Open calls
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Individual grants
Embassy Science Fellows 2024
NWO and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are looking for 9 new Embassy Science Fellows. This is a superb opportunity for researchers to go abroad and contribute to a scientific and/or societal issue from a Dutch embassy or consulate for a period of 1 to 3 months. The Embassy Science Fellowships will start in the fall of 2024.
Deadline: 14 May 2024 14:00 hrs.
Information: https://www.nwo.nl/en/calls/embassy-science-fellows-2024
Mosaic 2.0 - 2024
Mosaic 2.0 is a PhD scholarship program aimed at the under-represented group of graduates with a migration background from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Central and South America and Turkey in the Netherlands. The procedure consists of a pre-proposal and a full proposal. Mosaic 2.0 is a science-wide program; any research topic can be eligible. In the 2024 round candidates submit an application themselves.
Deadline:
- Closing date for pre-registration: 21 May 2024 14:00 hrs.
- Xlosing date full application: 5 November 2024 14:00 hrs.
Information: https://www.nwo.nl/en/calls/mosaic-20-2024
Gerda Henkel Foundation Research Grants
The Gerda Henkel Stiftung (Gerda Henkel Foundation) provides financial support for the historical humanities, including the history of law, through prizes, grants and fellowships. Depending on the type of project, costs are covered for personnel, travel, materials and/or other costs. Project staff on research projects may be covered via PhD or research scholarships. The maximum funding period is 24 months.
Deadline: There are biannual application windows. In 2024, the application deadlines are:
- 22 May 2024
- 22 November 2024
Information: https://www.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/en/general-research-grants-projects?page_id=32
NWO Talent Scheme information meeting (Rubicon, Veni, Vidi, Vici) - on location or online
Do you want to learn more about the process behind the Rubicon, Veni, Vidi and Vici grants? On the 14th of June NWO Utrecht organizes an information meeting about the NWO-Talent Programme for researchers.
When and where: 14 June 2024, Utrecht or online
Information: https://www.nwo.nl/en/meetings/talent-scheme-information-meeting-rubicon-veni-vidi-vici
UvA IAS Academy - Proposal for new research line
On 2 July 2024, the UvA Institute for Advanced Study will organize its first IAS Academy, which seeks to bring the 'IAS experience' to a larger group of early career researchers, specifically for PhD students (Aio's) and postdocs. In the course of a full day, participants from entirely different disciplines will delve deep into one theme, such as climate change and displacement, polarization or emergence in complex systems.
As a follow-up to the conference, participating groups are invited to submit a proposal for a new research line at IAS to jointly pursue. If selected, the group will be provided regular meeting space at IAS for one year, organizational and network support and a seed funding budget of 5.000 EUR.
When: 2 July 2024 9:30-22:00 hrs.
Information: https://ias.uva.nl/content/events/2024/07/ias-academy.html
NWO Open Competition-XS SSH
This programme enables researchers who received their PhD in the social sciences and humanities between five and ten years ago to carry out innovative projects. This programme is explicitly about curiosity-driven, cutting-edge research and the ability to quickly analyse a promising idea. With a grant of up to €50,000, researchers will have the opportunity to lay the foundations for a new line of research. They can also carry out research to develop methods or set up a collaboration or network. Applications are made anonymously, so the evaluation is based solely on the research idea.
Deadlines: There will be three rounds of €3 million each in 2024:
- Round 1: 19 March 2024 14:00 hrs
- Round 2: 27 August 2024 14:00 hrs
- Round 3: 15 October 2024 14:00 hrs
Information: https://www.nwo.nl/en/calls/ssh-open-competition-xs-2024-round-1
Ammodo Science Fellowship 2024
The Ammodo Science Fellowship offers early career researchers the opportunity to conduct high-quality research of their choice
and expand their international network. The fellowship will be granted biennially across four domains: Biomedical Sciences, Humanities, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences.Amount: from € 50,000 to € 200,000
Deadline: 6 September 2024
Information: fellowship.ammodo.org
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships will be provided to excellent researchers undertaking international mobility either to or between EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries, as well as to non-associated Third Countries. Applications will be made jointly by the researcher and a beneficiary in the academic or non-academic sector.
Deadline: 11 September 2024.
Information: https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/postdoctoral-fellowships
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Consortium grants & partnerships
IP themes
The theme-based collaboration programme invites academics to formulate new, sometimes unexpected research questions on socially relevant themes at the interface of disciplines and faculties - and to also incorporate these in teaching.
Call for Proposals Seed Grants 2024
This Seed Grant encourages innovative research initiatives that transcend disciplinary boundaries and address critical societal issues through which we bring the outside world in. Seed Grants range from €15k-€40k and can be spent on bringing together UvA-scholars from at least two different faculties to start, for example, innovative research projects or work on grant proposal preparations.
Deadline: 23 May 2024 11:00 hrs.
If you are interested in or want to join or collaborate with one of the four themes of the UvA Institutional Plan, please visit their events:
Fair and resilient societies
Fair and resilient societies has a meeting on 10 October 2023 (registration required).
Sustainable prosperity
Sustainable prosperity has a get-together every third Friday of the month, and on 15 December 2023 an annual event. If interested, please email USP@uva.nl.
Responsible digital transformations
Responsible digital transformations is aiming to have regular monthly meetings. The next event is Monday 16 October. Anybody interested can mail Cheyenne Fiene at c.fiene@uva.nl to be included in RDT communications and to join the 'Digitization & Society’ Teams Channel (a curated channel that supports informal communication between interested UvA-scholars).
Healthy future
Healthy future is organizing a seminar series. To register for the first seminar on 17 November (that is about food environments, health law and policy) – please fill out this form by 3 November 2023. Space is limited. The second seminar about Mental health and intergenerational transmission is on 2 February 2024 and the third on Healthy future and planetary health on 7 June 2024.
NGF AiNed ELSA Labs
The aim of this Call for proposals is to elicit projects that will help us acquire knowledge, expertise and insights for the development and application of human-centred AI. The overarching research question for the AiNed ELSA programme is: What can we learn from specific case studies that will help us acquire scalable and generalisable knowledge and insights for human-centred AI applications?
Deadline:
- Deadline for submitting an initiative: 7 May 2024 14:00 hrs.
- Feadline for the submission of proposals: 1 October 2024 14:00 hrs.
Information: https://www.nwo.nl/en/calls/ngf-ained-elsa-labs
Scholarship for a scientific conference organised by junior researchers
Tijdschrift voor Privaatrecht offers financial support for two scientific colloquia to promote research and cooperation among researchers in the Dutch-speaking field of law
Amount: up to € 2500
Deadline: 10 June 2024
Information: Brief TPR Congresfinanciering
Dutch Research Agenda (NWA) call Behavioural insights for climate policy
Within the NWA research programme, the Call for Proposals ‘Behavioural insights for climate policy’ aims to make climate policy more effective and feasible. This will be achieved by researching approaches and methods to more effectively embed behavioural insights into the policy cycle. This Call for Proposals is aimed at developing knowledge for frameworks for action for the government of the Netherlands to design and implement effective and feasible policies. In this way, the Call for Proposals contributes to accelerating the transitions in the Netherlands.
Deadline: 18 June 2024 14:00 hrs
Information: https://www.nwo.nl/en/calls/behavioural-insights-for-climate-policy
National Growth Fund round 4 - Postponed until further notice
The National Growth Fund allocates funding to projects with the highest potential of contributing to the earning capacity, or durable economic growth of the Netherlands.
Rolling deadlines:
- Quickscan: As of 12 October 2023
- Pre-registration with feedback and possibilities to adjust your proposal: As of February 2024. Postponed: There will be an online question hour via Teams with National Growth Fund Director Maurice van Tilburg on Thursday 21 March 15:00-16:00 hrs.
- Full proposal:
1 June-15 July 2024, with decision on awarding around February 2025
15 July-1 December 2024, with decision on awarding around June 2025
Information:
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – COFUND 2024
COFUND provides funding for institutions to set up doctoral or postdoctoral schemes for research, training and career development, involving international, interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral mobility. Projects last for up to 5 years and recruit at least 3 researchers, and help host organisations to fund salaries and additional allowances.
Deadline: 26 September 2024
Information: https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/cofund
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – Doctoral Networks
The objective of Doctoral Networks is to implement doctoral programmes by partnerships of organisations from different sectors across Europe and beyond to train highly skilled doctoral candidates, stimulate their creativity, enhance their innovation capacities and boost their employability in the long-term.
Deadline: 27 November 2024
Information: https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/doctoral-networks
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – Staff Exchanges
The Staff Exchanges action funds short-term international and inter-sectoral exchanges of staff members involved in research and innovation activities of participating organisations. The aim is to develop sustainable collaborative projects between different organisations from the academic and non-academic sectors (in particular SMEs), based in Europe and beyond.
Deadline: 5 February 2025
Information: https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-staff-exchanges-2024
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Open science & impact
IXA Learning Path Valorisation & Impact
IXA offers a new learning path towards actively valorising research and thus creating impact. The path consists of 3 modules; an introductory session, an indepth session and two sessions in which you work on your own idea. Participating researchers can work on a number of skills corresponding to their own needs. The focus will be on translating your own research into the idea that you will further develop into a service, product or way of public outreach.
When: 4 sessions in the period 15 February-23 April 2024
Information and registration: https://grant-support.uva.nl/content/events/2024/02/learning-path-valorisation-and-impact.html
NWO Impact Explorer
A small top-up, for ongoing research-projects in the open competition or talent line, to explore an unforeseen opportunity for impact.
Running deadline: The call has been open since 1 May 2023 and will stay open until the funding limit has been reached, or otherwise until 30 April 2024 14:00 hrs
Information: https://www.nwo.nl/en/calls/impact-explorer
Open Science Clusters' Action for Research & Society cascading-grant
To support the research communities to take up open science and foster the involvement of scientists in EOSC, OSCARS will launch two Open Calls (in total worth about 16 million Euro) to select third-parties for the development of new, innovative Open Science projects or services, that together will drive the uptake of FAIR-data-intensive research throughout the European Research Area (ERA). Projects can be proposed in the field of any of the Science Clusters by any researcher, or group of researchers, through a cascading grant mechanism.
Amount: Funding per project is between €100,000 to €250,000 (lump sum).
Deadlines:
- 1st call launches March 2024; deadline: 29 April 2024
- 2nd call launches November 2024; deadline: 29 December 2024
Information: https://oscars-project.eu
Nationale Wetenschapscommunicatiedag
The Nationale Wetenschapscommunicatiedag, organized by NWO/VSC - wetenschapsmusea & science centers, is the event for everyone working in science communication who wants to come together to share knowledge and expertise. This year's Nationale Wetenschapscommunicatiedag will take place on Monday 14 October at the Buitensoos in Zwolle. You can submit a proposal for a content session on this day no later than 12 May 2024.
Deadline call: 12 May 2024
When and where: 14 October 2024, Zwolle
Information: https://www.nationalewetenschapscommunicatiedag.nl/open-call-2024
Amsterdam Law School Impact Fund for Research
The Faculty has launched a fund to support researchers at all levels in their career with creating impact. The Impact Fund for Research is focused on non-scientific forms of impact: so-called societal impact. The Fund is also focused solely on impact activities following from research. The Fund will have 2 deadlines per calendaryear.
Amount: up to € 10,000
Deadline: 15 May 2024
IXA Impact Program Fall 2024
How do you increase your societal impact? What kind of strategy do you need? How do you present the story behind your research more clearly, with more emphasis on output and relevance? Who might be interested in your project or idea? And how do you approach media outlets, government agencies or companies? The Impact Program offers answers to all these questions and more. IXA developed the program for mid-career researchers of VU, Amsterdam UMC and UvA.
When: 26 September 2024-11 March 2025
Information: https://www.ixa.nl/events/impact-program-fall-2024/
ERC Proof of Concept Grants
ERC Proof of Concept Grants are for PIs of ongoing or recently completed ERC-funded research projects, and help explore the commercial and social innovation potential of this research. The biannual award provides a lump sum of EUR 150,000 for a period of 18 months.
Deadline: 17 September 2024
Information: https://erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/proof-concept
Open Science NL – Open Science Meetings
Both researchers and research support staff may submit an application for financial support for organising an open science meeting. The aim of this instrument is to allow open science communities to organise meetings on topics of common interest. Bottom-up support will benefit these communities and the connections between them by allowing open science practices to blossom and spread faster.
Amount: The maximum grant size is € 15,000 per meeting. The maximum remuneration per participant is € 100.
Deadline: Applications can be submitted continuously, until the deadline of 12 December 2024 14:00 hrs. An application for a meeting must be submitted a minimum of six weeks before the meeting takes place.
Information: https://www.openscience.nl/en/calls/open-science-meetings
Impact workshops NWO
These workshops will help you to define the focus of your proposal and increase the chance that your research will have societal impact. You can decide for yourself when, where, with whom and how often you use them.
When: open continuously
Information: NWO Impact Online workshops
NWO Open Access Books
The aim of this funding instrument is to stimulate the Open Access publication of academic books that result from NWO funding by providing funds for the payment of Book Processing Charges. Open access means your book can be read, shared and cited digitally without readers having to buy it. Open access thus increases the chances of your work being widely read and having an impact. Open access publishing does not prevent a possible simultaneous publication of the printed book.
When: open continuously
Information: https://www.nwo.nl/en/calls/open-access-books
Horizon Results Booster – steering research towards a strong societal impact
Supported by the European Commission, Horizon Results Booster services are delivered to FP7, H2020, and HE projects at no cost. The free-of-charge services are provided by experts and cover several paths in Dissemination and Exploitation activities, notably Portfolio Dissemination and Exploitation, Business Plan Development, and Go to Market service. Receive expert free of charge support services to boost the exploitation potential of your research results, disseminate effectively, and go to market.
When: open continuously
Information: https://www.horizonresultsbooster.eu
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Workshops & trainings
'How to form an effective and enduring consortium'
Article on the NWO website: https://www.nwo.nl/en/cases/how-to-form-an-effective-and-enduring-consortium
Questions?
You can reach the Grant Team of the Faculty of Law by emailing Project Coordinator Robin Buning: