Don’t miss the deadline for the NWA-ORC!

The new round of the Dutch research agenda (NWA), research along routes by consortia (ORC) has started and the first deadline is the first of February. This step is registering your initiative, which is mandatory if you want to submit as main applicant in the call.

The NWA consists of 25 routes and 140 questions on topics formulated by the Dutch public. Consortia within the NWA ORC need to focus on one or more of the 140 cluster questions. These questions are as wide and the entire disciplines of science, so see if your topic can contribute to finding the answers of the Dutch public.

Each consortium needs to be (1) knowledge-chain-wide, (2) interdisciplinary, and (3) involve cooperation with civil society organisations, including industry. The goal is to create a societal and/or scientific breakthrough.

Some specifications:

Total funding available:               €106,3 million

3 Project size’s:                           500 K – ≤ 2M euros; 2M – ≤ 5M euros; 5M – ≤ 10M euros.

Co-funding:                                 10 % of total; in cash or in kind.

Maximum duration of project:    8 year

Link to the Agenda                     Routes | Nationale Wetenschapsagenda

Proposal information and how to register an initiative can be found on the website of NWO. As always at the SBD-Grants Office we can help you with your application, during the selection of a good topic, call analysis, impact plan development or review of the proposal. The follow-up deadlines for this round are  the pre-proposal:  9 June and the full proposal: 24 January 2023.

Faculty support

If you do not know how preparing this grant can possible fit your schedule, perhaps the faculty has a solution suited for you. In most faculties there is support for main applicants, to help you in the process of writing a consortium grants like this. It can help you with organisation or writing the proposal via a consultant, or help you relieve from other duties during writing periods. So, still interested but tight on time? Check out the support at your faculty!

More information

For more information, please contact SBD-Grants Office by sending an email to grants-office@utwente.nl or through the SBD-Grants Office Support HUB on TEAMS. Not yet a member? You can join with the code: 0x59ec4.