PSIDER

PSIDER — Netwerksubsidies

Funds Dutch knowledge networks that connect institutions internationally and strengthen research communities through shared learning activities.

PSIDER Netwerksubsidies is a long-horizon rolling network grant strand administered by ZonMw — the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development — under the PSIDER programme. The strand funds knowledge sharing and promotion of international cooperation within one of the programme's designated thematic areas (het delen van kennis en het bevorderen van internationale samenwerking binnen één van de programmalijnen). ZonMw itself is an independent self-governing body jointly established by the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport and the Dutch Research Council (NWO) in 2001, and uses this network grant mechanism to sustain scientific communities across research boundaries.

The Netwerksubsidies strand opened on 6 November 2023 and accepts applications on a rolling basis until 15 September 2026 at 14:00 Netherlands time — a nearly three-year continuous submission window. A concurrent PSIDER strand, Communicatie en verspreiding van PSIDER onderzoeksresultaten, runs a separate rolling window until 30 April 2027 and focuses specifically on communication and dissemination of PSIDER research results. Eligible applicants for Netwerksubsidies include Dutch universities, non-profit research organisations, and societal partner organisations; for-profit organisations and individual researchers are not eligible as main applicants. Specific award amounts are not published on the programme index and must be obtained from the individual call page on Mijn ZonMw.

Applications are submitted in Dutch through the Mijn ZonMw portal at any point before the 15 September 2026 deadline. The network grant framing indicates that funded activities are expected to build or sustain collaborative networks rather than fund primary research projects — eligible activities typically include workshops, symposia, exchange visits, coordination activities, and structured knowledge-sharing between research groups with complementary expertise within the PSIDER programme's thematic scope.