Open Dutch Research Council (NWO) funding calls

NWO funds research at Dutch universities and institutes across all fields, from talent schemes to large consortia. 36 open calls, soonest deadline first.

• Holomicrobiome 2026 - Towards novel microbiome applications for the environment, food and health
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Not specifiedDeadline: October 27, 2026 ·
• KIN Pact Network grant 2026
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Up to €30,000Deadline: October 27, 2026 ·
• Preparing for Tomorrow: Societies and Strategies in Times of Transition
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Not specifiedDeadline: October 28, 2026 ·
• Accelerating energy transition in Dutch and Taiwanese ports
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Up to €700,000Deadline: October 29, 2026 ·
• The Dutch Education Award for vocational education and higher education 2027
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Not specifiedDeadline: October 29, 2026 ·
• Open Science Infrastructure
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Not specifiedDeadline: November 3, 2026 ·
• Scientific Meetings and Consultations 2026
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Up to €15,000Deadline: November 3, 2026 ·
• Novel ecosystems: biodiversity, socio-ecological consequences and future trajectories (BiodivFuture)
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Up to €400,000Deadline: November 10, 2026 ·
• Comenius Teaching Fellows ho 2027
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Not specifiedDeadline: November 12, 2026 ·
• Financing Professional Doctorate-candidates 2026
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Not specifiedDeadline: November 12, 2026 ·
• Thematic Digital Competence Centres 2026
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)€50,000 – €400,000Deadline: November 12, 2026 ·
• Driving Urban Transitions Call 2026​
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Up to €400,000Deadline: November 17, 2026 ·
• KIC - Innovative early diagnostics of Digestive Diseases
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)€530,000 – €679,000Deadline: November 17, 2026 ·
• Tulip Fund
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Up to €1,000,000Deadline: November 17, 2026 ·
• FAIR Research Outputs
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Not specifiedDeadline: December 1, 2026 ·
• Rubicon 2026-3
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Not specifiedDeadline: December 1, 2026 ·
• Mobility and Development Programme
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Not specifiedDeadline: December 3, 2026 ·
• Open Science Meetings
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Not specifiedDeadline: December 10, 2026 ·
• Take-off phase 1 – Feasibility studies WO 2026
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Up to €60,000Deadline: December 10, 2026 ·
• Venture Challenge Spring 2027
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Not specifiedDeadline: December 10, 2026 ·
• Citizen Science Hubs 2026
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Not specifiedDeadline: January 8, 2027 ·
• Doctoral grant for teachers 2027-I
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Not specifiedDeadline: January 12, 2027 ·
• SSH Open Competition Explore 2027 – round 1
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Up to €50,000Deadline: January 19, 2027 ·
• KIC Societal Earning Capacity: Connection, Synthesis and Knowledge Utilisation
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)€55,555 – €111,111Deadline: January 21, 2027 ·
• Raw Materials Partnership JTC 2026
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Up to €400,000Deadline: February 15, 2027 ·
• Antarctic research and Antarctica InSync
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)€250,000 – €450,000Deadline: February 16, 2027 ·
• PhDs in the Humanities 2027
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Not specifiedDeadline: February 16, 2027 ·
• Big Chemistry 2026
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Up to €400,000Deadline: February 23, 2027 ·
• Gravitation 2027 - Frontier research for consortia
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)€10,000,000 – €22,750,000Deadline: March 30, 2027 ·
• Reducing drug harm: towards effective societal interventions
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Up to €4,270,951Deadline: March 30, 2027 ·
• System Perspective on Materials for Strategic Autonomy in the Energy Transition
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Not specifiedDeadline: April 13, 2027 ·
• Open Competition Domain Science – M 2026/2027
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Up to €400,000Deadline: July 31, 2027 ·
• Impact Explorer 2026
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Up to €35,000Deadline: October 5, 2027 ·
• Computing Time on National Computing Facilities
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Not specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• Open Access Books
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Not specifiedDeadline: Not listed
• Weave with NWO as partner agency 2026/2027
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Not specifiedDeadline: Not listed