Second call Food & Business Applied Research Fund (ARF) open for applications

NWO WOTRO invites applications for the Applied Research Fund (ARF) for the second time. Proposals can be submitted continuously, until the final deadline of 12 May 2015. Proposals will be collected and assessed in three different rounds, with a deadline on 1 October 2014, 12 January 2015 and 12 May 2015.

The fund is open for applications by consortia consisting of at least one practitioner organisation (i.e. companies, NGOS, governmental organisations) from a partner country and one research or higher education organisation. Unlike the first ARF call for proposals, one Dutch partner in the consortium is required in this call.

For this second call, a maximum budget of € 4 million is available. The maximum available budget per project is € 50,000 for a minimum duration of six months and € 300,000 for a project with a maximum duration of 36 months. In cash or in kind co-funding of 20% from private practitioner organisations or local and international research organisation is required.

ARF provides grants for demand driven applied research that contributes to innovation for food security in developing countries. The call has been developed in close collaboration with the Food & Business Knowledge Platform.