The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) will be honouring twelve young researchers active in various fields of study with a KNAW Early Career Award. The award is meant to recognise talented young researchers who undertake innovative and original research. The laureates will receive a monetary prize of EUR 15,000 and a unique work of art. Their research interests are extremely diverse, ranging from symptoms of grief in children and how to predict aortic aneurysms to the impact of major social changes on human life and the interaction between biologics and gut microbiota.