Subsidy overview

Here you can find a short summary of our subsidies.

Use of Large-Scale Facilities
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.
Investments
Gravitation open for application
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.
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).
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.
Free Competition
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.
Individual
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.
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 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.
Doctoral Grant for Teachers open for application
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.
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.
Innovational Research Incentives Scheme open for application
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
Interested persons have the opportunity to apply at NWO until 31 January 2012 by submitting a brief research idea. When selected the candidates will write a full project proposal. They will attend two workshops to support their work.
NWO Spinoza Prize
Prize (2.5 million euro) as stimulus to further research.
Rubicon open for application
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
Programmes and Projects
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 China - Joint Scientific Thematic Research Programme (JSTP) open for application
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 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.
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.
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.
Publications
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.
Seminars and congresses
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.
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.
Lorentz Center open for application
The Lorentz Center at Leiden University is an international visitors and study centre created to organise interactive study periods in the field of mathematics, astronomy, information science and physics. It also organises workshops in the field of the physical sciences.
Researchers from abroad may apply as well
Travel and accomodation grants
Cooperation China (NSFC) open for 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 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.
Visitors Travel Grant continuous application
With this grant foreign visitors can stay in the Netherlands.
Cooperation projects and networks