Funding, Grants & Competitions

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  ERC Advanced Grant 2025

  Deadline: Thursday 28 August 2025

  The ERC Advanced Grant is aimed at researchers who are exceptional leaders in terms of originality and significance of their research contributions. Candidates can apply for up to € 2.5 million for a period of 5 years.  The ERC-2025-ADG call should open 22 May 2025.

  For more information, see https://erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/advanced-grant or contact Mariëlle Brouwer at marielle.brouwer at rvo.nl.
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  NWO SSH Open Competitie L 2025

  Deadline: Tuesday 9 September 2025

  The funding instrument NWO Open Competition – SSH for non-programmed, curiosity-driven research is aimed at a wide variety of research proposals with primarily social sciences- or humanities-related research questions and problem statements. Applications may focus on individual projects or on research groups and can have a disciplinary, interdisciplinary, or cross domain character. Applications may also focus on international collaboration between researchers and/or research groups.

  For more information, see https://www.nwo.nl/en/calls/sgw-open-competitie-l-2025 or contact Kira Nijland at sgwoc at nwo.nl.
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  MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025

  Deadline: Wednesday 10 September 2025

  The goal of MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships is to enhance the creative and innovative potential of researchers holding a PhD and who wish to acquire new skills through advanced training, international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary mobility. MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships will be open to excellent researchers of any nationality. The scheme also encourages researchers to work on research and innovation projects in the non-academic sector and is open to researchers wishing to reintegrate in Europe, to those who are displaced by conflict, as well as to researchers with high potential who are seeking to restart their careers in research.

  For more information, see https://erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/starting-grant.
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  NWO SSH Open Competition XS 2025 - round 3

  Deadline: Thursday 18 September 2025

  The SSH Open Competition XS Call for proposals is specifically intended to encourage curiosity-driven and innovative research that involves the relatively rapid exploration of a promising idea. 

  The NWO Domain Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) has three different funding programmes in the Open Competition. These grants are for ideas that hold great promise (XS) and for large-scale grants (M, L). The SSH-XS grants are available for projects with a maximum budget of 50,000 euro to enable proposals for curiosity-driven, innovative research in the research fields covered by the NWO Domain SSH. The Call for proposals of 2025 has 3 rounds. This information concerns the third round.

  For more information, see https://www.nwo.nl/en/calls/ssh-open-competition-xs-2025-round-3 or contact Britt Veldman at sgwoc at nwo.nl.
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  ERC Proof of Concept Grants ERC-2025-POC-2

  Deadline: Thursday 18 September 2025

  Principal Investigators of ongoing or recently ERC funded projects can apply for a ERC Proof of Concept grant. This grant aims at facilitating the exploration of the commercial and social innovation potential of ERC funded research. PIs can apply for up to € 150.000 for a period of up to 18 months.

  For more information, see https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/ERC-2025-POC or contact erc-poc-applicants at ec.europa.eu.
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  Helmut Veith Stipend for Female Master’s Students in Computer Science

  Deadline: Sunday 30 November 2025

  The VCLA invites applications for the Helmut Veith Stipend. The Helmut Veith Stipend is awarded annually to exceptionally talented and motivated female students in the field of computer science who pursue (or plan to pursue) one of the master's programs in Computer Science at TU Wien taught in English and have (or have the interest to develop) a solid mathematical and technical background in at least one of the areas in which Austrian scientist Helmut Veith worked.

  Students who are awarded the Helmut Veith Stipend receive EUR 7,000 annually for a duration of up to two years, as well as a waiver of all tuition fees at TU Wien.

  For more information, see http://www.vcla.at/helmut-veith-stipend or contact VCLA at helmut-veith-stipend at tuwien.ac.at.
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  NWO KIC Reducing health inequalities – Technology for people in a lower socioeconomic position

  Deadline: Tuesday 2 December 2025

  This Call for proposals focuses on (further) development of health technology with a clear strategy for structural, sustainable implementation for people in a lower socioeconomic position aiming to reduce health inequalities. Alpha, beta and gamma researchers from universities of applied sciences, universities and other knowledge institutions are invited to join forces with industry, healthcare organisations, insurers and other civil society organisations to submit a joint application.

  For more information, see https://www.nwo.nl/en/calls/kic-reducing-health-inequalities-technology-for-people-in-a-lower-socioeconomic-position or contact Rosalie Witjas-Paalberends at kic-smarttech at nwo.nl.
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  NWO Open Access Books

  Deadline: Wednesday 31 December 2025

  Project leaders or co-applicants of awarded NWO research projects can apply for funding of the costs of Open Access publishing of academic books that result from NWO funding. This instrument has a short lead time (maximum 6 weeks) and the procedure is relatively simple.

  For more information, see https://www.nwo.nl/en/calls/open-access-books or contact Mirjam Teunissen at open-access at nwo.nl.
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  NWO Impact Explorer 2025

  Deadline: Tuesday 3 February 2026

  Impact Explorer is a small top-up, for ongoing research-projects in the open competition or talent line, to explore an unforeseen opportunity for impact. In collaboration with an Impact Partner.

  For more information, see https://www.nwo.nl/en/calls/impact-explorer-2025 or contact Alexander Hagemeijer at impactexplorer at nwo.nl.