Kiem Award
The KNVM/NVMM science committee makes these awards available for the best first publications written by young microbiologists, whom are society members that are at the start of their microbiology career. Submissions are evaluated based on the quality of the candidate's first publication in an internationally renowned academic journal. The candidate should be the first author of that article. It should be indicated to which KNVM section the article belongs.

The award is named Kiem, which is Dutch for 'germ' (germination).
Year initiated:2000
Frequency: Annual
Deadline:Received at the NVMM secretariat by February 18
Jury:Members of the KNVM/NVMM science committee
Award:Three awards of € 500 each
Award presentation:KNVM/NVMM spring meeting (usually in April)
Call text 2013 (in dutch)
Kiem Awardees 2000-2011 


Westerdijk Award
The NVvM/NVMM science committee makes this award available for the best PhD-thesis in the field of (medical) microbiology or infectious diseases. Candidates should submit their PhD-thesis which was defended less than a year ago.
The award is named after Johanna Westerdijk. She was appointed professor at the University of Utrecht in 1917 and was the first female professor in the Netherlands. She was director of the phytopathology laboratory Willie Commelin Scholten and showed that the elm disease (generally known as dutch elm disease) was caused by the fungus Ceratocystis ulmi.
Year initiated:2009
Frequency:Annual
Deadline:Received at the NVMM secretariat by February 18 
Jury:Members of the NVvM/NVMM science committee
Award:One award of € 1 000.
Award presentation:NVvM/NVMM spring meeting (usually in April)
Call text 2013 (in dutch)
Westerdijk Awardees 2009-2011 


Van Leeuwenhoek Award
The NVvM/NVMM science committee makes this award available to the Post-Doc that has delivered the most impressive contribution to microbiology achieved within three years after obtaining a PhD.
The Van Leeuwenhoek Award is in commemoration of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. Van Leeuwenhoek constructed a light microscope, which could magnify a few hundred times. This achievement made him a pioneer in the field of microbiology.
Year initiated:2009
Frequency:Annual
Deadline:Received at the NVMM secretariat by February 18 
Jury:Members of the KNVM/NVMM science committee
Award:One award of € 2 000, sponsored by Springer.
Award presentation:KNVM/NVMM spring meeting (usually in April)
Call text 2013 (in dutch)
Van Leeuwenhoek Awardees 2009-2011


Kluyver Award
The KNVM Executive Committee makes this award available to a microbiologist with the most impressive contribution to microbiology achieved within eight years after obtaining a PhD.
The awardee will give a presentation at the KNVM/NVMM spring meeting and write a paper on the awarded work.
The Kluyver Award is in commemoration of Albert-Jan Kluyver. He was professor in General and Applied Microbiology at the Delft University of Technology from 1921 to 1956. He stated that taxonomy of microorganisms should be based on morphology and metabolism. Moreover, he launched the concept of unity in biochemistry.
Year initiated:1963
Frequency:Once per three years
Deadline: to be announced 
Jury:Members of the KNVM executive committee and DSM representative(s).
Award:One award of € 2 300, sponsored by DSM.
Award presentation:KNVM/NVMM spring meeting (usually in April)

Next call expected in 2013
Kluyver Awardees 1963-2011 


Kluyver Lecture
The KNVM invites once every three to five years an internationally renowned microbiologist to present the Kluyver lecture.
The Kluyver Lecture is in commemoration of Albert-Jan Kluyver. He was professor in General and Applied Microbiology at the Delft University of Technology from 1921 to 1956. He stated that taxonomy of microorganisms should be based on morphology and metabolism. Moreover, he launched the concept of unity in biochemistry.
Year initiated:1957
Frequency:Once per three-five years
Jury:Members of the KNVM executive committee
Lecture presentation:KNVM/NVMM spring meeting (usually in April)
Previous Kluyver Lectures


PhD-thesis Fund
The KNVM/NVMM science committee provides financial support for publishing PhD-theses in the field of microbiology.
Year initiated:2009
Open call:First come, first serve principle. Submissions to NVMM secretariat.
Jury:Members of the KNVM/NVMM science committee
Award:Maximum of 10 awards per annum of € 500
Award presentation:KNVM/NVMM spring meeting (usually in April)
Call text 2013 (in dutch)
PhD-thesis Fund awardees 2009-2011