Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research

The Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, also known as NIOZ, in Dutch the Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee, is the Dutch national oceanographic institute. It is located on the island of Texel, and in Yerseke, in the Netherlands. The institute was founded in 1876 as the Zoological Station and in 1960 it was renamed to its current name.{{Cite web |title=History - NIOZ |url=https://www.nioz.nl/en/about/history |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=NIOZ website}} NIOZ carries out marine research in the waters of the Netherlands and overseas; it also plays a role in educating students, and it offers research facilities to marine scientists from the Netherlands and other countries worldwide. NIOZ has a longstanding collaboration with Utrecht University, for instance in an interdisciplinary Master’s programme Marine Sciences.{{Cite web |title=UU-NIOZ - Faculty of Geosciences |url=https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/faculty-of-geosciences/collaboration/uu-nioz |access-date=2022-08-28 |website=Utrecht University}}{{Cite web |date=2021-10-01 |title=Utrecht University and NIOZ join forces in eleven more joint research projects on coastal seas and oceans |url=https://www.uu.nl/en/news/utrecht-university-and-nioz-join-forces-in-eleven-more-joint-research-projects-on-coastal-seas-and |access-date=2022-08-28 |website=Utrecht University}} NIOZ is part of the institutes organization of the Dutch Research Council (NWO).Academic Positions, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, [http://academicpositions.eu/employer/nioz-royal-netherlands-institute-for-sea-research/] Accessed 2015.5.23

Wim Mook was director of the institute from 1990 to 1996. Henk Brinkhuis was director from October 2011{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.nioz.nl/directie |title=Algemeen directeur - Prof. dr. H. (Henk) Brinkhuis |language=Dutch |publisher=NIOZ |date= |accessdate=27 January 2016}} until 1 November 2021, when he was succeeded by Han Dolman.{{Cite web |date=2021-08-02 |title=Han Dolman appointed new director of the Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) |url=https://www.nioz.nl/en/news/han-dolman-appointed-new-director-of-the-netherlands-institute-for-sea-research-nioz |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=NIOZ website}} In 2022, NIOZ had 337 employees.{{Cite web |title=Facts and figures - Annual Report 2022 |url=https://nioz.foleon.com/nioz-annual-report/annual-report-2022/facts-and-figures |access-date=2023-04-23}}