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The Netherlands low country, low numbers, many
measureswomen in physics in the Netherlands

Dutch Physical Society
Hélène van Pinxteren, Eddy Lingeman, Annalisa
Fasolino en Christa Hooijer
Situation in 2000 First degree 6 (entering
university 10 !) PhD degree 15 Postdoc
20 Reversed pipeline? No, 50 of PhD-students
and 80 of postdocs is non-Dutch (numbers based
on FOM-employees 1) (For men 39 of
PhD-students and 70 of postdocs in
non-Dutch) 1 The Foundation for Fundamental
Research on Matter (FOM) promotes, co-ordinates
and finances fundamental physics research in the
Netherlands. FOM employs about 325 PhD students
and 100 postdocs. They work at FOM research
institutes and in university laboratories. The
foundation also finances and operates a number of
research facilities at and in collaboration with
universities.
Permanent staff Type of position 1995 200
0 PhD-student (FOM-employed) 36 10 52 16 P
ostdoc (FOM-employed) 12 13 25 19 Permanent
staff (FOM-employed) 1 1 3 3 6 Permanent
staff (Universities) 9 15 We do not
know at present the total number of male
permanent staff at Dutch Universities
Participants of the FOm/f symposium
In 2002 there are 22 permanent staff members,
including 3 full professors and 5 extra-ordinary
professors (having ius promovendi)

• Measures taken
• Government campaigns
• Proportional representation acts
• Measurements within funding agencies
• Financial support for early occupation of future
  vacant position (FOM and NWO)
• Additional funding of research projects (FOM)
• Personal postdoc positions (FOM)
• Awareness measures FOm/f symposium, Minerva
  prize (FOM)

Winners Minerva-prize 2000
Contact Hélène van Pinxteren,
helene.van-pinxteren_at_cec.eu.int, or Christa
Hooijer, christa.hooijer_at_fom.nl