About NIOZ

NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research is part of the institutes organisation of NWO (Dutch Research Council). NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research is part of the institutes organisation of NWO (Dutch Research Council).

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Mission & Vision

NIOZ, the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, is the national oceanographic institute and the Netherlands’ centre of expertise for ocean, sea and coast. We advance fundamental understanding of marine systems, the way they change, the role they play in climate and biodiversity, and how they may provide sustainable solutions to society in the future.

History

From the Dutch Zoological Society to an NWO national centre of expertise. The history of NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research dates back to the founding of the Zoological Station in 1876. Today we are the second largest of the NWO national centres of expertise.