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Research Cooperation and Funding Opportunities
in the Netherlands
Forum Enhancing International Cooperation

• Daphne den Hollander (MA)
• International Relations NWO
• September 28, 2005

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Research Funding a variety of sources

• Public funding sources
• TNO
• NL universities
• Association of Universities (VSNU)
• Nuffic
• NWO
• Private funding not included in presentation

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NL Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
(TNO)

• The Netherlands Organisation for Applied
  Scientific Research TNO.
• (which can be compared to German Fraunhofer
  Gesellschaft).
• Contactperson International Relations
• Dr. Geert Schoch
• T 31 15 269 49 15
• P.O. Box 6080
• 2600 JA Delft, The Netherlands
• E schoch_at_cjz.tno.nl
• Example international cooperation
• Sinotech TNO Environment

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Universities in the NL

• 13 in total - 175.000 BacherlorMaster students
• Leiden University www.leidenuniv.nl
• Utrecht University www.uu.nl
• University of Groningen www.rug.nl
• Erasmus University Rotterdam www.eur.nl
• Maastricht University www.unimaas.nl
• University of Amsterdam www.uva.nl
• Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam www.vu.nl
• Radboud University Nijmegen www.ru.nl
• Tilburg University www.uvt.nl
• Delft University of Technology www.tudelft.nl
• Eindhoven University of Technology www.tue.nl
• University of Twente www.utwente.nl
• Wageningen University Research
  Centre www.wur.nl

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Universities and VSNU

• The VSNU or Association of Universities in the
  Netherlands is an
• organisation that represents the interests of
  Dutch universities.
• The principal goal of the VSNU is to strengthen
  the position of university education and research
  in society.
• The VSNU represents the interests of the
  universities vis-à-vis political, governmental
  and community organisations
• The VSNU is an employers organisation that
  negotiates with the government and with
  employees organisations regarding working
  conditions of university employees
• Contact person International Relations Mr. David
  Bohmert
• (bohmert_at_vsnu.nl), Tel [phone]

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NUFFIC

• For Scholars and Scholarschips
• Information on visa matters etc
• Grant schemes, for Taiwan DELTA Scholarschip
• DELTA (Dutch Education Learning at Top level
  Abroad) is a
• programme that enables Dutch higher education
  institutions to
• award scholarships to students from Brazil,
  China, India,
• Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Russia, South
  Africa, Taiwan, Thailand
• or Vietnam, to help students cover the costs of
  studying in the
• Netherlands.

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Funding source NWO

• Our different grant schemes for foreigners
• Travel and visitors grants between 3-12 months
• Dutch Innovative Incentive Scheme (next page)
• NWO Divisions special grant schemes
• NWO Institutes special grant schemes
• Special grant schemes for NL-Taiwanese
  cooperation
• Funding for joint seminars under MoU
• Joint research projects first pilot in the field
  of sustainable catalysis

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Dutch Innovative Incentive Scheme largest
possible grant for foreign researchers (up to 1,2
mln euro)

• CRITERIA
• Track-record/quality of the researcher
• Scientific excellence (publications, track
  record)
• Best 10-20 of his/her population
• International position
• Leadership, persuasiveness
• Innovative character of the proposed research
  plan
• Originality
• Scientifically innovative content fronteers of
  science
• Quality of the research plan
• Challenging, effective, international standing
• Embedding within university context (Vidi and
  Vici)

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NWO Organisational structure
Governing Board/Management and Central
Organisations
Divisions/Foundations
Temporary Task Forces
Institutes
Earth and Life Sciences (ALW)
Advanced Catalytic Technologies For
Sustainability (ACTS)
ASTRON
Chemical Sciences (CW)
CWI
Netherlands Genomics Initiative (NGI)
FOM AMOLF Rijnhuizen SAF/NIKHEF
Physical Sciences (EW)
Humanities (GW)
Netherlands ICT Research and Innovation
Authority (ICTRegie)
Social Sciences (MaGW)
ING
Medical Sciences (Via ZonMw, a partnership
between NWO and the Ministry of Health, Welfare
and Sport)
NIOZ
NSCR
Physics (N) (Mainly via FOM)
SRON
Key to abbreviations ASTRON Netherlands
Foundation for Research in Astronomy CWI National
Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer
Science FOM Foundation for Fundamental Research
on Matter AMOLF FOM-institute for Atomic and
Molecular Physics Rijnhuizen FOM-institute for
Plasma Physics Rijnhuizen SAF/NIKHEF FOM-institu
te for Sub Atomic Physics/National Institute for
Nuclear Physics and High Engergy
Physics ING Institute for Dutch
History NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea
Research NSCR Netherlands Institute for the Study
of Crime and Law Enforcement SRON Netherlands
Institute for Space Research ZonMw Netherlands
Organisation for Health Research and Development
Technical Sciences (Via the Technology Foundation
STW, a partnership between NWO and the Ministry
of Economic Affairs)
Netherlands National Computing Facilities
Foundation (NCF)
Netherlands Foundation for the Advancement of
Tropical Research (WOTRO)
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NWO institutes
Institute for Dutch History(ING) Royal
Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)
National Research Institute for Mathematics and
Computer Science (CWI) Netherlands Institute for
the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement
(NSCR) Netherlands Institute for Space
Research (SRON)

• Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy
  (ASTRON)
• Foundation for Fundamental Research on
  Matter(FOM)
• Sub Atomic Physics/National Institute for Nuclear
  Physics and High Energy Physics (SAF/NIKHEF)
• FOM-Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics
  (AMOLF)
• FOM-Institute for Plasma Physics Rijnhuizen
  (FOM)

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Thank you for your attention

• More information www.nwo.nl
• Email hollander_at_nwo.nl
• International Relations Department NWO
  3170.34.40.525