- Funding landscapeThe funding landscape in the Netherlands. The Netherlands offers several sources of research funding. The main governmental funder is the Dutch Research Council NWO. About NWO The Netherlands offers several sources of research funding. The main governmental funder is the Dutch Research Council NWO (or Nederlandse organisatie voor wetenschappelijk onderzoek). With funding from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science it is tasked with the distribution of around 900 million Euro for research funding each year. A separate branch of the NWO is the department of health care and medical sciences (ZonMw) who receive funding mainly for the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports. They focus mainly on the health and welfare sector in the Netherlands and related research. Together they fund programmes to stimulate talent in the Netherlands. NWO offers 5 main lines of funding: Open Competition Curiosity-driven research Talent Scheme Curiosity-driven, responsive-mode research aimed at research talent Knowledge
- NWO Collaboration with knowledge users and societyUnder this funding line NWO funds projects or programmes for thematic research and valorisation in partnership with external public and/or private parties. These projects or programmes are designed to increase and accelerate the economic or social impact of the research. Knowledge and Innovation Covenant | NWO NWA Thematic Programming National Growth Fund More Information Where to find the calls for NWO funded projects Calls | NWO links to https://www.nwo.nl/en/calls Service Portal - SBD Materials Research Funding Weeks Service Portal - SBD HUB Contact Service Portal - SBD Contact GO General
- NWO Open Competition grantsNWO facilitates non-thematic project applications in all domains; the so-called Open Competition. These grants can require large consortia or can be aimed at small collaborations. Open Technology Program (OTP) in Applied and Engineering Sciences The Open Competition AES consists of two programmes. Open Mind is a grant for technology ideas that can be used to solve major societal issues. In this grant, you can try out-of-the-box research ideas and work on them for a year. The application is open once a year, and you must also record a movie with the application. The maximum amount you can ask for your idea is 50.000 euros. Links NWO Open Mind links to https://www.nwo.nl/en/researchprogrammes/open-technology-programme Open Technology Program (OTP) is open to innovative research in the technical domain with a clear focus on the application of the results in the industry. It is a collaborative proposal, containing a group of researchers with a minimal 2, up to 4 (ideally) non-academic partners who are the next users
- Other funding opportunities in the NetherlandsMany NWO grant programs revolve around building a succesful consortium to perform scientific research and make an impact to societal or economic utilization. NWO Perspectief Innovative technologies that impact the economy and society often require a large-scale approach. Perspective therefore encourages the establishment of new lines of research, the transcending of old networks and the creation of a close collaboration between researchers and the business community, in order to solve innovation bottlenecks in an interdisciplinary approach. Research programmes Perspectief NWO Perspectief links to https://www.nwo.nl/en/researchprogrammes/perspectief NWO Gravitation Gravitation is intended for consortia of scientists who conduct innovative and influential research within their professional discipline. The purpose is to encourage research programmes to achieve international breakthroughs. The consortia also make a substantial contribution to the training of talented researchers. Research programmes Gravitation NWO
- Research infrastructure GrantsNWO, RVO, and the European Commission offer opportunities to fund research infrastructure. This section discusses the Research Infrastructure opportunities in the Netherlands. NWO instruments pay for the acquisition and development of equipment, RVO allows you to account for the development and depreciation costs, while EU instruments pay for sharing of facilities and instruments with researchers internationally. Most common NWO and RVO funding instruments offer the opportunity to fund smaller types of research equipment either by direct compensation (NWO) or by covering the costs of depreciation (RVO). This is applicable for both personal grants as well as open instruments and thematic grants. The budget modules of NWO allow for limited research infrastructure investments (up to €250.000,- for some instruments). Larger investments in research infrastructure can be financed by two NWO instruments called: the Research Infrastructure (RI): national consortia the national roadmap for large-scale research infrastructure