Overview: NWO - Vidi
General	Program name	NWO - Vidi
	Funds for	Postdoctoral fellowships, PI starting grants
	Funding agency	The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
	Scope	International
	Fields of science	All fields of Science
	Duration	5 years (total grant 800,000 euros for personnel and material costs)
	Program web site	https://www.nwo.nl/en/funding/our-funding-instruments/nwo/innovational-research-incentives-scheme/vidi/index.html
	Number of calls per year	1
Eligibility	EU-Life institution	NKI
	Applicant's Level of Experience (years after PhD)	You can apply for a Vidi grant if you have done several years of research at postdoc level. In this research you have come up with innovative ideas that you have been able to independently and successfully develop further. You gained your doctorate no more than eight years ago, calculated from the date of the PhD graduation to the benchmark date for the Vidi round (1 October). This period can be extended according to the extension clause in the case of caring responsibilities or in the case of training to become a clinical specialist.
	Applicant's Nationality	Any
	Other Important Requirements
Funding type & amounts	Fellowship (net salary, exempt of national taxes)	N/A
	Working contract (gross salary)	Employment contract with the institute, between 4,000 and 5,000 euros gross per month (excluding end-of-year bonus and holiday allowance)
	Other allowances	Allowances for moving to the Netherlands
Next deadline	Oct. 3, 2019, 2 p.m.
Past submissions outcomes
Year	Available fellowships	Success rates
2019