All subsidies sorted by NWO Division

This is an overview of NWO subsidies, sorted by Division, each time in alphabetical order.

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Advanced Chemical Technology for Sustainability (ACTS)
Biobased Sustainable Industrial Chemicals (B-BASIC)
B-BASIC (Bio-based Sustainable Industrial Chemistry) focuses on developing bio-based sustainable process concepts for the chemical industry, using renewable resources.
Centres for Systems Biology Research (CSBR)
Een kenmerk van systeembiologie vormt de afwisseling van 'nat' en 'droog' onderzoek dat op verschillende complexiteitsschalen geïntegreerd plaats vindt. CSBR zet onderzoekscentra op om de Nederlandse onderzoekinfrastructuur permanent te versterken.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
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.
Joint Taiwan Netherlands Program on Catalysis
This programme with the National Science Council of Taiwan (NSC) has the purpose to stimulate excellent scientific research on catalysis by fostering collaborations between research-groups who can mutually profit from each other’s expertise.
Process on a Chip (POAC)
The basic idea of Process on a Chip (PoaC) is that the full production process of high-grade compounds can be executed on one chip, including the operational logic and measurement facilities. In order to realise that, an integrated circuit must be made (in silicon or synthetic fibre) with microchannels, reaction nodes, steps for characterisation and reprocessing, allowing chemical reactions to be produced on a very small scale and with unprecedented precision.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Process on a Chip (POAC)
The basic idea of Process on a Chip (PoaC) is that the full production process of high-grade compounds can be executed on one chip, including the operational logic and measurement facilities. In order to realise that, an integrated circuit must be made (in silicon or synthetic fibre) with microchannels, reaction nodes, steps for characterisation and reprocessing, allowing chemical reactions to be produced on a very small scale and with unprecedented precision.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Sustainable Hydrogen - Valorisation Grant
Over the next decades, mankind will have to switch from fossile to sustainable energy sources. All scenarios for sustainable energy require a universal and clean energy carrier. Hydrogen is the best option.
TASC Comprehensive Analytical Science and Technology (TA-COAST)
TA-COAST will develop innovative analytical technologies with which i) innovative R&D can be performed with substantially higher discriminating power (location, time and composition) and/or ii) cheap and robust analyses can be performed in the field, in the chemical process or to help the consumer/patient (point of care).
TASC Eco-efficient Use of Biomass for Bulk and Fine Chemicals Production (TA-Biomass)
The TA-Biomass is aimed at the eco-efficient use of biomass for the production of fine and bulk chemicals by i) increasing the compatibility of chemocatalytic, biocatalytic and thermochemical processes for biomass conversion, ii) producing existing chemical intermediates from biomass in an eco-efficient way and iii) developing processes for the conversion of recalcitrant biomass fractions.
TASC Low Energy Routes to Bulk Chemicals (TA-Low Energy Routes)
The TA-Low Energy Routes aims at the improvement of chemical processes such as i) selective oxidation, ii) activation of nitrogen and iii) activation of alkanes / (steam) cracking and at the improvement of the (catalytic) conversions concerned.
TASC Syngas, a Switch to Flexible New Feedstock for the Chemical Industry (TA-Syngas)
The TA-Syngas is aimed at catalytic conversion of feedstock via syngas into relevant intermediates such as lower olefins and the corresponding lower alcohols for the chemical industry.
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Earth and Life Sciences (ALW)
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.
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.
Centres for Systems Biology Research (CSBR)
Een kenmerk van systeembiologie vormt de afwisseling van 'nat' en 'droog' onderzoek dat op verschillende complexiteitsschalen geïntegreerd plaats vindt. CSBR zet onderzoekscentra op om de Nederlandse onderzoekinfrastructuur permanent te versterken.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Complexity
The research programme Complexity is a joint initiative of the NWO Divisions for the Physical Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Earth and Life Sciences and Social Sciences, and of Technology Foundation STW and the ICTRegie, with the general support of NWO's Governing Board. The programme falls under the NWO theme Dynamics of Complex Systems and shall realise the challenges formulated in the theme document.
Cooperation Indonesia - Agriculture Beyond Food
The programme Agriculture beyond Food (AbF) aims to enhance and support long-term scientific cooperation between research groups from Indonesia and the Netherlands on innovative use of bio-based resources.
Doctoral Grant for Teachers
The aim of Doctoral Research for Teachers is to increase the number of teachers holding a doctorate, as this will help to boost the quality of education provided. The programme is open to teachers from primary, secondary, vocational, higher and special education.
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.
East Kalimantan
Aims to enhance and support long-term scientific cooperation in coastal zone research between research groups from Indonesia and the Netherlands. The geographical focus is on the coastal areas of the Mahakam delta and the Berau region.
Ecogenomics
The aim of this call is to facilitate innovative and high quality scientific research in the area of Ecogenomics.
ERA-NET
ERA-NET (European Research Area Networks) is the policy instrument of the European Commission (EC) for coordinating the national research programmes in Europe. In an ERA-NET there is cooperation and coordination among European research funding agencies.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
EUROCORES
EUROCORES stands for ‘European Science Foundation Collaborative Research Programmes Scheme.´ A EUROCORE is a grant scheme of the European Science Foundation (ESF). The ESF uses this instrument to promote multinational cooperation in Europa.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Feedbacks in the Climate System
The aim of the programme is to generate knowledge focused on quantifying uncertainties in the climate system, and in particular for the development of this system in the longer term until the year 2200.
Green Genetics
TTI (Technology Top Institute) Green Genetics is an initiative from companies in the plant cultivation industry and knowledge institutions to strengthen the knowledge infrastructure in the disciplines of plant genetics, plant physiology and plant pathology by means of joint research projects and educational initiatives.
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.
Innovational Research Incentives Scheme
The Innovational Research Incentives Scheme consists of three different ; personal subsidy forms, each of which is designed for a different phase in the ; scientific careers of researchers, whether they only recently took their PhD or ; are already experienced and on the brink of a professorship.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
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).
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.
Mosaic
The Mosaic programme is designed to attract more ethnic minority graduates into academic research, in order to promote diversity.
National Programme Sea and Coastal Research
The ZKO focuses on strengthening the understanding and knowledge of coastal development, the role of cycles and particle flows in relation to water quality, capacity for a sustainable yield of the ecosystem, change in the biodiversity, the role of the sea and ocean in climate change and the effects of climate change on the marine system.
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.
NWO-nano
The NWO-nano programme aims to promote excellent fundamental and application-oriented nanoscience and nanotechnology research into 4 specific themes: NanoMedicine, NanoInsights, Nanomaterials & Engineering (incl. design & manufacture) and Effect analysis
NWO Spinoza Prize
Prize (2.5 million euro) as stimulus to further research.
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.
Planetary Boundaries Fresh Water Cycle
The aim of the programme is to generate knowledge in the area of Planetary Boundaries Freshwater Cycle. Applicants are requested to pay particular attention to how the research contributes to determining worldwide boundaries for freshwater use.
Research Programme Biodiversity Works
Within the framework of the 'Policy Programme Biodiversity Works', which has been signed by various government ministries, policy subjects in the area of biodiversity shall be investigated in the Research Programme Biodiversity Works.
Rubicon
The aim of the Rubicon programme is to encourage talented researchers who have completed their doctorates in the past year the chance to gain experience at a top research institution outside the Netherlands (maximum of two years).
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
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.
User Support Space Research
NWO Division for the Earth and Life Sciences (ALW) is cooperating with the Netherlands Space Office (NSO) in the programme User Support Space Research. The aim of this programme is to provide support to researchers working in the Netherlands during the (preparation for) use of scientific infrastructure in space for the purpose of high quality research.
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Chemical Sciences (CW)
Aspasia continuous application
Aspasia was launched in October 1999 as a scheme to increase the number of women senior lecturers.
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.
Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire
CECAM stimulates the whole field of atomic and molecular calculations, mainly by organising international workshops. The NWO Divisions for Chemical Sciences and Physics participate.
Centres for Systems Biology Research (CSBR)
Een kenmerk van systeembiologie vormt de afwisseling van 'nat' en 'droog' onderzoek dat op verschillende complexiteitsschalen geïntegreerd plaats vindt. CSBR zet onderzoekscentra op om de Nederlandse onderzoekinfrastructuur permanent te versterken.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
ChemThem
A ChemThem initiative contains a chemical/molecular sciences problem, which is tackled via challenging, innovative research methods.
Complexity
The research programme Complexity is a joint initiative of the NWO Divisions for the Physical Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Earth and Life Sciences and Social Sciences, and of Technology Foundation STW and the ICTRegie, with the general support of NWO's Governing Board. The programme falls under the NWO theme Dynamics of Complex Systems and shall realise the challenges formulated in the theme document.
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 United States - International Collaboration in Chemistry (ICC)
ICC grants offer the opportunity to carry ou high-quality, curiosity-driven research in molecular chemistry, chemistry or chemical technology in an international setting.
Doctoral Grant for Teachers
The aim of Doctoral Research for Teachers is to increase the number of teachers holding a doctorate, as this will help to boost the quality of education provided. The programme is open to teachers from primary, secondary, vocational, higher and special education.
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.
ECHO Project Grants
Free Competition of the NWO Division for Chemical Sciences (CW)
ECHO-project grants offer the opportunity to carry out a high quality science driven chemical research project. In this way a challenging scientific idea can be pursued, a new research area can be opened up or a scientific innovation can be established.
ERA-NET
ERA-NET (European Research Area Networks) is the policy instrument of the European Commission (EC) for coordinating the national research programmes in Europe. In an ERA-NET there is cooperation and coordination among European research funding agencies.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
EUROCORES
EUROCORES stands for ‘European Science Foundation Collaborative Research Programmes Scheme.´ A EUROCORE is a grant scheme of the European Science Foundation (ESF). The ESF uses this instrument to promote multinational cooperation in Europa.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Forensic Science
Strengthening research in the area of forensic science in the Netherlands and creating foci of in-depth knowledge and forming a community of researchers and users in the field of forensic sciences.
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.
Innovational Research Incentives Scheme
The Innovational Research Incentives Scheme consists of three different ; personal subsidy forms, each of which is designed for a different phase in the ; scientific careers of researchers, whether they only recently took their PhD or ; are already experienced and on the brink of a professorship.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Investment Subsidy NWO Medium
NWO Division for Chemical Sciences (CW)
NWO Division for Chemical Sciences has a subsidy for investments with an NWO contribution of between 110,000 and 1.500,000 euro.
Mosaic
The Mosaic programme is designed to attract more ethnic minority graduates into academic research, in order to promote diversity.
NWO-nano
The NWO-nano programme aims to promote excellent fundamental and application-oriented nanoscience and nanotechnology research into 4 specific themes: NanoMedicine, NanoInsights, Nanomaterials & Engineering (incl. design & manufacture) and Effect analysis
NWO Spinoza Prize
Prize (2.5 million euro) as stimulus to further research.
Rubicon
The aim of the Rubicon programme is to encourage talented researchers who have completed their doctorates in the past year the chance to gain experience at a top research institution outside the Netherlands (maximum of two years).
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Science Industry Cooperation The Netherlands - China
To realise Sino-Dutch research projects of excellent scientific quality, where academic and industrial researchers cooperate.
Sustainable Hydrogen - Valorisation Grant
Over the next decades, mankind will have to switch from fossile to sustainable energy sources. All scenarios for sustainable energy require a universal and clean energy carrier. Hydrogen is the best option.
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Physical Sciences (EW)
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.
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.
Centres for Systems Biology Research (CSBR)
Een kenmerk van systeembiologie vormt de afwisseling van 'nat' en 'droog' onderzoek dat op verschillende complexiteitsschalen geïntegreerd plaats vindt. CSBR zet onderzoekscentra op om de Nederlandse onderzoekinfrastructuur permanent te versterken.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Complexity
The research programme Complexity is a joint initiative of the NWO Divisions for the Physical Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Earth and Life Sciences and Social Sciences, and of Technology Foundation STW and the ICTRegie, with the general support of NWO's Governing Board. The programme falls under the NWO theme Dynamics of Complex Systems and shall realise the challenges formulated in the theme document.
Computational Life Sciences
Computational Life Sciences focuses on complex problems in the life sciences that allow model formation, simulation and visualisation.
Continuous Access to Cultural Heritage (CATCH)
The CATCH (Continuous Access To Cultural Heritage) programme focuses on information research that serves the cultural heritage sector. The programme funds research teams who carry out their work at a cultural heritage organisation.
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.
Doctoral Grant for Teachers
The aim of Doctoral Research for Teachers is to increase the number of teachers holding a doctorate, as this will help to boost the quality of education provided. The programme is open to teachers from primary, secondary, vocational, higher and special education.
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.
Dynamics of Patterns
Researchers from various scientific disciplines focused of studying and analysing intrinsically non-linear patterns in space and time are brought together in an interdisciplinary setting.
ERA-NET
ERA-NET (European Research Area Networks) is the policy instrument of the European Commission (EC) for coordinating the national research programmes in Europe. In an ERA-NET there is cooperation and coordination among European research funding agencies.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
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.
EUROCORES
EUROCORES stands for ‘European Science Foundation Collaborative Research Programmes Scheme.´ A EUROCORE is a grant scheme of the European Science Foundation (ESF). The ESF uses this instrument to promote multinational cooperation in Europa.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Forensic Science
Strengthening research in the area of forensic science in the Netherlands and creating foci of in-depth knowledge and forming a community of researchers and users in the field of forensic sciences.
Free Competition
Free Competition of the NWO Division for Physical Sciences (EW)
This programme offers financial support to research proposals without programmatic preconditions in the physical sciences upto 110.000 euro.
GlobAL Computer ScieNCE (GLANCE)
The GLANCE programme is designed to stimulate fundamental research into large-scale parallel and distributed systems.
I-science for Astronomy (IsFast)
The IsFast collaboration track is an activity within the i-science research cluster. Innovative research at the interface of computer science and astronomy is in the core of this programme. Astronomy offers big challenges to computer science, which require fundamentally new methods or even abstractions.
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.
Innovational Research Incentives Scheme
The Innovational Research Incentives Scheme consists of three different ; personal subsidy forms, each of which is designed for a different phase in the ; scientific careers of researchers, whether they only recently took their PhD or ; are already experienced and on the brink of a professorship.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Investment Subsidy NWO Medium
NWO Division for the Physical Sciences (EW)
NWO Division for the Physical Sciences has a subsidy for investments with an NWO contribution of between 110,000 and 1,500,000 euro.
James Clerk Maxwell Telescope and Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes
The board of the Division for Physical Sciences (GBE), together with some organisations from other countries, participates in the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING) and the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT). The programme committee of the GBE (GBE PC) allocates the time available for the Netherlands at these telescopes. Applications for observing time can be submitted every half year.
Joint Academic and Commercial Quality Research & Development (JACQUARD)
The Jacquard research programme is initially a joint initiative between the Ministry of Economic Affairs, NWO Physical Sciences and Technology Foundation STW, and is supported by the Governing Board of NWO. Jacquard represents an implementation of the policy formulated in the National Research Agenda for Information and Communication Technology 2005-2010 (NOAG-ict), the ICT Agenda for the Future of the Netherlands (ICT2030.nl) and the Strategic Research Agenda of the Software as a Service Innovation Platform.
Mathematical Clusters
Dutch universities are invited to form clusters for excellent mathematics research.
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.
Mosaic
The Mosaic programme is designed to attract more ethnic minority graduates into academic research, in order to promote diversity.
NWO Spinoza Prize
Prize (2.5 million euro) as stimulus to further research.
Principal Investigator Preparatory Programme (PIPP)
NWO Physical Sciences (EW) is cooperating with the Netherlands Space Office (NSO) in the Principal Investigator Preparatory Programme (PIPP). The programme focuses on preparing future Dutch principal investigator (PI) roles in scientific space missions.
Rubicon
The aim of the Rubicon programme is to encourage talented researchers who have completed their doctorates in the past year the chance to gain experience at a top research institution outside the Netherlands (maximum of two years).
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Science Industry Cooperation The Netherlands - China
To realise Sino-Dutch research projects of excellent scientific quality, where academic and industrial researchers cooperate.
Smart Energy Systems
Smart Energy Systems is a joint initiative of NWO Physical Sciences, STW Technology Foundation and the Netherlands ICT Research and Innovation Authority (ICTRegie), supported by NWO's Governing Board. It is part of the NWO Theme Basic Energy Research, and addresses the energy savings and sustainability improvements by employing smart ICT systems.
STAR E-Science (STARE)
The STARE programme aims to stimulate groundbreaking research at the interface of informatics and astronomy. The programme offers opportunities for research that has an added value for both disciplines.
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.
Visual Interactive Effective Worlds (VIEW)
The VIEW programme is designed to stimulate research in the field of visualisation and modelling and simulation to support this.
Dynamics of Patterns
Researchers from various scientific disciplines focused of studying and analysing intrinsically non-linear patterns in space and time are brought together in an interdisciplinary setting.
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.
NWO-nano
The NWO-nano programme aims to promote excellent fundamental and application-oriented nanoscience and nanotechnology research into 4 specific themes: NanoMedicine, NanoInsights, Nanomaterials & Engineering (incl. design & manufacture) and Effect analysis
Sustainable Hydrogen - Valorisation Grant
Over the next decades, mankind will have to switch from fossile to sustainable energy sources. All scenarios for sustainable energy require a universal and clean energy carrier. Hydrogen is the best option.
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Humanities (GW)
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.
AHRC - NWO Humanities Research Networking and Exchange Scheme
This joint AHRC-NWO Humanities scheme supports bi-national teams to run a network of researchers or joint exchange programme over two years aiming at developing international partnerships between arts and humanities researchers in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
Aspasia continuous application
Aspasia was launched in October 1999 as a scheme to increase the number of women senior lecturers.
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.
Comprehensible Language and Effective Communication
The Comprehensible language and effective communication programme focuses on i) fundamental research to increase our understanding of which factors facilitate the comprehensibility of communication and ii) applied research to translate these insights into well-grounded advisory reports in the area of language and communication. The programme is interesting for linguists, educational researcher, public administrators, psychologists, communication researchers and health researchers.
Conflict and Security - Fast Track
More diversified societies are the result of globalization, international migration and mobility. This leads to the spreading and intensification of conflicts related to cultural, ethnic, religious, class and gender differences. Research within the scope of the strategic theme of Conflict and Security is aimed at addressing these urgent societal issues.
Contested Democracy
The research programme Disputed Democracy concerns the functioning and vulnerability of democracy. The title of the programme Disputed Democracy indicates that democracy is never a specific entity. The programme considers democracy as a model and a practice that is continually in a process of redefining, repositioning, reevaluation, relegitimisation and adaptation.
Continuous Access to Cultural Heritage (CATCH)
The CATCH (Continuous Access To Cultural Heritage) programme focuses on information research that serves the cultural heritage sector. The programme funds research teams who carry out their work at a cultural heritage organisation.
Cooperation Flanders (FWO)
The aim of the proposed collaborative grant programme is to strengthen European collaboration in the field of the humanities, and with this programme more specifically the collaboration between Flanders and the Netherlands.
Cultural Dynamics
In this programme, culture is defined in the broadest sense of the word to cover both material and non-material aspects. Examples are architecture, expressive arts, theatre, music, new cultural expressions that have been made possible by the new media and technology, but also the customs and rituals that are culturally determined.
Doctoral Grant for Teachers
The aim of Doctoral Research for Teachers is to increase the number of teachers holding a doctorate, as this will help to boost the quality of education provided. The programme is open to teachers from primary, secondary, vocational, higher and special education.
Dynamics of the Memory - The Netherlands in the Second World War
The programme addresses the question as to how the memory of the Second World War has developed and shall possibly develop and which position material and immaterial remains should have within this.
ERA-NET
ERA-NET (European Research Area Networks) is the policy instrument of the European Commission (EC) for coordinating the national research programmes in Europe. In an ERA-NET there is cooperation and coordination among European research funding agencies.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
EUROCORES
EUROCORES stands for ‘European Science Foundation Collaborative Research Programmes Scheme.´ A EUROCORE is a grant scheme of the European Science Foundation (ESF). The ESF uses this instrument to promote multinational cooperation in Europa.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Flemish-Dutch Cooperation in the Humanities
The Flemish-Dutch Committee for Dutch Language and Culture (VNC) subsidises scientific cooperation between Flanders and the Netherlands for the promotion of Dutch language and culture.
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.
Horizon (formerly H Programmes)
Horizon (formerly H Programmes) focuses on scientific innovation in humanities disciplines. These are research programmes that have the potential to determine the research agendas for future humanities research.
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.
Innovational Research Incentives Scheme
The Innovational Research Incentives Scheme consists of three different ; personal subsidy forms, each of which is designed for a different phase in the ; scientific careers of researchers, whether they only recently took their PhD or ; are already experienced and on the brink of a professorship.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Internationalisation in the Humanities
The Humanities Division Board intends to use this grant instrument to promote international cooperation between Dutch research groups and their foreign colleagues, to stimulate the formation of international networks in the humanities and to encourage the submission of humanities grant applications at international institutions.
Language Acquisition & Multilingualism
The programme Language Acquisition and Multilingualism is of topical interest both from a social and a scientific perspective. It has social relevance given the prominent role of language acquisition and multilingualism in modern society. From a scientific perspective it is most important that this programme allows new questions to be posed regarding the explanation, representation and acquisition of lingual knowledge and the way these are influenced by contextual factors.
Mosaic
The Mosaic programme is designed to attract more ethnic minority graduates into academic research, in order to promote diversity.
NWO Spinoza Prize
Prize (2.5 million euro) as stimulus to further research.
PhD Research in the Arts
The Fonds BKVB and NWO want to give artists the opportunity to gain a doctorate. The Call is intended for visual artists who focus on new forms of research - especially research that is based on and targeted at artistic practice and that makes a connection with existing types of academic research.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
PhDs in the Humanities
The aim of the new PhD programme is to attract young research talent in the humanities. The structure enhancement plans of universities/faculties for education and organisation form the necessary framework for this. Two types of PhD position can be applied for, namely standard PhD positions and PhD positions for lecturers.
Responsible Innovation
The theme programme Responsible Innovation (MVI) concerns issues related to technological developments for which there is a good reason to suspect that these will have major positive and negative effects on individuals and/or society.
Rubicon
The aim of the Rubicon programme is to encourage talented researchers who have completed their doctorates in the past year the chance to gain experience at a top research institution outside the Netherlands (maximum of two years).
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Social Cohesion
In this programme NWO cooperates with a number of government departments which seek attention for their questions about social cohesion in Dutch society. The research results enable them to gain perspectives that are relevant to government policy.
Complexity
The research programme Complexity is a joint initiative of the NWO Divisions for the Physical Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Earth and Life Sciences and Social Sciences, and of Technology Foundation STW and the ICTRegie, with the general support of NWO's Governing Board. The programme falls under the NWO theme Dynamics of Complex Systems and shall realise the challenges formulated in the theme document.
ICT Innovation Platform - Cooperation Challenge
To support the ICT Innovation Platforms (IIPs) and to stimulate the formation of a community of researchers and users that operates at the boundaries of the IPPs, ICTRegie is launching a call: the IIP Cooperation Challenge.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Smart Energy Systems
Smart Energy Systems is a joint initiative of NWO Physical Sciences, STW Technology Foundation and the Netherlands ICT Research and Innovation Authority (ICTRegie), supported by NWO's Governing Board. It is part of the NWO Theme Basic Energy Research, and addresses the energy savings and sustainability improvements by employing smart ICT systems.
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Social Sciences Research Council (MaGW)
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.
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.
Complexity
The research programme Complexity is a joint initiative of the NWO Divisions for the Physical Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Earth and Life Sciences and Social Sciences, and of Technology Foundation STW and the ICTRegie, with the general support of NWO's Governing Board. The programme falls under the NWO theme Dynamics of Complex Systems and shall realise the challenges formulated in the theme document.
Comprehensible Language and Effective Communication
The Comprehensible language and effective communication programme focuses on i) fundamental research to increase our understanding of which factors facilitate the comprehensibility of communication and ii) applied research to translate these insights into well-grounded advisory reports in the area of language and communication. The programme is interesting for linguists, educational researcher, public administrators, psychologists, communication researchers and health researchers.
Conflict and Security - Fast Track
More diversified societies are the result of globalization, international migration and mobility. This leads to the spreading and intensification of conflicts related to cultural, ethnic, religious, class and gender differences. Research within the scope of the strategic theme of Conflict and Security is aimed at addressing these urgent societal issues.
Contested Democracy
The research programme Disputed Democracy concerns the functioning and vulnerability of democracy. The title of the programme Disputed Democracy indicates that democracy is never a specific entity. The programme considers democracy as a model and a practice that is continually in a process of redefining, repositioning, reevaluation, relegitimisation and adaptation.
Cultural Dynamics
In this programme, culture is defined in the broadest sense of the word to cover both material and non-material aspects. Examples are architecture, expressive arts, theatre, music, new cultural expressions that have been made possible by the new media and technology, but also the customs and rituals that are culturally determined.
Doctoral Grant for Teachers
The aim of Doctoral Research for Teachers is to increase the number of teachers holding a doctorate, as this will help to boost the quality of education provided. The programme is open to teachers from primary, secondary, vocational, higher and special education.
Energy Transitions
Het programma richt zich op multidisciplinair onderzoek over de transitie naar een duurzame energievoorziening in Nederland.
ERA-NET
ERA-NET (European Research Area Networks) is the policy instrument of the European Commission (EC) for coordinating the national research programmes in Europe. In an ERA-NET there is cooperation and coordination among European research funding agencies.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
EUROCORES
EUROCORES stands for ‘European Science Foundation Collaborative Research Programmes Scheme.´ A EUROCORE is a grant scheme of the European Science Foundation (ESF). The ESF uses this instrument to promote multinational cooperation in Europa.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
European Social Survey (ESS) - Developmental Projects
The European Social Survey [ESS] is an international database ;which has become a prime instrument for innovative comparative research on social and political attitudes. The data are gathered in 34 European countries through surveys held once every two years.
Explorail
ExploRail is the Research Program of ProRail and MaGW for the next 2-4 years. The research theme of this call within this program is: Whole System Performance. This theme forms a comprehensive and focused program for railway research aiming at breakthrough innovations for ProRail’s strategic goals.
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.
Innovational Research Incentives Scheme
The Innovational Research Incentives Scheme consists of three different ; personal subsidy forms, each of which is designed for a different phase in the ; scientific careers of researchers, whether they only recently took their PhD or ; are already experienced and on the brink of a professorship.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Investment Subsidy NWO Medium
NWO Division for Social Sciences (MaGW)
NWO Division for Social Sciences has a subsidy for investments with an NWO contribution of between 250,000 and 1,000,000 euro (NWO Medium). If the application has a national dimension applications for between 45,000 and 250,000 euro are also eligible within this Social Sciences subsidy programme.
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.
Migration, Development and Conflict
The research is expected to focus on transnational flows and their consequences by comparing the multifaceted interactions of the positive and negative dimensions of transnational migration in the Netherlands, India and South Africa.
Mosaic
The Mosaic programme is designed to attract more ethnic minority graduates into academic research, in order to promote diversity.
NWO Spinoza Prize
Prize (2.5 million euro) as stimulus to further research.
Open Research Area in Europe for the Social Sciences
In order to strengthen European co-operation in the field of the social sciences, ANR, DFG, ESRC and NWO have launched a common call for proposals to fund the best joint research projects in the social sciences.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
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.
Research Talent
Research Talent is a subsidy programme with open competition for high-level PhD research for young talented individuals with a demonstrable ambition to pursue a career as scientist.
Responsible Innovation
The theme programme Responsible Innovation (MVI) concerns issues related to technological developments for which there is a good reason to suspect that these will have major positive and negative effects on individuals and/or society.
Revitalisation of Legal Research
This programme aims in three subsidy rounds to approach the following goals: strengthening the international and comparative side of legal research; reinforcing multidisciplinary approaches; cooperation and school formation.
Rubicon
The aim of the Rubicon programme is to encourage talented researchers who have completed their doctorates in the past year the chance to gain experience at a top research institution outside the Netherlands (maximum of two years).
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Social Cohesion
In this programme NWO cooperates with a number of government departments which seek attention for their questions about social cohesion in Dutch society. The research results enable them to gain perspectives that are relevant to government policy.
Social Science Cooperation India-Netherlands
The Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR) and NWO have started a joint Scholar Exchange scheme aimed at staff with an academic or research appointment, up to senior professors.
Social Scientific Research into Nature and the Environment (GaMON)
The GaMON programme is aimed at describing, explaining and controlling social problems regarding landscape, living conditions, nature and the environment—insofar as these problems are connected to human activity and behaviour.
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.
Youth and Family
The programme is aimed at research into the development of young people and how their social context (family, friends, school, clubs etc.) influences this development. The programme names four lines of research and three specific themes.
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Council for Medical and Health Research (ZonMW)
Aspasia continuous application
Aspasia was launched in October 1999 as a scheme to increase the number of women senior lecturers.
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.
Centres for Systems Biology Research (CSBR)
Een kenmerk van systeembiologie vormt de afwisseling van 'nat' en 'droog' onderzoek dat op verschillende complexiteitsschalen geïntegreerd plaats vindt. CSBR zet onderzoekscentra op om de Nederlandse onderzoekinfrastructuur permanent te versterken.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Comprehensible Language and Effective Communication
The Comprehensible language and effective communication programme focuses on i) fundamental research to increase our understanding of which factors facilitate the comprehensibility of communication and ii) applied research to translate these insights into well-grounded advisory reports in the area of language and communication. The programme is interesting for linguists, educational researcher, public administrators, psychologists, communication researchers and health researchers.
Doctoral Grant for Teachers
The aim of Doctoral Research for Teachers is to increase the number of teachers holding a doctorate, as this will help to boost the quality of education provided. The programme is open to teachers from primary, secondary, vocational, higher and special education.
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.
ERA-NET
ERA-NET (European Research Area Networks) is the policy instrument of the European Commission (EC) for coordinating the national research programmes in Europe. In an ERA-NET there is cooperation and coordination among European research funding agencies.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
EUROCORES
EUROCORES stands for ‘European Science Foundation Collaborative Research Programmes Scheme.´ A EUROCORE is a grant scheme of the European Science Foundation (ESF). The ESF uses this instrument to promote multinational cooperation in Europa.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
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.
Innovational Research Incentives Scheme
The Innovational Research Incentives Scheme consists of three different ; personal subsidy forms, each of which is designed for a different phase in the ; scientific careers of researchers, whether they only recently took their PhD or ; are already experienced and on the brink of a professorship.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Investment Subsidy NWO Medium
Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw)
ZonMw has a subsidy for investments with an ZonMw contribution of between 110,000 and 1.500,000 euro (NWO Medium).
Mosaic
The Mosaic programme is designed to attract more ethnic minority graduates into academic research, in order to promote diversity.
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.
NWO-nano
The NWO-nano programme aims to promote excellent fundamental and application-oriented nanoscience and nanotechnology research into 4 specific themes: NanoMedicine, NanoInsights, Nanomaterials & Engineering (incl. design & manufacture) and Effect analysis
NWO Spinoza Prize
Prize (2.5 million euro) as stimulus to further research.
Responsible Innovation
The theme programme Responsible Innovation (MVI) concerns issues related to technological developments for which there is a good reason to suspect that these will have major positive and negative effects on individuals and/or society.
Rubicon
The aim of the Rubicon programme is to encourage talented researchers who have completed their doctorates in the past year the chance to gain experience at a top research institution outside the Netherlands (maximum of two years).
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Social Cohesion
In this programme NWO cooperates with a number of government departments which seek attention for their questions about social cohesion in Dutch society. The research results enable them to gain perspectives that are relevant to government policy.
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Physics (N)
Aspasia continuous application
Aspasia was launched in October 1999 as a scheme to increase the number of women senior lecturers.
Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire
CECAM stimulates the whole field of atomic and molecular calculations, mainly by organising international workshops. The NWO Divisions for Chemical Sciences and Physics participate.
Doctoral Grant for Teachers
The aim of Doctoral Research for Teachers is to increase the number of teachers holding a doctorate, as this will help to boost the quality of education provided. The programme is open to teachers from primary, secondary, vocational, higher and special education.
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.
Dynamics of Patterns
Researchers from various scientific disciplines focused of studying and analysing intrinsically non-linear patterns in space and time are brought together in an interdisciplinary setting.
ERA-NET
ERA-NET (European Research Area Networks) is the policy instrument of the European Commission (EC) for coordinating the national research programmes in Europe. In an ERA-NET there is cooperation and coordination among European research funding agencies.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
EUROCORES
EUROCORES stands for ‘European Science Foundation Collaborative Research Programmes Scheme.´ A EUROCORE is a grant scheme of the European Science Foundation (ESF). The ESF uses this instrument to promote multinational cooperation in Europa.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
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.
Innovational Research Incentives Scheme
The Innovational Research Incentives Scheme consists of three different ; personal subsidy forms, each of which is designed for a different phase in the ; scientific careers of researchers, whether they only recently took their PhD or ; are already experienced and on the brink of a professorship.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Mosaic
The Mosaic programme is designed to attract more ethnic minority graduates into academic research, in order to promote diversity.
NWO Spinoza Prize
Prize (2.5 million euro) as stimulus to further research.
Rubicon
The aim of the Rubicon programme is to encourage talented researchers who have completed their doctorates in the past year the chance to gain experience at a top research institution outside the Netherlands (maximum of two years).
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Sustainable Hydrogen - Valorisation Grant
Over the next decades, mankind will have to switch from fossile to sustainable energy sources. All scenarios for sustainable energy require a universal and clean energy carrier. Hydrogen is the best option.
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Netherlands National Computing Facilities
Computational Life Sciences
Computational Life Sciences focuses on complex problems in the life sciences that allow model formation, simulation and visualisation.
Computing Time National Computing Facilities continuous application
The National Computing Facilities Foundation (NCF) grants subsidies for the use of national computing facilities.
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.
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Netherlands Genomics Initiative
Booster Grants for Public-Private Partnerships in the Life Sciences
Booster grants are aimed at stimulating the formation of public-private consortiums in the life sciences.
Centres for Systems Biology Research (CSBR)
Een kenmerk van systeembiologie vormt de afwisseling van 'nat' en 'droog' onderzoek dat op verschillende complexiteitsschalen geïntegreerd plaats vindt. CSBR zet onderzoekscentra op om de Nederlandse onderzoekinfrastructuur permanent te versterken.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Computational Life Sciences
Computational Life Sciences focuses on complex problems in the life sciences that allow model formation, simulation and visualisation.
Forensic Science
Strengthening research in the area of forensic science in the Netherlands and creating foci of in-depth knowledge and forming a community of researchers and users in the field of forensic sciences.
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.
Brain & Cognition - Societal Innovation in Health Care, Education and Social Safety
The programme Brain & Cognition aims at scientific progress and societal implementation of recent scientific insights with respect to the functioning of our brain, cognitive abilities and behaviour. This knowledge is applied to urgent societal questions in health care, education and social safety.
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.
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NWO General
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.
Cooperation China - Joint Scientific Thematic Research Programme (JSTP)
JSTP aims at stimulating sustainable research collaboration between China and the Netherlands by funding joint research projects and thematic dialogue seminars. The 2009 call for proposals addresses the research topic ‘Integrated Water Management in relation with climate change and sea level rise’.
Cooperation China (CSC) - Talent and Training (TTChina)
The aim of the programme is to increase the quality and quantity of PhD research in the Netherlands and to strengthen scientific cooperation with China, by inviting highly talented Chinese PhD candidates to conduct research at selected Dutch graduate schools.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
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 India - New Medical Devices for Affordable Health
Aim is to stimulate sustainable Indo-Dutch research collaboration by funding joint research projects on the topic medical devices that have the explicit goal to reduce the costs of health care either in India or in the Netherlands.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
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.
Doctoral Grant for Teachers
The aim of Doctoral Research for Teachers is to increase the number of teachers holding a doctorate, as this will help to boost the quality of education provided. The programme is open to teachers from primary, secondary, vocational, higher and special education.
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.
ERA-NET
ERA-NET (European Research Area Networks) is the policy instrument of the European Commission (EC) for coordinating the national research programmes in Europe. In an ERA-NET there is cooperation and coordination among European research funding agencies.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
EUROCORES
EUROCORES stands for ‘European Science Foundation Collaborative Research Programmes Scheme.´ A EUROCORE is a grant scheme of the European Science Foundation (ESF). The ESF uses this instrument to promote multinational cooperation in Europa.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Graduate Programme
Inter-university or local graduate schools can apply for a blockgrant of k€ 800 to appoint PhD students. The Graduate Programme aims to strengthen the Dutch PhD system by stimulating the incorporation of elements of the American Graduate School system.
Gravitation
The aim of the Gravitation Programme is to identify and boost consortia with an excellent scientific research programme that have the potential to make a substantial scientific contribution at the highest international level. It is expected that the researchers involved currently operate at the highest national level and are already active at the highest international level.
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.
Innovational Research Incentives Scheme
The Innovational Research Incentives Scheme consists of three different ; personal subsidy forms, each of which is designed for a different phase in the ; scientific careers of researchers, whether they only recently took their PhD or ; are already experienced and on the brink of a professorship.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Investment Subsidy NWO Large
Subsidies for investments larger than 1,000,000 (GW or MaGW) or 1,500,000 euro (other Divisions).
Investment Subsidy NWO Medium
Cross-divisional applications
NWO has a subsidy for investments with an NWO contribution of between 110,000 and 1,000,000 or 1,500,000 euro (Investment Subsidy NWO Medium).
Mosaic
The Mosaic programme is designed to attract more ethnic minority graduates into academic research, in order to promote diversity.
NWO Spinoza Prize
Prize (2.5 million euro) as stimulus to further research.
Rubicon
The aim of the Rubicon programme is to encourage talented researchers who have completed their doctorates in the past year the chance to gain experience at a top research institution outside the Netherlands (maximum of two years).
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Social Science Cooperation India-Netherlands
The Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR) and NWO have started a joint Scholar Exchange scheme aimed at staff with an academic or research appointment, up to senior professors.
Visitors Travel Grant continuous application
With this grant foreign visitors can stay in the Netherlands.
PhDs in the Humanities
The aim of the new PhD programme is to attract young research talent in the humanities. The structure enhancement plans of universities/faculties for education and organisation form the necessary framework for this. Two types of PhD position can be applied for, namely standard PhD positions and PhD positions for lecturers.
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Technology (STW)
Aspasia continuous application
Aspasia was launched in October 1999 as a scheme to increase the number of women senior lecturers.
Centres for Systems Biology Research (CSBR)
Een kenmerk van systeembiologie vormt de afwisseling van 'nat' en 'droog' onderzoek dat op verschillende complexiteitsschalen geïntegreerd plaats vindt. CSBR zet onderzoekscentra op om de Nederlandse onderzoekinfrastructuur permanent te versterken.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Complexity
The research programme Complexity is a joint initiative of the NWO Divisions for the Physical Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Earth and Life Sciences and Social Sciences, and of Technology Foundation STW and the ICTRegie, with the general support of NWO's Governing Board. The programme falls under the NWO theme Dynamics of Complex Systems and shall realise the challenges formulated in the theme document.
Doctoral Grant for Teachers
The aim of Doctoral Research for Teachers is to increase the number of teachers holding a doctorate, as this will help to boost the quality of education provided. The programme is open to teachers from primary, secondary, vocational, higher and special education.
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.
ERA-NET
ERA-NET (European Research Area Networks) is the policy instrument of the European Commission (EC) for coordinating the national research programmes in Europe. In an ERA-NET there is cooperation and coordination among European research funding agencies.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
EUROCORES
EUROCORES stands for ‘European Science Foundation Collaborative Research Programmes Scheme.´ A EUROCORE is a grant scheme of the European Science Foundation (ESF). The ESF uses this instrument to promote multinational cooperation in Europa.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Explorail
ExploRail is the Research Program of ProRail and MaGW for the next 2-4 years. The research theme of this call within this program is: Whole System Performance. This theme forms a comprehensive and focused program for railway research aiming at breakthrough innovations for ProRail’s strategic goals.
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.
Innovational Research Incentives Scheme
The Innovational Research Incentives Scheme consists of three different ; personal subsidy forms, each of which is designed for a different phase in the ; scientific careers of researchers, whether they only recently took their PhD or ; are already experienced and on the brink of a professorship.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Mosaic
The Mosaic programme is designed to attract more ethnic minority graduates into academic research, in order to promote diversity.
NWO-nano
The NWO-nano programme aims to promote excellent fundamental and application-oriented nanoscience and nanotechnology research into 4 specific themes: NanoMedicine, NanoInsights, Nanomaterials & Engineering (incl. design & manufacture) and Effect analysis
NWO Spinoza Prize
Prize (2.5 million euro) as stimulus to further research.
Responsible Innovation
The theme programme Responsible Innovation (MVI) concerns issues related to technological developments for which there is a good reason to suspect that these will have major positive and negative effects on individuals and/or society.
Rubicon
The aim of the Rubicon programme is to encourage talented researchers who have completed their doctorates in the past year the chance to gain experience at a top research institution outside the Netherlands (maximum of two years).
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Smart Energy Systems
Smart Energy Systems is a joint initiative of NWO Physical Sciences, STW Technology Foundation and the Netherlands ICT Research and Innovation Authority (ICTRegie), supported by NWO's Governing Board. It is part of the NWO Theme Basic Energy Research, and addresses the energy savings and sustainability improvements by employing smart ICT systems.
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WOTRO Science for Global Development
Conflict and Cooperation over Natural Resources in Developing Countries (CoCooN) - Integrated Projects
The CoCooN programme aims to contribute to sustainable development, poverty reduction and the realisation of the MDGs by adding to evidence-based policy development, interventions and practices in the field of conflict and cooperation on natural resources, and by contributing to adequately manage, resolve and learn from conflicts.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Conflict and Security - Fast Track
More diversified societies are the result of globalization, international migration and mobility. This leads to the spreading and intensification of conflicts related to cultural, ethnic, religious, class and gender differences. Research within the scope of the strategic theme of Conflict and Security is aimed at addressing these urgent societal issues.
Cooperation Indonesia - Agriculture Beyond Food
The programme Agriculture beyond Food (AbF) aims to enhance and support long-term scientific cooperation between research groups from Indonesia and the Netherlands on innovative use of bio-based resources.
Cultural Dynamics
In this programme, culture is defined in the broadest sense of the word to cover both material and non-material aspects. Examples are architecture, expressive arts, theatre, music, new cultural expressions that have been made possible by the new media and technology, but also the customs and rituals that are culturally determined.
Doctoral Grant for Teachers
The aim of Doctoral Research for Teachers is to increase the number of teachers holding a doctorate, as this will help to boost the quality of education provided. The programme is open to teachers from primary, secondary, vocational, higher and special education.
East Kalimantan
Aims to enhance and support long-term scientific cooperation in coastal zone research between research groups from Indonesia and the Netherlands. The geographical focus is on the coastal areas of the Mahakam delta and the Berau region.
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.
Integrated Programmes
Free Competition of WOTRO Science for Global Development
The Integrated Programme scheme is aimed at supporting excellent problem-oriented interdisciplinary research to the benefit of development and societal issues in the South. An IP may address developmental and societal issues: in a broad sense that may lead to new insights, theories and/or breakthroughs in current knowledge and understanding or fitting within one or more of four themes of WOTRO’s framework: (A) Poverty and Hunger; (B) Sustainable Environment (C) Global Relationships.
Joint MFS II evaluations
The overall purpose of the joint MFS II evaluations is to account for results of MFS II-funded or cofunded development interventions implemented by Dutch CFAs and/or their Southern partners and to contribute to the improvement of future development interventions.
Migration, Development and Conflict
The research is expected to focus on transnational flows and their consequences by comparing the multifaceted interactions of the positive and negative dimensions of transnational migration in the Netherlands, India and South Africa.
Mosaic
The Mosaic programme is designed to attract more ethnic minority graduates into academic research, in order to promote diversity.
NACCAP (EDCTP) - Co-funding
NACCAP is a development orientated support and research programme, financed by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. NACCAP is a Dutch National Programme contributing to the goal and objectives of the European Developing Countries Clinical Trial Partnership (EDCTP). NACCAP´s activities include open calls, commissioned projects, support activities and co-funding.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
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
Responsible Innovation
The theme programme Responsible Innovation (MVI) concerns issues related to technological developments for which there is a good reason to suspect that these will have major positive and negative effects on individuals and/or society.
Social Science Cooperation India-Netherlands
The Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR) and NWO have started a joint Scholar Exchange scheme aimed at staff with an academic or research appointment, up to senior professors.
Sustainable Hydrogen - Valorisation Grant
Over the next decades, mankind will have to switch from fossile to sustainable energy sources. All scenarios for sustainable energy require a universal and clean energy carrier. Hydrogen is the best option.
Clinical Fellows
The programme Clinical Fellows is aimed at doctors who have completed the AGIKO course (Medical Assistant Training to be Clinical Researcher) or a comparable course. They must be willing to arrange their clinical-scientific work at an academic level as clinical specialists with a PhD degree, general practitioners or medical officers, for instance to present themselves as future candidates to be academic staff members or professors.
Comprehensible Language and Effective Communication
The Comprehensible language and effective communication programme focuses on i) fundamental research to increase our understanding of which factors facilitate the comprehensibility of communication and ii) applied research to translate these insights into well-grounded advisory reports in the area of language and communication. The programme is interesting for linguists, educational researcher, public administrators, psychologists, communication researchers and health researchers.
Cooperation India - New Medical Devices for Affordable Health
Aim is to stimulate sustainable Indo-Dutch research collaboration by funding joint research projects on the topic medical devices that have the explicit goal to reduce the costs of health care either in India or in the Netherlands.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
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.
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