- 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 Consortium grantsMany NWO grant programs revolve around building a succesful consortium to perform scientific research and make an impact to societal or economic utilization. NWA ORC The NWA ORC (Research along routes through consortia - Onderzoek op Routes door Consortia) funds research and innovation focused on the NWA routes, designed and implemented by interdisciplinary consortia spanning the entire knowledge chain, with a strong focus on relevant social partners. This procedure has multiple phases and three funding money bandwidths to apply for. Perspectief The Perspectief programme is an instrument that allows consortia of researchers and businesses to apply for large-scale approaches to solve innovative bottlenecks that impacts society and economy. A Perspectief proposal consists of multiple phases and research projects and is obliged to include cash and in-kind cofinancing of industry. Proposals need to be part of one of the Topsectoren roadmaps. Zwaartekracht The Zwaartekracht (Gravitations) programme is for scientific
- 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. Open Mind | NWO 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 of your technology. Applications can be submitted throughout the year. The size
- Research infrastructure grants in NLNWO, 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
- Thematic callsCertain calls for funding use a so-called "thematic approach": inviting for proposals to explore a pre-determined topic. This normally stems from a higher level priority at European or national level, where multiple types of solutions (i.e. projects) are seeked for. Projects granted in response to a thematic call are most often interdisciplinary and cover a large part of a knowledge or value chain (i.e. involve a range of stakeholders). Thematic calls are usually open to teams (consortia); they are in many cases one-time calls. Examples of thematic calls include NWO Mission-driven calls in the KIC (Knowledge and Innovation Covenant), Thematic Programming in the Dutch Research Agenda (NWA) and the EU Missions. KIC Mission-driven calls NWA Thematic Programming EU Missions Service Portal - SBD HUB Service Portal - SBD Materials Research Funding Weeks Service Portal - SBD Contact GO General