NWO seeks strong alliances worldwide

Science is a champions league. For this reason, NWO facilitates knowledge exchange and mobility, and is active in numerous international networks and programmes. Holding the lead requires working together and searching out the competition. For assessing research projects, NWO consults renowned peer reviewers in the whole world. Together, they form the best safeguard for the highest possible standards.

NWO mediates for the use of research facilities elsewhere in the world and finances large scale facilities in the Netherlands. Researchers from the Netherlands and abroad may apply for a wide range of (international) subsidies. NWO subsidies are held in high esteem. They are considered to be quality enhancing and fulfill an important role in the careers of researchers.

More info about opportunities for researchers? Go to the Subsidy Guide. For info about collaboration with other countries, see International Cooperation. The NWO Divisions for Sciences have also grouped specific information about their own policy and instruments under Internationalisation in the site sections of the Divisions for Sciences.

Selection of international NWO activities

Financing the contribution of NWO Research Institutes in transnational projects

  • HIFI Spectrometer on board of the European Herschel Space Observatory
  • PrepSKA-preparations for radiotelescopic array SKA
  • STC Particle Detector for ATLAS Experiment in Geneva
  • Oceanic research with NIOZ research ship Pelagia

Financing national facilities that are state of the art in Europe

  • Huygens Super Computer in Amsterdam
  • BiG Grid Infrastructure for advanced computing in scientific research
  • MESS Facility for measurement and experimentation in the social sciences
  • National Brain Imaging Resource for 7-tesla scans

Mediation for the use of large scale facilities abroad

  • Dutch-Belgian beamline DUBBLE
  • James Clerk Maxwell Telescope in Chili
  • Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes on La Palma

Provide opportunities and incentives for international research talent

Contribute to European Research Area (ERA)

  • Financing Dutch participation in thematic research projects through EUROCORES of ESF
  • Financing Dutch participation in Research Networking Programmes of ESF
  • Coordination national programmes in ERA Nets and Article 169 initiatives from the EU
  • Dutch delegation (with Ministry of Economic Affairs) for Joint Programming of EU research programmes
  • Align European research policy through EUROHorcs

Collaboration with partners within and outside Europe