Open Technology Programme 2025

Funded projects are expected to deliver free and unrestricted research outputs that generate scientific and/or societal impact. This includes new knowledge, technologies, methods, processes or tools that address real-world challenges. Collaboration with knowledge users should accelerate uptake and application of results. The OTP aims to stimulate cross-disciplinary innovation, strengthen research capacity within Domain AES, and contribute to open science practices by making outcomes broadly accessible.

1. Applicant eligibility: principal investigator must hold a tenured position or tenure-track appointment at a Dutch university, university medical centre, KNAW/NWO institute, Netherlands Cancer Institute, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Naturalis, ARCNL or Princess Máxima Center. Zero-hour or fixed-term contracts (non–tenure track) are ineligible. 2. Funding ceiling: request up to €950,000 total costs per project; up to €1,050,000 if the project’s investment requests exceed €150,000. 3. Co-funding: for total project costs above €700,000, at least 25% co-funding (cash or in-kind) is mandatory. 4. Project duration: maximum six years. 5. Proposal content: must specify problem/challenge, objectives, hypotheses, research methods, feasibility, and pathways to scientific and/or societal impact. Must identify a user committee of ≥4 users and describe how their involvement will drive impact. 6. Submission period: continuous between 13 January 2025 and 12 December 2025 (14:00 CET), subject to grant ceiling or application limit. 7. Formats and page limits: chapters 2–3 max 13 pages; chapter 4 max 2 pages; rebuttal max 2,000 words. Use the updated budget form (reflecting UNL and NFU rates as of 1 July 2025, revised 15 July 2025). 8. Submission via ISAAC system.