NWO will publish new Cyber Security Call on October 16

On October 16 NWO will publish the new call for cyber security. Deadline for submitting pre/proposals is January 24, 2019. There will be more then € 5 million available for this call, which is initiated and funded by NWO Social Sciences and Humanities, NWO Science and the Taskforce for Applied Research (NPRO-SIA). A matchmakingevent will take place on November 13, 2018 in The Hague.

The partners involved in the call are dcypher, Commit2Data, Social Infrastructure Agenda, and the Top Sector Creative Industries. Therefore the programme has mainly been developed for ICT researchers, cyber security researchers, Big Data researchers, and researchers from the creative industry and the social sciences and humanities. 

Main applicants must be employed by a knowledge institution recognised by NWO. For each project proposal up to three research positions can be applied for. For an application a consortium must be formed in which at least one recognised knowledge institution and at least one non-academic private co-funder participate. Public or private partners must provide co-funding for at least 30% of the grant applied for, of which at least 10% should consist of cash contributions.

The deadline for full proposals will be April 16, 2019.