Take-off 2025

Take-off 2025 is sponsored by NWO. Stimulates business activity and entrepreneurship from Dutch knowledge institutions.

Take off phase 1 - Feasibility studies WO Autumn 2025 | NWO Take-off focuses on facilitating and stimulating activity and entrepreneurship from Dutch universities and research institutes recognized by NWO. This involves creating innovative new activities that follow knowledge development and utilization by researchers at these knowledge institutions.

This may concern product, process, care or service innovation in the broadest sense of the word, within all scientific fields.

Researchers from the following research institutes can submit applications: Dutch universities (or comparable positions at university medical centers); the Netherlands Cancer Institute; the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen; Advanced Research Center for NanoLithography (ARCNL); Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology.

NWO provides funding for Take-off feasibility studies in the form of grants with a maximum size of 60,000 euros for a maximum period of six months for the performance of a study into the feasibility for commercial application of specific innovative knowledge that has arisen within these research institutions. A proposal must be submitted via our ISAAC system before Tuesday 9 September 2025 14:00:00 CEST .

As of this autumn round 2025, a pre-application is no longer required.

The ranking criteria for Take-off WO phase 1 - feasibility studies are: Knowledge base and innovativeness knowledge that forms the basis of the business idea; application possibilities and added value; market and commercial perspectives; scientific expertise applicant(s) and support staff; entrepreneurial and commercial skills; motivation and level of ambition of the team involved; Quality of the project plan practical and economic approach; project budget, broken down by project activity; Responsible research data management is an essential component of good research practice.

Prepare a data management plan after the grant is awarded and before the project starts. You will find all of the documents that you need for your application here. Applications must be submitted through the ISAAC application and reporting system.

If you do not have an ISAAC account yet, then please create one at least one workday in advance. More information about writing a proposal and which forms you need to use can be found below.

Downloads for your application Take off phase 1 - Feasibility studies WO | call for proposals, in Dutch Take off phase 1 - Feasibility studies WO Autumn 2025 | application form Take off phase 1 - Feasibility studies WO Autumn 2025 | instructions application form Take off phase 1 - Feasibility studies WO Autumn 2025 | budget form Online manual grant application system ISAAC ISAAC offers applicants for research funding the possibility to track their application in the assessment process.

The funding process explained NWO has a fixed procedure for handling all applications. Learn more about how the application procedure is set up – from the moment you apply until a decision is reached. Do you already have an account in Isaac?

Have you filled in the application form? Did you fill in the budget form? Have you read through the instructions?

In the Call for Proposals, you can read back all the details surrounding the application for funding. If you have any questions, please contact the contact person. Public administration & political science Computers and the humanities Life sciences and medicine Music, theatre, performing arts and media Religious studies and theology