[1] NIOZ carries out marine research in the waters of the Netherlands and overseas; it also plays a role in educating students, and it offers research facilities to marine scientists from the Netherlands and other countries worldwide.
NIOZ has a longstanding collaboration with Utrecht University, for instance in an interdisciplinary Master’s programme Marine Sciences.
[2][3] NIOZ is part of the institutes organization of the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
Henk Brinkhuis was director from October 2011[5] until 1 November 2021, when he was succeeded by Han Dolman.
[10][11] The RV Pelagia is also due to be replaced but on 14 April 2022 a Dutch court ruled that the original contract must be amended,[12] resulting in a delay of the final tender for the RV Anna Weber-van Bosse.