NWO Regulation on Granting
The NWO Regulation on Granting has been updated with effect from 1 May 2011. The Regulation is divided in three parts.
Who may submit a grant proposal, what may be applied for and how is stated in the Application procedure, the NWO-wide conditions for the submission of grant proposals. More specific rules and conditions are given in the relevant grant brochure or Call for Proposals. If a proposal is allocated funding then the grant is awarded under the General Provisions. In addition to these, extra provisions may be sent with the grant award letter. The assessment procedure is described in the Assessment and Allocation Procedure Terms and Conditions. Explanations of the terms used are described in the Definitions.
All of these documents together form the NWO Regulation on Granting. This regulation applies to all NWO funding instruments including those that are partly funded by NWO and partly by external financiers. From a legal perspective, the NWO Regulation on Granting is generally binding.
The NWO Regulation on Granting applies to all sections of NWO including the NWO temporary taskforces and the legal bodies mandated by NWO to award grants, namely WOTRO Science for Global Development, NCF, Technology Foundation STW and FOM. For ZonMw the Regulation applies to funding instruments deployed by ZonMw for the (with ZON merged) Division for Medical Science.
Besides these general rules, additional specific rules may apply per funding instrument or funding round. These are described in the relevant Call for Proposals, and/or are sent with the grant allocation letter. The administrative body which publishes a specific regulation or brochure bears responsibility for ensuring that the specific rules fit within the framework of the NWO Regulation on Granting. At several points the NWO Regulation on Granting refers to specific regulations such as the Agreement on the Payment of Costs for Scientific Research [in Dutch] and Code of Conduct on Conflicts of Interest.
This document (PDF, 18 pages) contains the NWO Regulation on Granting. In case of different interpretation of the original (Dutch) text and this (English) translation the original Dutch text prevails. This version has been updated with effect from 1 May 2011, and replaced the version of January 2007.
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