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.
For whom?
Professors, assistant professors and other researchers with a comparable position may submit an application if they are permanently employed or have a tenure track agreement with one of the organizations below:
- Universities located in the Kingdom of the Netherlands
- University Medical Centers
- KNAW and NWO institutes
- the Netherlands Cancer Institute
- the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen
- NCB Naturalis
- Advanced Research Center for NanoLithography (ARCNL)
- Princess Máxima Center
The Open Technology Program offers an accessible way for companies and other organizations to participate in application-oriented research. Multiple companies and social organizations can participate per project.
Important data
- Information meeting Open Technology Program 2024: February 1, 2024, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Applications
- Applications can be submitted from January 15, 2024 to December 13, 2024, as long as the subsidy ceiling has not yet been reached.
- There is no limit to the number of applications that a main or co-applicant can submit within the current round.
