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NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research is the National Oceanographic Institute
of the Netherlands. NIOZ is part of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
(NWO). The institute employs around 220 people and the annual budget is approximately
€20 million. The mission of NIOZ is to gain and communicate scientific knowledge on
seas and oceans for the understanding and sustainability of our planet. The institute
also facilitates and supports marine research and education in the Netherlands and
Europe. In order to fulfil its mission, the institute performs tasks in three specific
fields: Research: The emphasis is on innovative and independent fundamental research
in continental seas and open oceans. The institute also carries out research based
on societal questions when this merges well with its fundamental work. The senior
scientists at NIOZ all participate in international research projects. Education:
The institute educates PhD and other students of universities and schools for professional
education. Together universities NIOZ also organises courses for PhD students and
master students in the marine sciences. A number of our senior scientists is also
appointed as professor at Dutch and foreign universities. Facilitary services: NIOZ
invites marine scientists from Dutch and foreign institutes and universities to write
scientific proposals involving the institute’s research vessels, laboratories, and
the large research equipment, which is often designed and built by the institute’s
own technical department. The basic oceanographic disciplines at NIOZ are physics,
chemistry, biology and geology. Multidisciplinary research is regarded as one of the
main strengths of the institute. There are 5 scientific departments: Physical Oceanography,
Marine Geology, Marine Organic Biogeochemistry, Biological Oceanography and Marine
Ecology.
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