New NWA ORC call: Research along Routes by Consortia 2026 - webinar 9 Januari!

In the annual ORC funding round, consortia can submit thematic proposals that provide a joint expression of the breadth and innovative character of the NWA. The funding round is aimed at facilitating research that leads to scientific and/or societal breakthroughs.

On Friday, 9 January 2026, NWO will be hosting an informative webinar from 11:00 to 12:15 on the annual grant instrument of the Dutch Research Agenda (NWA) Research along Routes by Consortia (ORC), focusing on the 2026 round.

During the webinar, more information will be provided about the call and the collaborative workshops. There will also be plenty of time to ask questions. The webinar can be followed online on 9 January at 11:00 via the button on this NWO webpage. The webinar will be in English.

Besides that, the NWO will organise collaborative workshops for the themes, between 6 February and 17 March 2026.

Themes

Among the themes there are three that might be interesting for the JTS community:

• Fact and Fiction in the era of Generative AI
  Workshop 1: 12 February 2026
  Workshop 2: 16 March 2026

• Locally embedded digital resilience
  Workshop 1: 13 February 2026
  Workshop 2: 17 March 2026

• Smart technological infrastructure for sustainable and customised prevention of multimorbidity
  Workshop 1: 9 February 2026
  Workshop 2: 11 March 2026

More information

For more information and application, visit the NWO-website.