NWO-I's full name is Foundation for Dutch Scientific Research Institutes. It is an independent foundation incorporated under private law (not a governmental organization). Because of its national interest, it is supervised by NWO (the Dutch Research Council, a governmental body).
NWO-I is an umbrella organization for nine national research institutes:
- AMOLF: Physics of functional complex matter
- ARCNL: Advanced Researcg Center for Nanolithography
- ASTRON: Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
- CWI: Research Institute for mathematics & computer science in the Netherlands
- DIFFER: Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research
- Nikhef: National Institute for Subatomic Physics
- NIOZ: Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
- NSCR: Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement
- SRON: Netherlands Institute for Space Research