Victor Gijsbers wins 2017 Faculty Teaching Prize – Faculty of Humanities, Institute for Philosophy
- Igor Boog awarded Casimir Prize for best lecturer – Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
- Frank Takes awarded prize for best lecture – Faculty of Science, Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Studies
- Hemmo Smit best Psychology lecturer (in Dutch) - Institute of Psychology
- Mitch van Geel wins 'Excellent Lecturer in Education and Child Studies’ Prize – Institute of Education and Child Studies
Internal, non-academic prizes
- Marijke Hamel wins prize for best supporting role at Psychology (in Dutch) - Institute of Psychology
- Marijke Hamel also awarded faculty Support Staff Cup – Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Other awards presented by Leiden University
Honorary doctorates
Scaliger Medal
Faculty awards
- Alfred van Staden receives Meijers medal – Institute of Public Law
Scholarships awarded by Leiden University
- As part of the Leiden University Excellence Scholarship Programme (LExS) 53 excellent students from 25 different, mainly non-EU countries received a LExS schlarship. These awards are in the categories of platinum, gold, silver, bronze and ivory.
NB: If any awards are missing from this summary, please let the editors know via: nieuws@leidenuniv.nl. We will be happy to add them.