The Casimir Research School would like to congratulate professor dr. Dirk Bouwmeester with receiving the NWO Spinoza Prize 2014. This was announced last Friday by Jos Engelen, chair of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The NWO Spinoza Prize is the highest award in Dutch science. This autumn, this year's laureates will receive 2.5 million euros to spend on scientific research. Read more here.