Scientists participating in the Casimir Research School have made and are making very valuable new contributions to science and technology.

• The contributions from Delft have been internationally highlighted by an endowment of the Kavli Foundation making the institute the only European Kavli Institute.
• The Agilent Technologies Europhysics prize was awarded to Hans Mooij (2004) and to Cees Dekker (2001).
• The prestigious personal research-grants called Spinoza-grant was awarded to 4 of our scientists: Leo Kouwenhoven(2007), Jan Zaanen(2006), Cees Dekker(2003) and Carlo Beenakker (1999).
• A Marie Curie Excellence grant was given to Dirk Bouwmeester in 2007.
• The Jacob Kistemaker Prize was given to Joost Frenken in 2007.