An education grant may be available for collaboration with universities outside The Netherlands. This webpage contains information about the available grants, application procedures and where to look for help and advice.

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An education grant may be available for collaboration with universities outside The Netherlands. This webpage contains information about the available grants, application procedures and where to look for help and advice.

This section lists awards, scholarships and grants at FSW for which you can nominate/apply for yourself or another person.

Are you an FSW lecturer with a great idea to innovate your teaching? Put your idea into practice with a Grassroots or Grass Shoots grant!

Are you an FSW lecturer with a great idea to innovate your teaching? Put your idea into practice with a Grassroots or Grass Shoots grant!

Leiden University receives funding from several external sources, although most of its funding comes from the government. This is termed the first stream of income. Together, government funds and the tuition fee form the first stream of income.

A positive reception of your research proposal lies largely in the way you deliver it. Key to writing a proposal is knowing exactly what is expected, giving them what they want while staying true to yourself, and distinguishing yourself from others. On this page you will find what to take into account…

A positive reception of your research proposal lies largely in the way you deliver it. Key to writing a proposal is knowing exactly what is expected, giving them what they want while staying true to yourself, and distinguishing yourself from others. On this page you will find what to take into account…

A positive reception of your research proposal lies largely in the way you deliver it. Key to writing a proposal is knowing exactly what is expected, giving them what they want while staying true to yourself, and distinguishing yourself from others. On this page you will find what to take into account…

A positive reception of your research proposal lies largely in the way you deliver it. Key to writing a proposal is knowing exactly what is expected, giving them what they want while staying true to yourself, and distinguishing yourself from others. On this page you will find what to take into account…

A positive reception of your research proposal lies largely in the way you deliver it. Key to writing a proposal is knowing exactly what is expected, giving them what they want while staying true to yourself, and distinguishing yourself from others. On this page you will find what to take into account…

A positive reception of your research proposal lies largely in the way you deliver it. Key to writing a proposal is knowing exactly what is expected, giving them what they want while staying true to yourself, and distinguishing yourself from others. On this page you will find what to take into account…

A positive reception of your research proposal lies largely in the way you deliver it. Key to writing a proposal is knowing exactly what is expected, giving them what they want while staying true to yourself, and distinguishing yourself from others. On this page you will find what to take into account…

The starting point for writing an individual grant is the call page in our funding calendar, which will guide you through all relevant information. On this page you will find an overview of all useful general resources for each step of writing an individual grant.

The starting point for writing an individual grant is the call page in our funding calendar, which will guide you through all relevant information. On this page you will find an overview of all useful general resources for each step of writing an individual grant.

The starting point for writing an individual grant is the call page in our funding calendar, which will guide you through all relevant information. On this page you will find an overview of all useful general resources for each step of writing an individual grant.

The starting point for writing an individual grant is the call page in our funding calendar, which will guide you through all relevant information. On this page you will find an overview of all useful general resources for each step of writing an individual grant.

The starting point for writing an individual grant is the call page in our funding calendar, which will guide you through all relevant information. On this page you will find an overview of all useful general resources for each step of writing an individual grant.

The starting point for writing an individual grant is the call page in our funding calendar, which will guide you through all relevant information. On this page you will find an overview of all useful general resources for each step of writing an individual grant.

The starting point for writing an individual grant is the call page in our funding calendar, which will guide you through all relevant information. On this page you will find an overview of all useful general resources for each step of writing an individual grant.

Research

Uncovering ageing processes in the brain and research on the use of the word ‘that’. Thanks to a Rubicon Grant, two Leiden researchers who were recently awarded their PhDs will be able to conduct research at a research institute abroad.

Dr. Rafal Matuszewski, assistant professor at the ancient history department of the Institute for History, has been awarded an Early Career Partnership by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).

The new VIS grant has been awarded to four projects from the Faculty of Humanities. In a Virtual International Cooperation Project (VIS), Dutch and foreign students work together remotely on a project that links local issues to an international perspective.

Three projects affiliated with the university will receive grants from the Leids Mediafonds (Leiden Media Fund ed.). The money is to be spend on creating a journalistic production in collaboration with a local media partner.

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has granted four grants to Leiden humanities scholars. They get to spend this money on research on a topic of their choice, without thematic preconditions.

Five Leiden researchers have been awarded a Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This grant of up to two million euros will enable them to continue and expand their scientific research.

At least six people are off to a good start of the summer, because they are the recipients of a Meijers grant. For the next few years, these researchers will be able to devote themselves to their PhD research. Let’s meet these new PhD candidates!

Seven researchers from Leiden University have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant. This will enable them to start their own project, build their research team and put their best ideas into action.

In a project funded by the John Templeton Foundation to the group of Micha Drukker, scientists will produce stem cells from short and long living understudied species to model cellular and organismal lifespan.

Graig Klein, assistant professor at the Institute of Security of Global Affairs (ISGA), has been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) for his project TERGAP. With this 1.500.000 euro grant Klein and his research team will investigate terrorist groups’ decision-making and strategic…

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded an Advanced Grant to six Leiden researchers. It awards these significant grants to established principal investigators for ground-breaking, high-risk research.

Research

Education, Research

The Committee for Academic Expenditure of the Leiden University Fund (LUF) awards grants for research and education projects. They have awarded Ekaterina Pannebakker a LUF grant on behalf of Leiden Law School.

‘I could hardly believe my ears when I heard that we had been awarded the Gravitation grant,’ says Berna Güroğlu, professor of the Neuroscience of Social Relations. This grant is awarded by the state, via NWO, to pioneering scientific top research. In terms of grants, this really is something special,…

What is it like to participate in the Erasmus+ grant programme as a Master's student from Ukraine? Yevhenii Radchenko did an eight-month internship at Leiden University in 2018. Soon after, he returned as a PhD candidate. 'You have little to lose, but a lot to gain.'

Dark matter. Something invisible that, according to calculations, comprises about 85% of the matter in the universe. With an ERC Advanced Grant of €2.5 million, Professor of Observational Cosmology Henk Hoekstra will map out even more precisely where this dark matter is to be found.

Research on quantum computers and Islamic charities: two Leiden researchers have received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council.

From the effects of hormone fluctuations in women via the interior structure of giant planets to the prehistory of the languages: six Leiden researchers have been awarded a Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council.