SGW researchers who obtained their PhD five to ten years ago and have a promising idea can submit an application for the SGW Open Competition XS 2025. The deadline for submitting an application is May 8, 2025, before 14:00:00 CEST. An extension arrangement applies to this call for proposals.
About the call
This call focuses on curiosity-driven, innovative research and rapid analysis of promising ideas. Additionally, the proposed research must fall within the SGW disciplines.
The characteristics of SGW Open Competition XS research are:
- the proposed research is innovative;
- it is not necessary to determine in advance whether the intended project goal will be achieved;
- each project contributes to existing and new scientific insights.
XS applications are evaluated by the applicants themselves based on the research idea. Therefore, applicants anonymously draft the research idea in the application form.
Applications within this call amount to a maximum of €50,000 in total. The maximum duration of an XS project is twelve months.
More Information