Dutch Research Council president Marcel Levi tells RPN how the funder is planning to adaptResearch funders across Europe are grappling with major shifts in research funding, assessment and publishing environments, according to the head of the Dutch Research Council (NWO), who is currently working on a plan for how his organisation should respond. Growing pressure on funding systems has resulted in researchers facing fierce competition for grants, and in institutions and funders rethinking how they assess researchers and competitive bids for funding, as well as the kind of research communication they should support.