Faculty of Impact Life Sciences and Health | NWO (2024)

Researchers who want to make an impact with their research and who are interested in starting their own company. Researchers who can submit an application for the Faculty of Impact programme:

• PhD students who have almost completed their PhD research (i.e. PhD students who have already scheduled a date for the defense or who have already submitted their thesis to the reading committee)

or

• Postdocs, university (senior) lecturers or other academic staff (max. scale 11) or comparable positions at a university of applied sciences if they have an appointment at the organizations mentioned in the call for proposals.

For more information: see section 3.1 'Who can apply' in the call for proposals.

• The deadline for submitting a fully detailed application is Tuesday 31 October 2023, before 14:00:00 CET.

Criteria

The applications submitted within this Call for proposals will be substantively assessed on the basis of the following criteria:

• Quality of the idea
• Social impact Theme Life Sciences and Health
• Quality of the applicant

Each of the three criteria is given equal weight and is given a score between 1 (excellent) and 9 (very poor).
The quality requirement is then applied in this way: fellows are only eligible for funding if their score does not exceed 5.4 (good) for each of the criteria and the average of all criteria does not exceed 3.4 (very good ).

Procedure

The application procedure consists of the following steps:

• submission of the application;
• processing the application;
• interview selection;
• interview;
• meeting of the assessment committee;
• decision.

For more information: see section 4.3.1 'Substantive assessment criteria' in the call text.
The current round of the Faculty of Impact will not take place if less than seven applications are eligible for funding after an assessment of whether the conditions of Chapter 3 have been met. For more information, see section 4.2.8 'Too few applications' in the call text.

For more information please see the Faculty of Impact website:https://facultyofimpact.nl/

FAQ on theFaculty of Impact website.

In addition to the written application, a link to a downloadable short video must be submitted.
The maximum duration of the video is 3:00 minutes. It is not necessary to hire professional equipment or help. The video will be assessed by its content, not its quality. The HD equivalent quality of a cell phone is accepted. The language spoken in the short video should be English. Keep a broad audience in mind: your well-educated neighbour should be able to understand your story. If you make use of audio and/or visuals make sure they are royalty-free.

Furthermore, there are four mandatory annexes to be uploaded in ISAAC separately from the application:

• Budget form
• Support letter from the supervisor of the applicant
• Support letter from the knowledge transfer office of the organisation
• Support letter from the director of the department