NWO network hacked
At the moment, the network from the Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO) is not accessible. The servers have been hacked. Currently, all efforts are focused on fixing the problem as soon as possible. For now, it is impossible to say how long this situation will last.
None of the applications running on NWO's network are currently accessible. Therefore, the email addresses of NWO, Taskforce for Applied Research SIA and Netherlands Initiative for Education Research (NRO) are not accessible. Office software, including Outlook, cannot be used either. The NWO.nl website has not been affected by the hack.
Application process via ISAAC suspended
The application ISAAC, which is used to process grant applications, runs on an external server and does not appear to have been infected. However, for security reasons, this server is currently completely closed to all users until it is certain that no infection has occurred or will occur.
Specifically, this means that the entire primary process of NWO and of its governing bodies SIA and NRO are suspended indefinitely. Rounds with a deadline in the near future will be postponed and the assessment of calls with an expired deadline cannot continue. In the coming weeks NWO will review how and when the grant process can be resumed.
More information about the consequences for calls and awarding grants will be posted on the NWO website as soon as possible.
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