NGF: Versterken kennispositie van de Hightech apparatuur sector

A competitive call for proposals to fund academic research within prioritized key technologies relevant to multiple application domains under the NXTGEN Hightech programme of the National Growth Fund (NGF). The call supports consortium-based projects involving researchers from multiple research organisations (including at least one university) and may include co-financiers and other partners such as companies and knowledge institutions. A total of 10.6 million euro in research funding is made available for this call. Applications are evaluated on problem definition, expected impact, consortium quality and research quality.

Research funding (grants) from a total budget of 10.6 million euro for selected consortium projects.

Applications must be submitted by a main applicant together with one or more co-applicants as a consortium. A consortium must include researchers from two or more different research organisations (including at least one university) and can be supplemented with one or more co-financiers and other partners, such as companies and knowledge institutions.

Submit a consortium application via the ISAAC application and reporting system; create an ISAAC account at least one working day before the deadline and use the downloadable proposal forms from ISAAC.