Dutch greenhouse gas emissions rose again last year, our energy supply needs to become more resilient, and in Overijssel there are already warnings of potential power outages. Just a few of the headlines from recent weeks. But no need to panic! During the Best Climate Action & Energy Paper Award ceremony on Tuesday, 24 March 2026, nine young researchers from TU Delft will present their findings. Nine fresh - and sometimes groundbreaking - insights that not only tackle today's problems but also make the Europe of tomorrow cleaner, safer and more resilient.

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a Vici grant of up to 1.5 million euros to four TU Delft researchers in the domain of Exact and Natural Sciences (ENS). This will enable them to develop an innovative line of research and further expand their own research group for five years. Vici is one of the largest personal scientific grants in the Netherlands and is aimed at advanced researchers. A total of 39 Vici grants have been awarded. The grant is an incentive for adventurous, talented and groundbreaking researchers.

When you look up at the sky at night, at the endless amounts of stars and constellations, you might begin to wonder about the origins of the Universe. And that is exactly what experimental astronomer Akira Endo, and his team, are trying to uncover.

It's a rare feat for a scientist to win a major film award; let alone twice. Yet Andy van den Dobbelsteen has managed it. The man who has spent recent years embedding sustainability thinking deep into the very fabric of TU Delft was honoured with a Golden Heron for the short film The Climate Fighters. At the festive awards ceremony in the newly revamped Beeld & Geluid, Andy's production even triumphed over entries featuring NAC Breda and the Dutch National Ballet.

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) and the National Growth Fund programme Battery Competence Cluster NL (BCC-NL) are awarding nearly 14.5 million euros to three projects for the Call -Technology development for circular batteries-. This enables a major step forward in making batteries more sustainable. The TU Delft scientists Shoshan Abrahami, Marnix Wagemaker and David Vermaas are involved in all projects.

Since 2020, Delft Bioengineering Institute (BEI) organizes a cross-campus competition for MSc students who performed remarkably well at their graduation projects in bioengineering. This year, nine very impressive theses were submitted.

Since 2020, Delft Bioengineering Institute (BEI) organizes a cross-campus call for interdisciplinary research projects in the field of bioengineering. This year, fourteen teams of BEI PIs sent in a proposal.

On Thursday 19 February, nearly 150 international alumni of the UT, TU Delft, TU/e, and Wageningen University came together at the AMS Institute in Amsterdam for the second gathering of the 4TU.Alumni NL Internationals Network - a community that is becoming a go-to resource for graduates making their home in the Netherlands.

The district heating network ensures that residents of Delft can continue to heat their homes reliably and efficiently. Above, you can see how Sweelinckstraat is being connected to the network. After years of preparation, research and construction, the moment has arrived: the geothermal well on TU Delft Campus has officially been put into operation.

Researchers at QuTech have developed a new chip architecture that could make it easier to test and scale up quantum processors based on semiconductor spin qubits. The platform, called QARPET (Qubit-Array Research Platform for Engineering and Testing) and reported in Nature Electronics, allows hundreds of qubits to be characterized within the same test-chip under the same operating conditions used in quantum computing experiments. "With such a complex, tightly packed quantum chip, things really starts to resemble the traditional semiconductor industry." states researcher Giordano Scappucci.

The DEWIS Award once again received a wide range of inspiring applications from across the university. Nominees came from seven faculties, as well as the HR, Communication and ESA services. They represented a variety of roles and positions, including lecturers and professional staff. Their initiatives demonstrated robust leadership and collaboration in promoting inclusion, gender equality and social safety in academic and professional settings.

The Climate University Event offered a compelling overview of how, in just a few years, sustainability thinking has been embraced at every organisational level. It also marked a new phase. Departing sustainability coordinator Andy van den Dobbelsteen said: -Thanks to our committed community, we can make TU Delft the world's leading climate university, even with a smaller sustainability core team.

Since 2020, Delft Bioengineering Institute (BEI) organizes a cross-campus competition for MSc students who performed remarkably well at their graduation projects in bioengineering. This year, nine very impressive theses were submitted.

Every year, an estimated 25 million women undergo gynaecological procedures without pain relief, especially in low-income countries. In countries like the Netherlands, where pain relief is used, it relies on long, expensive needles that are also used for procedures such as epidurals. Not only are these needles costly, but their length also makes precise placement challenging. Industrial designer Karlheinz Samenjo has developed a solution to both problems: the Chloe Syringe Extension Device (SED).