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Funding, Grants & Competitions

  • Career Transition Grants (AI, biosecurity)

    Career Transition Grants support people who are ready to spend a defined period working full-time on a transition into impactful AI safety or biosecurity work. This program is primarily for personal, full-time transitions. If your main request is to fund a new project or organization, a Seed Grant or Rapid Grant may be a better fit. You can still apply if you are unsure—BlueDot will help route the request.

    For more information, see https://bluedot.org/grants/career-transition.

  • Dutch Prize for ICT Research 2027

    Deadline: Sunday 15 November 2026

    The Dutch Prize for ICT Research is intended for a scientific researcher who, on 1 January 2027, has been working for no more than 15 years after completing their PhD and who conducted innovative research to their name or whose work is considered a scientific breakthrough in ICT. This prize is intended as a tribute to the person and as a promotion of the field of ICT. The prize consists of a cash prize of € 50,000, to be spent freely for research in ICT, a certificate and a sculpture.

    For more information, see https://khmw.nl/nederlandse_prijs_ict-onderzoek/ or contact .
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    CfP: Seed Grants for Shaping Interfaces Between Science and the Public

    Deadline: Sunday 15 November 2026

    We welcome proposals for innovative, interfaculty projects that strengthen the relationships between science and society through one or more “interfaces.” We encourage projects to align with one or more of the themes of Shaping Interfaces, outlined here. However, promising projects that are not directly tied to these themes will also be considered.

    The  funding up to €15,000 is available for projects of 6-11 months carried out between 1 January and 30 November 2027.

     

    For more information, see https://shapinginterfaces.uva.nl/funding-calls/seed-grants-call-2026.html or contact Shaping Interfaces at .

  • NWO: Open Competition Expand

    Deadline: Tuesday 17 November 2026

    The Open Competition schemes M and L have been merged into the funding instrument Open Competition Expand. OC Expand is intended for researchers who wish to carry out a large-scale research project that makes a substantial contribution to the development of knowledge within the social sciences and humanities. Applicants must hold a PhD and have a permanent or tenure-track appointment at a Dutch research institution.

    The first call of proposals is currently in preparation thus pending further details, but the tentative deadlines have already been announced.

    For more information, see https://www.nwo.nl/en/calls/ssh-open-competition-expand-2026 or contact Kira Nijland at .

  • MSCA: Doctoral Networks 2026

    Deadline: Tuesday 24 November 2026

    To implement doctoral training programmes through partnerships of universities and other socio-economic actors from different countries across Europe and beyond. Note that, as standard, MSCA funding covers only 36 months of doctoral training per candidate, and co-funding is required for any longer appointment.

    For more information, see https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/funding/msca-doctoral-networks-2026.

  • NWO: Rubicon 2026-3

    Deadline: Tuesday 1 December 2026

    Rubicon aims to encourage talented researchers PhD candidates/recent PhD graduates to spend some time at research institutes outside of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to further their scientific career.

    Postgraduates who are currently engaged in doctoral research as well as those who have been awarded a doctorate in the twelve months preceding the relevant deadline can submit a proposal.

    For more information, see https://www.nwo.nl/en/calls/rubicon-2026-3?utm_campaign=fgw_grantteam&utm_source=fgw_deployteq&utm_medium=email or contact Anne Toonders at .

  • Open Science Meetings (funding)

    Deadline: Thursday 10 December 2026

    The aim of this instrument is to allow open science communities to organise meetings on topics of common interest. Bottom-up support will benefit these communities and the connections between them by allowing open science practices to blossom and spread faster.

    For more information, see https://www.openscience.nl/en/calls/open-science-meetings-0?utm_campaign=fgw_grantteam&utm_source=fgw_deployteq&utm_medium=email or contact Anna Kunst at .

  • ERC: Consolidator Grant 2027

    Deadline: Tuesday 12 January 2027

    For excellent researchers with 5-15 years of experience since completion of PhD who wish to consolidate their independence by establishing a research team and continuing to develop a success career in Europe. You can also apply if you have recently created an independent, excellent research team and want to strengthen it.

    For more information, see https://erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/consolidator-grant.

  • KNAW: Stimulus Mens en Organisatie

    Deadline: Friday 15 January 2027

    The KNAW awards an annual grant of €400,000 for research into how people function in the business world and/or in public organizations. This grant is intended for a single collaborative project focused on a scientifically interesting and socially relevant question. The grant is open to existing teams and/or new collaborations led by an experienced researcher employed at a Dutch university. Proposals may be written either in Dutch or English.

    For more information, see https://khmw.nl/stimulus-mens-en-organisatie/ or contact .

  • NWO: Open Competition Explore 2027-1

    Deadline: Tuesday 19 January 2027

    The SSH Open Competition Explore is intended for researchers who wish to investigate a groundbreaking idea in a relatively small-scale, rapidly launchable fundamental research project within the disciplines of the NWO-domain Social Sciences and Humanities.

    The Call for proposals of 2027 has three rounds. This information concerns the first round.

    For more information, see https://www.nwo.nl/en/calls/ssh-open-competition-explore-2027-round-1 or contact Svenja van der Tol at .

  • KNAW Trailblazers Fund

    Deadline: Thursday 29 April 2027

    Early-career first-generation academics can apply for a grant of €5,000 (PhD candidates) or €10,000 (postdoctoral researchers or university lecturers) that can be used for activities that advance their scientific/scholarly career.

    The Academy aims for an award rate of approximately 25%. In the event of a substantially higher number of high-quality applications being submitted, the Academy may decide to apply randomization.

    For more information, see https://www.knaw.nl/en/funds-and-prizes/knaw-trailblazersfund-firstgenerationacademics or contact .