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The Nextcloud pilot is being extended, and you can take part

How can we set up an open collaborative environment under our own management? Through the ongoing Nextcloud pilot, we are exploring the technical and organisational possibilities for this within our…

News 08 October 2026

SURF completes DPIA for Adobe Creative Cloud and Document Cloud for Education

SURF and Privacy Company have conducted a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) on Adobe Creative Cloud and Document Cloud for Education. SURF confirms that institutions may continue using these…

News 16 February 2026
Professor Eveline Crone keynote speaker at SURF Research Day 2026

How do young people grow up in a world that is becoming increasingly complex? At SURF Research Day 2026, Eveline Crone, full professor in Developmental Neuroscience in Society at Leiden University,…

News 12 February 2026
Good to know for researchers: you can once again apply for computing time via NWO and SURF

Do you need computing power in 2026 for complex and data-intensive research that exceeds the computing capacity of your own institution? Then apply for computing time on the national high-performance…

News 04 February 2026
Available to all scientists: the most accurate clock in the Netherlands

SURF, together with the White Rabbit Collaboration and the Dutch Metrology Institute VSL, has realised the first nationwide scientific time and frequency network in the Netherlands. VSL’s highly…

News 29 January 2026
Leading the way towards a sustainable alternative to traditional computing

National coalition for neuromorphic computing launched

The demand for AI, data processing, and automation continues to grow. Neuromorphic systems offer a sustainable alternative for scaling compute. Within the national coalition, knowledge institutions,…

News 28 January 2026
Congratulations on Privacy Day!

A festive fact: on 28 January 1981, the Data Protection Convention was signed in Strasbourg by the European Union. This convention forms the basis of European privacy protection. Would you like to…

News 28 January 2026
Share your vision on data-intensive science in Europe

An open consultation on the future of data-intensive science has been launched through the European-funded SPECTRUM project. Relevant scientific domains include high-energy physics, radio astronomy,…

News 21 January 2026
Open science in the Netherlands receives a major boost thanks to funding for 45 projects

Open Science NL is awarding more than 35 million euros in grants to 45 projects that strengthen the infrastructure for open science in the Netherlands. The projects make scientific data, software,…

News 15 January 2026