NWO Vidi

NWO Vidi is the Dutch Research Council's mid-career grant for researchers who have already built several years of research experience and are ready to establish an independent line of work. It sits inside NWO's Talent Programme, alongside Veni and Vici, and serves as the bridge between early career momentum and a more mature research profile. The grant is awarded annually in the Netherlands and is described publicly as EUR 800,000 over five years. That scale gives a principal investigator room to define a team, set a research agenda, and build independence around a substantial question rather than a narrow pilot. The natural fit is a researcher with a clear track record, a recognisable scientific direction, and the institutional support to turn that into a distinct programme. Success in Vidi tends to come from a strong personal research identity and a proposal that can stand on its own. The review logic is straightforward: the project should show why this researcher is the right person to lead it now, and why the next five years will produce a research line that is both independent and genuinely consequential.

No upcoming rounds verified. Cadence: Annual.