Open for application

The subsidies which are open for application at this moment are listed below.

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Added Value open for application
Added Value, a joint initiative between the Divisions for the Earth and Life Sciences (ALW), Humanities (GW) and Social Sciences (MaGW), has been set up with the aim of supporting researchers who wish to make their research results from current or recently concluded projects (more) suitable and available for third parties.
Aspasia continuous application
Aspasia was launched in October 1999 as a scheme to increase the number of women senior lecturers.
Astronomy for Development - Visiting Experts open for application
The Visiting Experts Programme allows experts from the Netherlands, including scientists and engineers, to travel to developing countries for a period of a few days to a few weeks to give talks, run short courses in astronomy, etc. - to stimulate the field of astronomy.
Athena continuous application
With this premium, the Division for the Chemical Sciences (CW) wants to realise the flow of women in the large group of postdocs with a temporary appointment to a tenured scientific position.
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Big Grid Computing and Data Facilities continuous application
Researchers can apply for access to grid infrastructures like compute clusters (computing time), data storage facilities, supported by grid middleware and software. Human support can be applied for as well, but is not discussed in the programme brochure.
Brain & Cognition: an Integrated Approach continuous application
This programme strives for better insight in cognitive functions from the molecular level all the way up to the interactions between individuals, and aims to promote brain and cognition research using an integrative approach.
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Computing Time National Computing Facilities continuous application
The National Computing Facilities Foundation (NCF) grants subsidies for the use of national computing facilities.
Cooperation China (NSFC) continuous application
The NSFC-NWO Programme aims at fostering research collaborations of Sino-Dutch research teams that share high ambitions to work together in sustainable joint research projects by providing multi-annual research funding, and by calling for proposals demonstrating complementary expertise between Dutch and Chinese research teams in areas, in which both The Netherlands and China excel. Thematic Calls for Proposals are published annually, featuring different thematic priorities each year. The 2012 Call for Proposals addresses the research topic 'The Application of Operations Research in Urban Transport'.
Cooperation Germany - von Humboldt Stiftung (VHS) continuous application
VHS makes two research prizes available each year to enable Dutch senior researchers to conduct their own research for a period of between 4 and 12 months at a German research institute, while NWO offers the same opportunity for two German senior researchers to conduct their own research in the Netherlands.
Cooperation Hong Kong - Joint Research Scheme (JRS) open for application
The joint research scheme stimulates scientific cooperation between Hong Kong and Dutch researchers working in the fields of Astronomy, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Computer science, by providing individual travel grants and workshop grants.
Cooperation Japan (JSPS) continuous application
NWO has a cooperation agreement with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), which provides various opportunities for doing research in Japan.
Cooperation South Korea (NRF-KOSEF) continuous application
NWO has a cooperation agreement with the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF), which offers Dutch researchers a chance to perform research in South Korea. In case of a jointly organised seminar applications can be submitted for a contribution towards the costs.
Cooperation Taiwan (NSC) continuous application
NWO has a cooperation agreement with the National Science Council of Taiwan (NSC), which offers Dutch researchers a chance to do research in Taiwan. Taiwanese researchers can visit the Netherlands. The programme also facilitates joint seminars in Taiwan or the Netherlands.
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Dutch-Belgian Beamline (DUBBLE) open for application
Through this fund researchers from the Netherlands and Flanders can gain access to a synchrotron radiation research facility.
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eScience Open Call for Converging Sciences open for application
The purpose of this call is to promote and facilitate cross-fertilization between disparate disciplines by facilitating the transfer of proven technologies from one domain to solve “Big Data” challenges in other scientific domains.
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Free Competition continuous application
Free Competition of the NWO Division in the Humanities (GW)
This grant instrument is aimed at research programmes with a substantial humanities component.
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Incentive Fund Open Access continuous application
Het doel van dit fonds is bewustwording van Open Access bevorderen en stimuleren van Open Access-publiceren van resultaten uit NWO-projecten.
Incidental Financial Support continuous application
Incidental financial support from the Division for Physical Sciences is primarily intended to strengthen the forum position of the exact sciences.
Integrated Ocean Drilling Programme continuous application
The NWO Division for Earth and Life Sciences pays an annual contribution in order to give researchers the opportunity to conduct drillings into the ocean floor with drilling vessels and make accompanying measurements.
Investment Subsidy NWO Medium open for application
NWO Division for Earth and Life Sciences (ALW)
NWO Division for Earth and Life Sciences has a subsidy for investments with an NWO contribution of between 110,000 and 1,500,000 euro (NWO Medium).
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Longitudinal Studies in Social and Behavioural Sciences continuous application
In longitudinal studies repeated measurements are made over a prolonged period of time using the same method in order to identify a particular trend. NWO seeks to contribute to the data-gathering costs of a number of established academic studies that measure changes in society.
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More Women Researchers as University Lecturers (MEERVOUD) open for application
The purpose of Meervoud is to create temporary assistant professorship positions with the quarantee of a tenured assistant professorship within the university. Both the temporary and permanent position should be at least 0.8 fte. Upon submitting the proposal, the university provides a declaration of intent stating that the candidate will obtain a tenured assistent professorship upon completing the Meervoud project.
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Network Subsidies continuous application
The subsidy programme Network Subsidies of the Division for Medical and Health Research is designed to encourage the organisation of scientific conferences in the field of health care.
New Netherlands Polar Programme open for application
The objective of the Netherlands Polar Programme is to stimulate high-quality scientific research on and into the polar areas. Yet participation in research on Antarctica should also support the Netherlands’ voting membership of the Antarctic Treaty. In addition to this, the NPP strengthens the national coherency of Dutch Arctic research in the international context.
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Open Programme continuous application
Free Competition of the NWO Division for the Earth and Life Sciences (ALW)
The Open Program of the Division for Earth and Life Sciences offers financial support across the full range of Dutch research in the earth and life sciences.
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Population, Reproductive Health and Economic Development open for application
The research programme PopDev focuses on strengthening the evidence-base for policy and practice and identifying ways forward in research on how population and reproductive health impact poverty and economic growth.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Programme for Educational Research (PROO) open for application
Subsidy programme for the advancement of medium-range, fundamental-strategic, application-oriented, internationally-comparative and evaluative research into primary, secondary and (pre)vocational education.
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Scientific Meetings continuous application
NWO Division for Earth and Life Sciences subsidises national scientific discussion meetingsin order to promote national cooperation andcoordination in the field of the earth and life sciences.
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Teacher in Research continuous application
The programme Teacher in Research allows fully qualified mathematics teachers to spend a number of months doing scientific research at a university.
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Violence against Psychiatric Patients open for application
NWO Social Sciences has a second round for the research programme ‘Violence Against Psychiatric Patients’. This second call is not aimed primarily at increasing theoretical knowledge, but at developing and researching the effectiveness of practical interventions for the mental health care assistance.
Visitors Travel Grant continuous application
With this grant foreign visitors can stay in the Netherlands.