APNet - Assistant Professor Network Netherlands

If you are an #AssistantProfessor in the #Netherlands and want to give your input on the Recognition and Rewards Program in Dutch academia, here is your chance!

They are aiming for a conversation about what gives you satisfaction in your work. What do you find enriching, what makes your work fulfilling, what makes you a more complete person or a more meaningful scientist?

Would you like to participate? Please contact Claartje Chajes: chajes@unl.nl (2/2)

Are you an #AssistantProfessor in the #Netherlands interested in Recognition and Rewards?

The national programme of Recognition & Rewards is looking for Assistant Professors for an informal dialogue session about content-based career development on 3 March 2026. (1/2)
rrview.nl/calendar_e...

APnet Leiden is having its kick-off meeting on February 19th to set up a local representation of #AssistantProfessors in Leiden.

If you are an Assistant professor at @unileiden.bsky.social or LUMC, consider joining this meeting to build a string network.

Sign up: fd24.formdesk.com/universiteit...

Join us at @apnet.bsky.social to amplify the voice of #AssistantProfessors in the #Netherlands.

To join us, simply follow this link to register and complete the membership payment: ap-net.nl/register/

We look forward to welcoming you to our growing community! Let’s create together a community where every assistant professor feels valued, supported, and inspired!

The board of APNet
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As part of APNet, you will benefit from:
- Networking opportunities with peers
- Workshops and events tailored to nurture your career
- Advocacy on key issues affecting Assistant Professors

Your involvement is crucial in amplifying our voice and ensuring that we all thrive in our careers.
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We believe that together, we can make a meaningful difference in our professional journeys.

For a one-time fee of €20, you will enjoy membership until the end of 2026. (2/4)

Join us in building a strong Network of Assistant Professors in the Netherlands!

If you are an Assistant Professor or equivalent in the Netherlands, we invite you to join APNet, a vibrant community created by and for Assistant Professors across the Netherlands. (1/4)

ap-net.nl/register/

This is one of the points we are also bringing into the discussions e.g. about the talent scheme at NWO, if and for which things it is still suitable. One question is, of course, what measure would be better to replace it.

Interested in setting up a meeting to expand your interdisciplinary network?

The @knaw-nl.bsky.social may have the right funding for you:
- you have defended your PhD 3 to 7 years ago
- you work in academia in the Netherlands
- up to 10,000 €
- deadline is February 2nd

www.knaw.nl/en/funds-and...

Looking for a New Year's resolution, that you can immediately successfully complete? Be better connected to your peers and make your voice heard by important stakeholders.

As #AssistantProfessor in the #Netherlands, you can achieve this now, by becoming an APNet member for 20€.
ap-net.nl/register/

On December 9th, FNV is organizing a national higher education strike in Amsterdam to highlight the importance of higher education and research. The aim is to reverse the recent budget cuts and to obtain a commitment for investments in these areas by the new government.

www.fnv.nl/cao-sector/o...

Thank you so much, Ioana Ilie (@biosim-lab.bsky.social), for coming up with this cool tradition of handing over the keys to APNet. I will do my best to follow the great example that you set for the engagement and excitement of president of @apnet.bsky.social and will keep this amazing new tradition.

Thank you so much to Ioana Ilie for planning this new tradition of APNet and for putting it into reality. And, of course, again a huge thank you for all of your work and passion for APNet. All the best to Stephan Hacker and the new board for their work in the coming 2 years. (3/3)

With a slight delay after the General Assembly, where we voted for the new board, the keys to APNet have today passed from our previous president to our new president. A nice ceremonial step for the transition from the previous to the new APNet board. (2/3)

Today we had the ceremonial handover of the keys to APNet from our previous president, Ioana Ilie (@biosim-lab.bsky.social), to our new president, @stephanhacker2.bsky.social! (1/3)

#AssistantProfessor #Network #Keys

Two days of connecting the Dutch Academic Community are coming up at #NWOCHAINS.

Yesterday, we already had the New PI meeting and the PI meeting with a lot of great content. (1/8)

#ECR #PI #Chemistry #ChemBio #Connections #NewPI

Are you an #EarlyCareerResearcher and interested in building an #interdisciplinary network for #collaboration? Check out this grant opportunity by @knaw-nl.bsky.social!

www.knaw.nl/en/funds-and...

I was also there to connect on the activities of @apnet.bsky.social. Join us, if you are an #AssistantProfessor in the Netherlands. (6/8)
www.ap-net.nl/register

I'm thinking of handing in a proposal for an #illustratingMath and #MathArt meeting. Any suggestions who'd be great attendees from the Netherlands (and Europe, I guess, looking at the budget)?

Interested in starting an interdisciplinary collaboration? Get it going by facilitating a meeting with suitable colleagues.

If you are 3-7 years after PhD, the @knaw-nl.bsky.social has the KNAW Early Career Partnerships to fund such initiatives. Deadline 02.02.2026.

www.knaw.nl/en/funds...

If you're an #AssistantProf in the Netherlands, please join us at @apnet.bsky.social.

Join us at @apnet.bsky.social!

Are you an #AssistantProfessor in the #Netherlands? Join APNet today to become part of our amazing network.

If you become a member between now and the end of the year, you can make use of our end-of-year promotion and become member for 20 € until the end of 2026.

ap-net.nl/register/

Thanks for reaching out. They are specifically looking for input from physics faculty for this.

If you are an assistant professor or recently promoted associate professor at a Dutch university, please take a few minutes to complete the survey by November 15th. (4/4)

Your input will help map variations in tenure-track systems and capture experiences of current and incoming tenure-track researchers. These findings will contribute to a white paper comparing systems and proposing improvements, with results shared publicly on the NextGenPhys@NL website. (3/4)

The aim is to understand recent changes, gather experiences from staff, and highlight differences between institutions. (2/4)

Tenure-track/career-track systems at Universities in the Netherlands We, the NextGenPhys@NL board, aim to collect information about the different types of tenure-track/career-track systems currently existing at Universities across the Netherlands. The scope of this for...

Do you want to help to gather data on the tenure- and career-track systems at Dutch Universities?

Our friends at NextGenPhys@NL, the network of emerging physics researchers, are conducting a survey to explore how tenure- and career-track systems are structured.(1/4)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...