Subsidy Guide WOTRO

These are subsidies and research programmes concerning global development.

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.
National Road Map Large-scale Research Facilities
Deze procedure leidt tot een advies van de Commissie Van Velzen over grootschalige onderzoeksinfrastructuur (nationale road map)
Investments
Investment Subsidy NWO Large
Subsidies for investments larger than 900,000 euro.
Investment Subsidy NWO Medium open for application
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).
Free Competition
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.
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.
Individual
Aspasia continuous application
Aspasia was launched in October 1999 as a scheme to increase the number of women senior lecturers.
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.
Doctoral Research 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.
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
The Mosaic programme is designed to attrect more ethnic minority graduates into academic research, in order to promote diversity.
NWO Spinoza Prize open for 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
Programmes and Projects
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 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 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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
Publications
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.
Seminars and congresses
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.
Travel and accomodation grants
Cooperation China (NSFC) continuous 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 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.
Visitors Travel Grant continuous application
With this grant foreign visitors can stay in the Netherlands.
Cooperation projects and networks