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24 November 2025

Every year during InScience Film Festival the Klokhuis Science Prize is presented. This prize is intended to introduce Dutch scientific research to a young and wide audience. The winning research receives an episode, the will be broadcasted by television program Het Klokhuis. Do you want to you send in your work? Submit your research before January 16!

The Klokhuis Science Prize is a great way to bring your research to the attention of children and youngsters. This year, the makers are once again inviting scientists and researchers to apply and introduce young audiences to the wonders of science. All universities, colleges and UMCs in the Netherlands can submit research. You can apply via this website. Please note: the website is in Dutch.

From all entries a jury chooses a top 10, after which the public can vote. The winner will be announced during InScience Film Festival, which takes place in Nijmegen from March 3-8. The presentation of the Klokhuis Science Award will take place on Sunday afternoon March 8 in the Mariënburg Library in Nijmegen. Read the conditions here.

Winner 2025: Smart toilet seat from Radboudumc  

In 2025, Marjolijn Duijvestein and Lotte Hazeleger won the Klokhuis Science Award for their research on the smart toilet seat, a project in which Radboudumc collaborates with OnePlanet. The episode about this smart toilet seat will be presented on Sunday, March 8, during InScience Film Festival. In 2023, Jorik Nonnekes and Anouk Tosserams won the Klokhuis Science Prize with their research on Parkinson's Disease. You can watch the episode here.

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