Unconventional information processing technologies: Cooperation Japan – The Netherlands
Unconventional information processing technologies: Cooperation Japan – The Netherlands
€800K - €1.1M
09/09/2025
Research Institution, Public Institution, Private Business
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What is the Unconventional information processing technologies: Cooperation Japan – The Netherlands Call?
Expected Outcomes
• Strengthened and sustainable Japan–Netherlands research networks, with enhanced international talent mobility and leadership development among early-career researchers.
• Demonstrable societal and scientific impact through translation of new methods into prototypes, proof-of-concepts or scalable solutions in areas such as quantum algorithms, neuromorphic architectures, bio-inspired computational models, and integrated processing systems.
• A cadre of researchers with bilateral experience, ready to become future leaders in high-tech information processing.
• Publications, patents, workshops or follow-on projects that reflect the collaborative outputs and interdisciplinary integration achieved under this call.
Scope Requirements
• Roughly equal numbers of (co-)applicants and balanced workload on both sides.
• Project duration 48–60 months.
• Budget per project: NL side €800,000–€1,150,000; JP side up to ¥250,000,000. Funds to cover personnel, materials, knowledge utilization and management.
• All early-career researchers (PhD/postdocs) must spend at least 20% of their employment time on an extended research stay in Japan, with appropriate budget reserved.
• Joint proposal in English, submitted in parallel to NWO’s ISAAC system and JST’s e-Rad system by 14:00 CEST/JST on 9 September 2025.
• Compulsory annexes: budget form (Excel), applicant declaration, co-funding statement (if applicable), embedding guarantee (if specified), consortium agreement.
Special Conditions
• Parallel, synchronous submission to both national systems; applications not submitted in both will be ineligible.
• Use of NWO-provided templates and forms (application form, declaration of intent, budget form, embedding guarantee, consortium agreement). Annexes (except budget form) as unsecured PDFs.
• Mandatory English language.
• A non-mandatory statement of intent deadline 31 July 2025.
• Data management plan preparation required after award, prior to project start.
• Applicants must create/verify ISAAC accounts and ensure all organisations are registered in time.
• Co-funders must provide formal declarations.
• Eligibility and assessment subject to JST and NWO rules; refer to JST ASPIRE coordination for JP rules.
Deadline:09/09/2025
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