NWA Loneliness
NWA Loneliness
€700K - €835K
14/10/2025
Non-profit, Research Institution, Public Institution
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What is the NWA Loneliness Call?
Expected Outcomes
• Evidence-based, scalable interventions and best practices to prevent and reduce loneliness.
• Insights into societal taboos and stigma surrounding loneliness, and strategies to address them.
• Enhanced capacity, skills, and expertise among professionals, volunteers, and policymakers to recognize and tackle loneliness.
• Effective translation of research findings into real‐world practice and policy recommendations.
• Strengthened collaboration frameworks between academia, civil society, and public stakeholders for sustained action on loneliness.
Scope Requirements
• Disciplines: open to social sciences, humanities, life sciences and medicine, applied sciences; interdisciplinary collaboration required.
• Budget Phase I: €800 000–€970 000 per project; max duration 54 months.
• Budget Phase II: €700 000–€835 000; max duration 48 months; open only to consortia funded in Phase I.
• Submission: use ISAAC system, with prescribed application, budget, and support forms; account must be created ≥1 workday before deadline.
• Deadlines: Phase I full proposals by 29 June 2023, 14:00 CEST; Phase II revised proposals by 14 October 2025, 14:00 CEST.
Special Conditions
• Only Phase I grantees may apply in Phase II.
• No external referees: proposals assessed by an NWO Assessment Committee, including an interview stage.
• Four assessment criteria with phase-specific subcriteria and weightings: 1) Problem definition & analysis (20 %), 2) Impact & route to impact (20 %), 3) Consortium quality (30 %), 4) Research quality (30 %).
• Responsible research data management: data management plan mandatory pre-start.
• Compliance with NWO’s fixed procedures, budget modules (see section 3.2), and programme regulations.
• Must adhere to Dutch Research Agenda thematic priorities on loneliness.
Deadline:14/10/2025
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