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ZonMw stimulates research and innovation in health, healthcare and well-being through targeted grant programmes. If you have an idea that matches one of the ongoing calls, you can submit it as a grant application. Only English-language ongoing and closed calls are listed below. All other calls are listed on the Dutch website.

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  • Consortia for biomedical cohort research into ME/CFS

    The research programme ME/CFS stimulates the (further) development, use, safeguarding and utilisation of knowledge about...

    • Program: ME/CFS Research Programme
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  • Belgium - Netherlands Funding of International Trials 3 (BeNeFIT 3)

    The Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE) and ZonMw invest a maximum of 9 million euros in the third round of their...

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  • Promising medicines for ME/CFS: call for drug repurposing

    The aim of this call is to fund clinical research into promising medicines for patients with ME/CFS in the Netherlands...

    • Program: ME/CFS Research Programme
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  • ValNAM: Validating and implementing new approach methodologies in a regulatory context

    This call for proposals aims to validate existing animal-free innovations in a regulatory context. This call is intended...

    • Program: More Knowledge with Fewer Animals
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  • NWO Talentprogramme Vici ZonMw 2025

    Vici is part of the NWO Talent programme. The Vici target group consists of researchers at the stage of consolidation...

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  • NWA Building blocks for integrated policy on Planetary Health

    This call for proposals is aimed at developing an approach that can be used in Dutch government policy to more...

    • Program: NWA Building blocks for integrated policy on Planetary Health
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  • ZonMw Open Competition 2026

    ZonMw Open Competition is intended for excellent research teams to innovate their research lines in terms of both...

    • Program: Open Competition: for research proposals for free, fundamental research
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  • NWO Talent Programme Vidi 2025

    Vidi is a funding instrument from the NWO Talent Programme. The Vidi target group consists of excellent researchers (up...

    • Program: Vidi, for researchers who have several years of research after gaining their PhD
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      By invitation

  • Research into appropriate palliative care

    Submit an application for a grant to study innovative ways of tackling daily problems in palliative care practice that...

    • Program: Palliantie II
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  • NWA Sexually transgressive behaviour and sexual violence

    This NWA-programme 'Sexually Transgressive Behaviour and Sexual Violence: towards an effective and preventive approach'...

    • Program: Sexually transgressive behaviour and sexual violence
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  • Strengthening the organization of the healthcare system on the ABCSSS islands

    This call for proposals aims to help strengthen the healthcare system on the ABCSSS islands.  Projects should focus on...

    • Program: Caribbean Health Research
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  • ZonMw Open Competition 2026

    ZonMw Open Competition is intended for excellent research teams to innovate their research lines in terms of both...

    • Program: Open Competition: for research proposals for free, fundamental research
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    • For whom:
      By invitation