Early Career Researcher Seed Grants awarded
Six interdisciplinary research teams have received a 2026 Utrecht Life Sciences Early Career Researcher Seed Grant to launch innovative collaborations across Utrecht Science Park. The €10,000 grants support promising projects ranging from AI and cancer research to hearing, kidney disease, antibiotic resistance and nanoplastics. Read more about year’s award-winning collaborations on ULS’s LinkedIn page. Read […]
Research Infrastructure in the Age of genAI and Cloud: Reflections from the UBC Think Tank
Can AI tools and cloud computing coexist with the principles of open, reproducible science? That was the question driving a UBC think tank on 7 May. While the afternoon didn’t produce easy answers, by bringing together researchers, bioinformaticians, and data management professionals in the same room, it generated insights that none of these groups would […]
Cancer Grand Challenges grants for Utrechts-based researchers
Several Utrecht-based researchers have been awarded prestigious Cancer Grand Challenges grants, each worth up to $25 million over five years. These grants are awarded by the Cancer Grand Challenges intiative, founded by Cancer Research UK and the National Cancer Instute, which identifies the most complex problems in cancer research and empower global, interdisciplinary teams to tackle these […]
EU Project ENSURE advances sustainable computing
The Bonvin group joins the Horizon EU funded ENSURE project led by EGI, to reduce the environmental impact of digital research infrastructures. Using standardized metrics, AI models and digital twins, ENSURE promotes sustainable computing. The HADDOCK webservice will serve as a use case to lower its CO₂ footprint via smarter job distribution across EGI/EOSC resources. Read more […]
NWO Compute grant for HADDOCK service
An NWO-EW computing grant (10 million CPU hours) has been awarded to support the HADDOCK service, developed in the Bonvin Lab. Provided by Utrecht University’s WeNMR team, HADDOCK serves 77,000+ users worldwide. Access to Dutch HTC resources via SURFsara and Nikhef ensures continued large-scale biomolecular modelling support. Read more on the Bonvin Lab website