Clean Energy Transition Partnership Joint Call

Transnationaal consortium Minimaal drie partners uit drie deelnemende landen, waarvan ten minste twee EU-lidstaten of geassocieerde landen

Past in callmodule CM2026-01, CM2026-07 of CM2026-08

Nederlandse onderzoeksorganisatie via NWO Universiteiten, hogescholen en andere onderzoeksorganisaties in het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden

Transnational requirement 2: A Project Consortium shall consist of at least three Beneficiary Partners, including one Coordinator, from at least three different countries participating in the chosen Call Module. All Beneficiary Partners shall comply with the applicable national/regional requirements and guidelines. At least two Beneficiary Partners shall be from EU Member States or HE Associated Countries

Transnational requirement 3: For a Proposal, the planned effort of any single Project Consortium Partner shall not exceed 60% of the total planned Project effort, measured in person-months.

Transnational requirement 4: For a Proposal, the combined planned effort of all Project Consortium Partners from the same country shall not exceed 75% of the total planned Project effort, measured in person-months.

The following individuals are ineligible to participate in a Proposal: members of the CETPartnership Governing Board, members of the CETPartnership General Assembly, and researchers employed by Funding Organisations participating in the Call. Exceptionally, legal entities may participate if they provide written proof that their organisational structure is fully independent from the relevant Funding Organisation.

Transnational requirement 7: A Proposal shall provide for a Project start date no later than 15 December 2027 and a maximum duration of 36 months.

A Proposal shall include a dedicated and mandatory work package entitled “Reporting and Knowledge Community”.

Call Modules and topics CM2026-01 “Integrated energy system resilience in a changing environment” CM2026-07 “Heating and cooling technologies” CM2026-08 “Integrated Regional Energy Systems”

A researcher may only request NWO funding for one project (part of a European consortium) in this Call for proposals, either as national main applicant or national co-applicant within an application for NWO funding.

To be eligible to submit a proposal, researchers must be employed for an indefinite period (with the associated employment contract) or have a tenure track agreement at any of the following research organisations: • universities and universities of applied sciences, as described in Section 1.8, subsection 1 of the Dutch Higher Education and Research Act, or universities referred to in the Policy Rules for Universities in the Kingdom of the Netherlands; • university medical centres, as described in Article 1.13, paragraph 1 of the Higher Education and Scientific Research Act; • KNAW institutes and NWO institutes; • TO2 institutions… • Netherlands Cancer Institute; • Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen; • Naturalis Biodiversity Center; • Advanced Research Centre for NanoLithography (ARCNL); • Princess Máxima Center.

Researchers employed at a university of applied sciences and researchers employed at a TO2 institute may also submit as a national main applicant if they have at least a salaried position for a limited period of time.

Individuals with a zero-hour or fixed-term employment contract (other than a tenure track appointment) cannot submit a proposal. Applicants with a part-time appointment must ensure adequate supervision of the project and all project members for whom funding is requested.

National co-applicants must be affiliated with a research organisation either 1) eligible as a national main applicant (see above), or 2) with other research organisations as described in Article 1.1, paragraph 4 of the NWO Grant Rules 2024 that comply with the following cumulative conditions. The organisation must: • be established in the Netherlands; • be a foundation, organisation or legal entity established and governed by public law (in Dutch: publiekrechtelijke rechtspersoon) (all other legal forms, including private and public limited companies, are excluded); • have as its primary goal the independent conduct of its own fundamental research, industrial research or experimental development or with widely disseminating the results of those activities through teaching, publications or knowledge transfer; • be able to state that the organisation keeps separate accounts regarding economic/non-economic activities and that undertakings with decisive influence on the organisation do not enjoy preferential access to the organisation's results.

Wie: Transnationale consortia van ten minste drie partners uit drie deelnemende landen, waarvan ten minste twee uit EU-lidstaten of met Horizon Europe geassocieerde landen. Nederlandse aanvragers bij NWO zijn onderzoekers in vaste dienst of met tenure track bij een universiteit, hogeschool, umc, KNAW- of NWO-instituut, TO2-instituut of andere genoemde onderzoeksorganisatie.

Waarvoor: Onderzoek en innovatie voor de Europese energietransitie binnen de callmodules CM2026-01 (weerbaarheid van energiesystemen), CM2026-07 (verwarming en koeling) of CM2026-08 (regionale energiesystemen). Projecten duren maximaal 36 maanden.

Wat je krijgt: Maximaal € 400.000 per project bij NWO met één nationale hoofdaanvrager, of maximaal € 600.000 als ook een nationale medeaanvrager personeelskosten aanvraagt. Het NWO-budget voor deze call is € 2.000.000.

Wat je moet doen: Dien vóór 8 oktober 2026, 14:00 uur, een verplichte vooraanmelding in via het CETPartnership Submission Platform. Geselecteerde consortia dienen vóór 11 maart 2027, 14:00 uur, een volledige aanvraag in.