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 Publications continuous application
The aim of this fund is to increase awareness of Open Access and to encourage the Open Access publication of NWO results.
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
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Earth and Life Sciences (ALW)
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
Climate Variability
The programme Climate Variability under supervision by the Council for Earth and Life Sciences is the continuation of the programme Clivarnet which is now closed. Aim of the new programme is to enable Dutch scientists to make a contribution to selected international programmes dealing with climate research.
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.
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 open for application
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 open for application
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.
Flemish-Dutch Cooperation in Marine Research
The Fund for Scientific Research Flanders (FWO) and NWO's Earth and Life Sciences Division (ALW) call for proposals for research into questions regarding the ecology and environment of the Scheldt basin and the related part of the North Sea coast.
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 Publications continuous application
The aim of this fund is to increase awareness of Open Access and to encourage the Open Access publication of NWO results.
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
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.
Integrated Research in NWO Theme Sustainable Earth and National Programme Knowledge for Climate continuous application
This programme is part of the NWO theme Sustainable Earth and is being realised under the auspices of the National Partnership for Sustainable Earth research (NPDA), whose members include NWO, Knowledge for Climate Foundation, Energy research programmes, and several larger and smaller institutes that steer research in the field of sustainability and the Earth.
Investment Subsidy NWO Medium
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 900,000 euro (NWO Medium).
More Women Researchers as University Lecturers (MEERVOUD) open for application
In the Netherlands the percentage of women active in the natural sciences is inversely proportional to their position on the academic ladder. The MEERVOUD programme aims to help women postdocs become university lecturers by creating temporary part-time lecturer positions (or similar positions in institutes) of 0.8 FTE with the added guarantee of obtaining a (different) scientific position within their research institution.
Mosaic continuous application
The Mosaic programme is designed to attrect more ethnic minority graduates into academic research, in order to promote diversity.
National Programme Sea and Coastal Research open for application
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.
Netherlands Polar Programme
The aim of this programme is to promote high-quality scientific research at Antarctica and to increase the national coherence of Dutch Arctic research in an international context.
NWO-nano open for application
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 continuous application
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.
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
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.
TOP Grants continuous application
TOP Grants offer top research groups the opportunity to innovate their lines of research in terms of content and collaboration. The goal is to create room for groundbreaking science of superb quality.
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.
Zaaiprojecten
One of the five components of the BioPartner programme is ‘sowing projects life sciences’ or BioPartner First Stage Grant, which is administered by NWO (Division Earth and Life Sciences) and the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw). It offers contributions to new companies in the life sciences which are still in their starting phase.
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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
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.
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 open for application
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 open for application
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 Publications continuous application
The aim of this fund is to increase awareness of Open Access and to encourage the Open Access publication of NWO results.
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
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 900,000 euro (NWO Medium).
Mosaic continuous application
The Mosaic programme is designed to attrect more ethnic minority graduates into academic research, in order to promote diversity.
NWO-nano open for application
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 continuous application
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
TOP Grants continuous application
TOP Grants offer top research groups the opportunity to innovate their lines of research in terms of content and collaboration. The goal is to create room for groundbreaking science of superb quality.
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Physical Sciences (EW)
Applied Mathematics
Technology Foundation STW and NWO Divison for Physical Sciences have devised the programme Mathematics Applied to strenghten mathematical research that is oriented to social needs.
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
Climate Variability
The programme Climate Variability under supervision by the Council for Earth and Life Sciences is the continuation of the programme Clivarnet which is now closed. Aim of the new programme is to enable Dutch scientists to make a contribution to selected international programmes dealing with climate research.
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.
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 open for application
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 open for application
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
Free Competition continuous application
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 Publications continuous application
The aim of this fund is to increase awareness of Open Access and to encourage the Open Access publication of NWO results.
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 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
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 900,000 euro (NWO Medium).
James Clerk Maxwell Telescope and Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes open for application
The board of the Division for Physical Sciences (GBE), together with some organisations from other countries, participates in the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) and the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING).
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.
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.
Mathematical Clusters
Dutch universities are invited to form clusters for excellent mathematics research.
More Women Researchers as University Lecturers (MEERVOUD) open for application
In the Netherlands the percentage of women active in the natural sciences is inversely proportional to their position on the academic ladder. The MEERVOUD programme aims to help women postdocs become university lecturers by creating temporary part-time lecturer positions (or similar positions in institutes) of 0.8 FTE with the added guarantee of obtaining a (different) scientific position within their research institution.
Mosaic continuous application
The Mosaic programme is designed to attrect more ethnic minority graduates into academic research, in order to promote diversity.
NWO Spinoza Prize continuous application
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
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.
TOP Grants continuous application
TOP Grants offer top research groups the opportunity to innovate their lines of research in terms of content and collaboration. The goal is to create room for groundbreaking science of superb quality.
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.
Incentive Fund Open Access Publications continuous application
The aim of this fund is to increase awareness of Open Access and to encourage the Open Access publication of NWO results.
NWO-nano open for application
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
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Humanities (GW)
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.
Conflict and Security - Fast Track open for application
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 open for application
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.
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.
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 open for application
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 open for application
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.
H Programmes
Pilot for scientific theme programmes for the humanities, focusing on scientific innovation in humanities disciplines.
Incentive Fund Open Access Publications continuous application
The aim of this fund is to increase awareness of Open Access and to encourage the Open Access publication of NWO results.
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
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.
Investment Subsidy NWO Medium
NWO Division for the Humanities (GW)
NWO Division for the Humanities has a subsidy for investments with an NWO contribution of between 110,000 and 900,000 euro (NWO Medium).
Language Acquisition & Multilingualism
The central aim of the programme is to instigate research on the intersection of the fields of language acquisition and multilingualism. The innovative power of the programme is founded in the integrated approach that combines three major aspects of the study of language acquisition and multilingualism: the role of architecture, processing and context in a multilingual setting.
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 continuous application
The Mosaic programme is designed to attrect more ethnic minority graduates into academic research, in order to promote diversity.
NWO Spinoza Prize continuous application
Prize (2.5 million euro) as stimulus to further research.
Odyssee open for application
Odyssee is a partnership between the NWO Division for the Humanities, Erfgoed Nederland and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, for the purpose of disclosing archaeological field research carried out in the Netherlands between 1900 and 2000.
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 open for application
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 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
Secondment Grant in the Humanities continuous application
The aim of the humanities secondment grant is to give PhD students in the humanities who work outside of a university the opportunity to complete their thesis by temporarily freeing them of their paid responsibilities.
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 open for application
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
Incentive Fund Open Access Publications continuous application
The aim of this fund is to increase awareness of Open Access and to encourage the Open Access publication of NWO results.
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)
Aspasia continuous application
Aspasia was launched in October 1999 as a scheme to increase the number of women senior lecturers.
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.
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.
Conflict and Security - Fast Track open for application
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 open for application
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.
Energy Transitions
Het programma richt zich op multidisciplinair onderzoek over de transitie naar een duurzame energievoorziening in Nederland.
ERA-NET open for application
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 open for application
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.
Free Competition
Free Competition of the NWO Division for the Social Sciences (MaGW)
Subsidy programme Open Competition for the advancement of innovative and high-quality scientific research in the social and behavioural sciences.
Incentive Fund Open Access Publications continuous application
The aim of this fund is to increase awareness of Open Access and to encourage the Open Access publication of NWO results.
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
Integrated Research in NWO Theme Sustainable Earth and National Programme Knowledge for Climate continuous application
This programme is part of the NWO theme Sustainable Earth and is being realised under the auspices of the National Partnership for Sustainable Earth research (NPDA), whose members include NWO, Knowledge for Climate Foundation, Energy research programmes, and several larger and smaller institutes that steer research in the field of sustainability and the Earth.
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 110,000 and 900,000 euro (NWO Medium).
Longitudinal studies in social and behavioural sciences open for application
Funding instrument of the Division for the Social Sciences (MaGW), complementary to Investment Subsidy NWO Medium, seeks to contribute to the data-gathering costs of a number of studies that measure changes in society.
Mosaic continuous application
The Mosaic programme is designed to attrect more ethnic minority graduates into academic research, in order to promote diversity.
NWO Spinoza Prize continuous application
Prize (2.5 million euro) as stimulus to further research.
Open Research Area in Europe for the Social Sciences open for application
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.
Policy-oriented Research in Primary Education (BOPO)
Policy-oriented Research into Primary Education (Dutch abbreviation: BOPO) programs research on a number of policy areas of the Ministry of Education in order to evaluate government policies on primary education.
Programme for Educational Research (PROO)
Subsidy programme for the advancement of medium-range, fundamental-strategic, application-oriented, internationally-comparative and evaluative research into primary, secondary and (pre)vocational education.
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 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
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 open for application
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.
Sustainable Accessibility of the Randstad
The research programme DBR is focussed on the future. The time horizon is approximately 2040. The programme focuses on the internal and external accessibility of the Randstad, including the main ports and cities, for people, goods and information flows.
Violence against Psychiatric Patients
Although there are signals that psychiatric patients become victims of violence, exploitation and intimidation, little research is being carried out in this area. This problem not only concerns criminal actions by strangers but also violence and abuse by neighbours, family members, fellow patients and professional practitioners. There is also a considerable diversity in offences: exploitation, extortion, theft, abuse and rape.
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
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.
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 open for application
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 open for application
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 Publications continuous application
The aim of this fund is to increase awareness of Open Access and to encourage the Open Access publication of NWO results.
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
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 900,000 euro (NWO Medium).
MD Clinical Research Trainee (AGIKO)
An AGIKO scholarship enables young, motivated doctors who have interest in and talent for research to perform scientific (PhD) research alongside their training
Mosaic continuous application
The Mosaic programme is designed to attrect 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 open for application
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 continuous application
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 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
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.
TOP Grants continuous application
TOP Grants offer top research groups the opportunity to innovate their lines of research in terms of content and collaboration. The goal is to create room for groundbreaking science of superb quality.
Zaaiprojecten
One of the five components of the BioPartner programme is ‘sowing projects life sciences’ or BioPartner First Stage Grant, which is administered by NWO (Division Earth and Life Sciences) and the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw). It offers contributions to new companies in the life sciences which are still in their starting phase.
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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.
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 open for application
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 open for application
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 Publications continuous application
The aim of this fund is to increase awareness of Open Access and to encourage the Open Access publication of NWO results.
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 continuous application
The Mosaic programme is designed to attrect more ethnic minority graduates into academic research, in order to promote diversity.
NWO Spinoza Prize continuous application
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
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National Computing Facilities Foundation (NCF)
Big Grid Computing and Data Facilities continuous application
The BiG Grid project is a collaboration between NCF, Nikhef and NBIC, and enables access to grid infrastructures for scientific research in the Netherlands. Through this, the BiG Grid project aims to facilitate e-science in many scientific disciplines.
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.
Grants Programme Parallelisation continuous application
The NCF Grants programme has a twofold objective: the parallelisation of existing scientific application software, or the (further) adapting of the programme code of scientific applications to the use on supercomputers, clusters and other parallel systems and the creation of a professional pool of qualified personnel able to conduct parallelisation efficiently.
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Netherlands Genomics Initiative
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.
Horizon
The Horizon programme aims to promote high-quality and visionary fundamental research in the field of genomics or biomolecular informatics.
Incentive Fund Open Access Publications continuous application
The aim of this fund is to increase awareness of Open Access and to encourage the Open Access publication of NWO results.
Incentive Fund Open Access Publications continuous application
The aim of this fund is to increase awareness of Open Access and to encourage the Open Access publication of NWO results.
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NWO General
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) 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 China (NSFC) open for application
NWO has a cooperation agreement with the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), which offers Dutch researchers a chance to do joint research.
Cooperation Germany - von Humboldt Stiftung (VHS) continuous application
The Von Humboldt Stiftung (VHS) at Bonn every year offers two research prizes to Dutch senior researchers affiliated with a German research institute. NWO offers the same opportunity to two German senior researchers at Dutch research institutes.
Cooperation Germany (DFG) continuous application
Aim of the cooperation between Graduiertenkollegs and Research Schools is to cooperate in the education and training of doctoral students in both countries, within the framework of a jointly established and implemented research programme.
Cooperation India - New Medical Devices for Affordable Health open for application
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 (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. In case of a jointly organised seminar applications can also be submitted for a contribution towards the costs.
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 open for application
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 open for application
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
National and local research schools or Graduate Schools can be nominated for a block grant that is intended for the appointment of PhD students who will carry out their research within the school.
Incentive Fund Open Access Publications continuous application
The aim of this fund is to increase awareness of Open Access and to encourage the Open Access publication of NWO results.
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
Investment Subsidy NWO Large
Subsidies for investments larger than 900,000 euro.
Investment Subsidy NWO Medium
Cross-divisional applications
NWO has a subsidy for investments with an NWO contribution of between 110,000 and 900,000 euro (Investment Subsidy NWO Medium).
Mosaic continuous application
The Mosaic programme is designed to attrect more ethnic minority graduates into academic research, in order to promote diversity.
National Road Map Large-scale Research Facilities
Deze procedure leidt tot een advies van de Commissie Van Velzen over grootschalige onderzoeksinfrastructuur (nationale road map)
NWO Spinoza Prize continuous application
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
Social Science Cooperation India-Netherlands open for application
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.
TOP Grants continuous application
TOP Grants offer top research groups the opportunity to innovate their lines of research in terms of content and collaboration. The goal is to create room for groundbreaking science of superb quality.
Visitors Travel Grant continuous application
With this grant foreign visitors can stay in the Netherlands.
PhDs in the Humanities open for application
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.
National Road Map Large-scale Research Facilities
Deze procedure leidt tot een advies van de Commissie Van Velzen over grootschalige onderzoeksinfrastructuur (nationale road map)
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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.
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 open for application
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 open for application
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 Publications continuous application
The aim of this fund is to increase awareness of Open Access and to encourage the Open Access publication of NWO results.
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 continuous application
The Mosaic programme is designed to attrect more ethnic minority graduates into academic research, in order to promote diversity.
NWO-nano open for application
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 continuous application
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 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
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 open for application
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 open for application
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.
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.
Global Health Policy and Health Systems Research
The Global Health Policy and Health Systems (GHPHS) research programme will fund high quality health policy and health systems research. It will give priority to research that demonstrates how health systems can be improved, and how improved health systems can contribute to reaching the Millennium Development Goals.
Incentive Fund Open Access Publications continuous application
The aim of this fund is to increase awareness of Open Access and to encourage the Open Access publication of NWO results.
Integrated Programmes open for application
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.
Integrated Research in NWO Theme Sustainable Earth and National Programme Knowledge for Climate continuous application
This programme is part of the NWO theme Sustainable Earth and is being realised under the auspices of the National Partnership for Sustainable Earth research (NPDA), whose members include NWO, Knowledge for Climate Foundation, Energy research programmes, and several larger and smaller institutes that steer research in the field of sustainability and the Earth.
Mosaic continuous application
The Mosaic programme is designed to attrect 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
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 open for application
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.
Cooperation India - New Medical Devices for Affordable Health open for application
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
Horizon
The Horizon programme aims to promote high-quality and visionary fundamental research in the field of genomics or biomolecular informatics.
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