NWO TTW joins the pre-proposal pilot upcoming Veni round

Like the NWO domain Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH), the domain Applied and Engineering Sciences (AES, Toegepaste en Technische Wetenschappen (TTW)) will start with a pre-proposal phase in the upcoming Veni funding round within the Innovational Research Incentives Scheme (Vernieuwingsimpuls). All candidates for the next Veni round within the AES should submit a pre-proposal by August 28, 2018.

Aim of this measure is to save applicants time, and therefore money, and to further increase the quality of the selection procedure. The proposal must consist of a CV and a concise research idea. In addition, the candidate will submit an expression of support: the embedding guarantee' from the intended research institution. Applicants whose pre-proposals are found positive may submit a full proposal. Deadline for submitting a full proposal will be in January 2019. The call for the next Veni round is expected to be available in June.

NWO will carefully monitor the pre-proposal pilot and based on the outcomes of this evaluation, will take a decision about how future funding rounds will be realised.

The Innovational Research Incentives Scheme Veni, Vidi, Vici has been set up in 2000 by NWO, KNAW and the universities jointly. The aim is to promote innovation in the academic research field. The scheme is directed at providing encouragement for individual researchers and gives talented, creative researchers the opportunity to conduct their own research programme independently and promote talented researchers to enter and remain committed to the scientific profession.