Calls stimulate interdisciplinary research for groundbreaking innovative solutions with social and economic impact. Calls bring companies and knowledge institutions together and finance groundbreaking research based on impactful research proposals. On this page you will find an overview of our own calls and those of (inter)national partner organizations.
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MKB Call hightech 2024
In this call, we give the high-tech SME the lead in determining the direction of a research. As an entrepreneur, you determine which industrial research supports the wishes and needs of your company for research and innovation. This in the form of industrial research activities that are jointly carried out by an SME (or a consortium of SMEs) in collaboration with a research organization. In addition, the SME also receives a subsidy itself. A total budget of €5 million is available for the 2024 edition of the SME high-tech call. Project proposals can be submitted from 16 December 2024 to 19 December 2024. The deadline for submitting a detailed project plan is no later than 27 February 2025.
Pre-announcement: Cyber resilience in critical chains and systems in energy, health and care or horticulture and starting materials | 2024
Are you helping to increase the cyber resilience of critical chains and systems? Do you have a solution that you want to take further by applying it in the fields of energy, health and care or horticulture and starting materials? A specific TKI call will soon open that will offer opportunities for this.
Digital Product Passports | march 2025
In the coming years, companies and other organisations will have to draw up digital product passports for various product groups. Universities of applied sciences can help with the application of these passports by conducting practice-oriented research. To this end, the SIA Governing Body, in collaboration with the ICT Top Sector, will open the Digital Product Passports financing scheme at the beginning of December. A total of 2.7 million euros is available. The SIA Governing Body will organise information meetings about the scheme in December and February 2025. A total of €2.7 million is available for the scheme.
Pre-announcement: Unconventional information processing technologies | 2025
To further strengthen the relationship in the high-tech field and stimulate the formation of new transnational networks, JST and NWO are starting a joint research programme in the field of semiconductors, photonics, quantum and neuromorphic technologies. The call is expected to be published in the spring of 2025.
Availability of Critical Raw Materials | januari 2025
Do you want to conduct chemistry and/or biobased research into the availability of critical raw materials in a public-private partnership? Then apply for the PPS-i allowance 2024 at the TKI Green Chemistry and Circularity by submitting an application no later than 23 January 2025.
Circularity of Consumer Goods – Round 2 | januari 2025
Do you want to conduct chemistry and/or biobased research into the circularity of consumer goods in a public-private partnership? Then apply for the PPS-i allowance 2024 at the TKI Green Chemistry and Circularity. An application can be submitted until 23 January 2025.
Open Technologyprogram 2024 | continuously open
The Open Technology Program provides funding for application-oriented technical-scientific research that is free and unfettered and unhindered by disciplinary boundaries. The program offers companies and other organizations an accessible way to participate in scientific research that should lead to social and/or scientific impact. A maximum of €900,000 can be requested for an application. The maximum duration of the proposed project is 6 years.
In preparation: High performance materials for Defence and Security | 30 January 2025
The programme aims to build knowledge on advanced materials, such as functional composites and metamaterials, and how functional properties can be added or modified to these materials. In addition, this programme aims to create new insights on new production methods (such as additive manufacturing) and the establishment of production chains for these and other high-performance materials. Results from this research contribute to the ability of defence and security agencies to use advanced materials that provide optimal protection, enable operational units to gain a competitive advantage and are as lightweight and durable as possible, at an affordable price.
Towards the future. Learning communities as drivers of the green hydrogen economy | 11 March 2025
The GroenvermogenNL programme of the National Growth Fund (NGF) is the green energy investment programme for the Dutch economy and society. The programme aims to make green hydrogen the driving force behind the transition from a fossil-based society and industry to a sustainable energy supply. ‘NGF: Towards the future. Learning communities as drivers of the green hydrogen economy’ is part of that.
Within this Call for proposals, a maximum of one application per region in the Netherlands (maximum of seven applications) will be allocated. The maximum duration of the proposed project is four years. The deadline for submitting applications is 11 March 2025.
Call GroenvermogenNL: hydrogen and green electrons from carbon-based chemistry | March 2025
To make the chemical industry more sustainable, green hydrogen and green electrons are important in industrial processes. GroenvermogenNL is opening a new scheme to contribute to the scientific research required for this sustainability. The focus of the scheme is on synthetic fuels, bulk chemicals, process heating and process integration. A subsidy budget of €35.3 million is available for the call. The deadline for applications is Tuesday 25 March 2025.
Nieuwe subsidie voor duurzame batterijen | april 2025
Entrepreneurs and research organisations that want to work together to improve and develop sustainable batteries can apply for a subsidy from 16 December 2024 to 16 April 2025. With the Circular Batteries subsidy, they can develop innovations for batteries with a long lifespan, the next generation of lithium batteries, battery systems for heavy vehicles and keeping our power grid stable, and recycling batteries. The subsidy thus reduces dependence on scarce raw materials and strengthens the Dutch position in the international battery market. A total subsidy of 95 million euros is available.
Perspectief Round 2024-2025 | May 2025
Research proposals can now be submitted for the 2024/2025 round of the Perspectief financing instrument. This call for proposals is aimed at researchers from universities, colleges and TO2 institutions, companies and social organisations who want to work in consortia on technological innovations. The budget for the 2024-2025 Perspectief round is 26 million euros with a duration of 6 years for projects.