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.
In preparation: Future Broad Spectrum Optical Systems | 29 November 2024
Optical systems form part of the key enabling technology Optical systems and integrated photonics. These are constructed systems to refract or reflect light to perform certain optical functions. For example, communication is possible with photons as an information carrier.
The optical lighting, sensors and measuring technology in these optical systems function wavelength-dependent. For higher measurement accuracy, speed and wide applicability, broadband functionality is essential, for which broadband optical components must be developed. This concerns, for example, sensors and sources, computational imaging, hyperspectral components, broadband meta-surfaces and lenses, coatings and GRIN components.
Smart Materials, from responsive to adaptive | november 2024
The NWO call Smart Materials focuses on smart materials. Smart materials are seen as essential components of the key technology Advanced materials. This call aims to create and research a new generation of materials that integrate complex functionalities and prepare them for applications. The total budget of this call is 5.5 million euros with a duration of 6 years.
KIC-Call open: Demand by Consortia - S | November 2024
Cybersecurity, climate change, circular economy, housing shortage, aging or healthcare: our society faces enormous challenges that call for knowledge and breakthrough innovations. In this call for proposals, funding for impact-driven collaborative research can be applied for. The budget of this call is 7.5 million euros with a duration for projects of at least 2 to maximum 6 years. Deadline for submitting applications is 5 November 2024.
KIC call on optical broadband systems opened | November 2024
KIC call on optical broadband systems openNWO invites researchers and research institutes to submit proposals for interdisciplinary research into optical broadband systems for the call 'Future Optical Broad Spectrum Systems'. This call is in line with the Knowledge and Innovation Agenda for Key Technologies, specifically the key technologies optics and photonics, and requires collaboration with public and private parties. A total of 7 million euros is available for this call. The deadline for submitting applications is November 28, 2024.
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.
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.