Quantum Delta NL Award
The Quantum Delta Award is presented annually to honour an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the Dutch quantum community. By publicly recognising these achievements, we aim to celebrate their impact and inspire others to contribute to the advancement of quantum technology in the Netherlands.
The award was established by Prof. Dr Ronald Hanson, co-founder of Quantum Delta NL and former Chair of our Board. The first presented award was in 2023, during Nodes of One Network, our annual community event for the Dutch quantum ecosystem.
Each winner is invited to share a wish for our community. Quantum Delta NL commits non-financial support to help realise this wish, either through the Quantum Delta NL programme or by leveraging our network.
"Genie in a bottle"
The winner is asked to express their wish for our community. Quantum Delta NL commits its support (non-financial) to collaborate on realizing this wish, with either effort from the Quantum Delta NL programme or utilizing our network.
Previous awards
Quantum Delta NL Award 2023
The inaugural award was presented to two exceptional and highly deserving members of the Dutch quantum community: Julia Cramer (Leiden University) and Stacey Jeffery (CWI).
They were recognised for their invaluable work with We in Quantum Development (previously Women in Quantum Development), an initiative that makes our community more inclusive and welcoming to women and gender minorities.
Quantum Delta NL Award 2024
The most recent award was presented to Gunter Helms, Project Manager and Teacher at the Leidse instrumentmakers School (LiS).
He received this accolade for his efforts to involve vocational institutes in quantum technology.
When Julia took the award on stage, she expressed her ‘genie in a bottle’-wish for the sector to be more diverse and equitable, and that there would be more partners that work on this issue next to WIQD as there's so much to be done and there's so much room for other community-based initiatives to come into existence.
WIQD and Quantum Delta NL are now working together to see if and how we can jointly offer training and how to further guide our community and its members in the right direction.
Gunter expressed his wish for our community is that we will change the perspective that high-tech and quantum technology is not for vocational students.
