Kiem Award

The KNVM/NVMM science committee makes the Kiem Awards (EUR 250) available for the best first publications written by young microbiologists, whom are society members and are at the start of their microbiology career. Submissions are evaluated based on the quality of the candidate's first publication, on condition that it has been published less than a year ago, in an internationally renowned academic journal and that the candidate is the first author. The prizes, which were first awarded in 2000, are named Kiem, which is Dutch for 'germ' (germination). Every year during the KNVM/NVMM Scientific Spring Meeting up to three prizes are awarded, one each in the categories "general microbiology", "medical microbiology", or "microbial ecology". The jury consists of members of the KNVM/NVMM science committee.
​Submissions can be sent to secretariaat@nvmm.nl

The KNVM/NVMM science committee awards up to three prizes for the best PhD-thesis, one each in the categories "general microbiology", "medical microbiology", or "microbial ecology". Candidates, whom are society members, should submit their PhD-thesis on condition that it was defended less than a year ago. The prizes, which were first awarded in 2009, are named after Johanna Westerdijk. She was appointed professor at the University of Utrecht in 1917 and was the first female professor in the Netherlands. She was director of the phytopathology laboratory Willie Commelin Scholten and showed that the elm disease (generally known as dutch elm disease) was caused by the fungus Ceratocystis ulmi. The prizes (EUR 500) are annualy awarded during the KNVM/NVMM Scientific Spring Meeting. The jury consists of members of the KNVM/NVMM science committee. 

Please send four copies of your thesis to:​