Grants closing in July 2027

Three-year pilot for a joint Lead Agency Procedure between DFG and NWO (Dutch Research Council), open from 6 August 2024 until 30 July 2027. Facilitates bilateral research projects between researchers in Germany and the Netherlands through mutual opening of individual funding procedures.

Joint Dutch-German basic research projects via Lead Agency Procedure. Scope: NWO Domain Science areas (Astronomy, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth Sciences, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Physics) and corresponding DFG review boards. Requires at least one DFG-eligible German PI and one NWO-eligible Dutch PI. Non-university German institution members must fulfil Kooperationspflicht with a German university. Max 36 months.

Joint Lead Agency Procedure for Dutch-German basic research teams. Scope: NWO Domain Science areas (Astronomy, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth Sciences, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Physics) and corresponding DFG review boards. Each organisation funds its own national researchers; unilateral funding is not possible. Proposals outside the defined scope cannot be considered.

Joint basic research proposals within NWO Domain Science (Astronomy, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth Sciences, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Physics) and corresponding DFG review boards. Commercial companies excluded. Non-university German researchers must fulfil DFG 'duty to cooperate' with a German university partner. No fixed budget cap; standard DFG Sachbeihilfe rules apply. Proposals compete with all other individual grants.