Deadline:
As soon as possible
Location(s)
Netherlands
Korte Spinhuissteeg 3, 1012 CG Amsterdam PO Box 10855, 1001 EW Amsterdam
Overview
NIAS individual Fellowships are awarded to scholars to carry out advanced research in the humanities and the social sciences. Individual fellowships for scholars with a non-Dutch affiliation, who wish to work on an individual project for 5 or 10 months. These fellowships are by application.
Details
NIAS Fellowships are funded directly by NIAS through the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). Fellowships are by application only and suit scholars from the Netherlands or scholars from abroad who wish to work on an individual project for one semester or two semesters at the Institute.
Preference is given to
- applicants who propose an interdisciplinary project;
- a project that is closely related to an already externally funded project.
NIAS only offers a limited number of NIAS Fellowships each year and the competition is fierce (about 10% of all applications succeed). Please note that applications by former NIAS Fellows and scholars at the end of their career will be given low priority.
NIAS does not provide fellowships for training programmes or educational purposes. Nor does it offer courses, or financial support to conduct research elsewhere.
Selection procedure
Application documents are processed by the Selection Office, who performs administrative and criteria checks on all applications. If applicants do not comply, the application will not be taken into consideration. Applications that fit the eligibility criteria are sent to independent external reviewers. Applications are evaluated by external reviewers on the basis of scientific quality and academic experience of the applicant.
In order to establish a diverse and coherent research group, additional elements that are taken into consideration by the NIAS directorate include the spread across disciplinary backgrounds, gender, age and geographical origin. In addition, the availability of facilities such as housing are also taken into consideration.
Based on the reviewers’ assessments, the recommendations of the Academic Advisory Board , in combination with the above-mentioned additional selection criteria, it is the director who ultimately decides which applicants will be invited for a NIAS Fellowship. Applicants should take into account that the outcome of an application is in December of the same year. The process takes 7-8 months because of the peer reviewer evaluation process. Please note that NIAS only offers a limited number of NIAS Fellowships each year and that the competition is fierce, which means that less than 10% of all applications is accepted.
Who we are
NIAS - one of the institutes of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) – has made it its mission to provide a physical and intellectual space for advanced research in the humanities and social sciences that is driven by curiosity and cross-discipline collaboration.
Our mission
NIAS - one of the institutes of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) – has made it its mission to provide a physical and intellectual space for advanced research in the humanities and social sciences that is driven by curiosity and cross-discipline collaboration. NIAS is committed to supporting independent research and knowledge exchange in a setting that is both collaborative and multi-disciplinary – breaking down cross-discipline barriers and facilitating innovative advances in the process.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Eligibility criteria
In order to be considered eligible for a fellowship by NIAS, the following criteria and rules are applicable:
- At least 3 years of post-Ph.D. degree academic experience
- The proposal should be related to the field of Humanities and Social Sciences
- The research proposal should be original (and not an amended version of an application previously rejected by NIAS)
- Applicants must have an affiliation with a university or research institute during the period of the fellowship. Guest researchers and researchers with a so called ‘nul-aanstelling’ (‘zero-hours contract’) are not eligible for application. The NIAS Fellowship does not constitute an employment relationship: the fellow is and remains an employee of his or her own university or research institute. NIAS is thus not obligated to make social insurance contributions or to contribute to pension or unemployment insurances
- Applicants can only apply for either an individual fellowship or a theme-group fellowship in a single year, not for both
- If applicants were granted with an earlier fellowship at NIAS, they can apply for a new fellowship 10 years after finishing the first fellowship
- A completed online application form with all requested documents uploaded
Dates
Deadline: As soon as possible
Cost/funding for participants
- A NIAS fellowship awarded to a scholar from abroad includes subsidised accommodation (see also "What NIAS Offers"), lunches, a personal study, research facilities, one international return ticket.
- NIAS fellowships for scholars from the Netherlands include fixed commuting allowance (see also "What NIAS Offers"), lunches, a personal study and research facilities (in special circumstances subsidized studio accommodation may be requested).
- A NIAS Fellow affiliated with a Dutch university is entitled to a replacement subsidy for teaching duties.
- A NIAS Fellow from outside the Netherlands can in some cases be entitled to a stipend.
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