Welcome to the third blog post in the series: NWO Vidi grant application journey (#NWOVidi2025diaries). You can check out the first blog post here and the second blog post here. In the second blog post I mentioned that I had to do a “revise and resubmit” after the first administrative checks of my submission. In this third and final post of the #NWOVidi2025diaries series in 2025, I wanted to give an update on where things stand and the timelines for what comes next.

My pre-proposal application has now been cleared by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) to be fully eligible following my revision. For the curious of you, here is the (working) title for my Vidi pre-proposal:

The tour(ism) encounter at contested heritage sites: tour guides, moral emotions and the tentacular activation of cultural memory

Now I can only sit tight and wait for the review process to take its due course over the coming weeks. It is now totally out of my hands and I am going to put my ideas on the shelf for now. After the Christmas break, I might slowly begin to think more about unpacking my ideas to see how it might develop into a full proposal.

Here is how the timeline will shape up if I get through the pre-proposal application phase with a positive advice to submit a full application

Timetable procedure Vidi 2025

***Preproposal phase***
Preliminary advice preproposals: January 21st, 2026
Possibility of filing a request for the correction of a factual error: within 3 working days after preliminary advice
Decision preproposals: end of February 2026

***In case of a positive decision***
Submission deadline full proposal: April 9th 2025, 14:00 CEST
Request for your rebuttal to the reports of external reviewers: late May/early June 2026
Submission of your rebuttal to the reports of external reviewers: to be submitted within 5 working days after NWO has requested the rebuttal
Interviews: August 31st until September 4th 2026
Decision full proposal: October 2026

The adventures continue even as I await in anticipation of the review decision to come….see you for the next instalment of the #NWOVididiaries blog post in 2026.