The Netherlands; low country, low numbers, many measures women in physics in the Netherlands

1. 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) 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 % 2000 % PhD-student (FOM-employed) 36 10 52 16 Postdoc (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) Winners Minerva-prize 2000 Contact:: Hélène van Pinxteren, helene.van-pinxteren@cec.eu.int, or Christa Hooijer, christa.hooijer@fom.nl