Headlines Funding, Grants & Competitions
- AVT-Anéla PhD Dissertation Award 2026
- ERC Advanced Grant 2026
- NWO Veni pre-proposals
- ERC Plus Grant
- MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026
- KHMW: Young Talent Graduation Awards 2026
- KHMW: Responsible Internet Thesis Awards
- The FGw Consortium Fund
- Scholarship: The Netherlands Institute at Athens
- KHMW: Jan Brouwer Thesis Prizes 2026
- KNAW Trailblazers Fund
Funding, Grants & Competitions
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AVT-Anéla PhD Dissertation Award 2026
Deadline: Saturday 15 August 2026Annually, the General Association for Linguistics (AVT) and the Dutch Association for Applied Linguistics (Anéla) award a prize for the best PhD dissertation in the field of linguistics.
For the AVT/Anéla PhD dissertation award 2026, all PhD dissertations defended at a Dutch University between 16 July 2025 and 15 July 2026 are eligible. See the website for the submission form and more information.
For more information, see https://anela.nl/en/prijzen/dissertatieprijs/ or contact Remco Knooihuizen at r.m.knooihuizen at rug.nl, or Gudrun Reijnierse at w.g.reijnierse at vu.nl. -
ERC Advanced Grant 2026
Deadline: Thursday 27 August 2026Applicants for the ERC Advanced Grants (Principal Investigators or PI) are expected to be active researchers who have a track-record of significant research achievements. The PI should be exceptional leaders in terms of originality and significance of their research contributions. No specific eligibility criteria with respect to the academic requirements are foreseen.
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NWO Veni pre-proposals
Deadline: Tuesday 1 September 2026The call for pre-proposals for the NWO-Veni 2026 is now open. "Veni" is part of the NWO Talent Programme and targeted at researchers who are transitioning towards independence and whose academic qualities clearly exceed what is customary at this career stage. Researchers who have obtained their PhD between 1 January 2023 and 2 September 2026 are eligible to apply. Extensions are possible. The Veni offers € 320.000 for projects with a duration of up to three years. The deadline for pre-proposals is on 2 September 2025. Full proposals must be submitted by 27 January 2027.
For more information, see https://www.nwo.nl/en/calls/nwo-talent-programme-veni-social-sciences-and-humanities-ssh-2026?utm_campaign=fgw_grantteam&utm_source=fgw_deployteq&utm_medium=email or contact Anne Toonders at sgw-veni at nwo.nl. -
ERC Plus Grant
Deadline: Wednesday 2 September 2026The new funding scheme, ERC Plus Grants, is planned to support outstanding researchers from Europe and anywhere in the world with bold ideas and a vision for transformative research that goes beyond the scope of existing ERC programmes. Applicants should explain how the proposed project goes beyond the scope of a regular ERC project.
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MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026
Deadline: Wednesday 9 September 2026The fellowships enhance the creative and innovative potential of researchers holding a PhD and who wish to acquire new skills through advanced training, international, interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral mobility. MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships will be open to excellent researchers of any nationality.
For more information, see https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/funding/msca-postdoctoral-fellowships-2026. -
KHMW: Young Talent Graduation Awards 2026
Deadline: Thursday 17 September 2026The KHMW Young Talent Awards 2026 recognize outstanding students in science and technology at Dutch universities. The program includes 18 Graduation Awards (€1,000–€3,000 each) for exceptional master’s theses or research reports and 68 Incentive Awards of €500 each reward top first-year students (2024/2025) in fields like Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, and Mathematics.
For more information, see https://khmw.nl/khmw-jong-talent-prijzen-khmw-young-talent-awards/ or contact KHMW office at prijzen at khmw.nl. -
KHMW: Responsible Internet Thesis Awards
Deadline: Thursday 17 September 2026The KHMW Responsible Internet Thesis Awards recognize outstanding master’s theses addressing the future of a safer, more accessible, and better-governed internet. Two prizes are awarded annually: a first prize of €3,000 and a second prize of €1,000. Nominations for the 2026 edition are open for students graduating in the 2025/2026 academic year at a Dutch university.
For more information, see https://khmw.nl/khmw-scriptieprijzen-responsible-internet/ or contact KHMW office at prijzen at khmw.nl. -
The FGw Consortium Fund
Deadline: Thursday 1 October 2026The FGw Consortium Fund supports research staff in networking activities in the preparation of consortium applications with (inter)national, academic and/or societal partners, under EU programmes such as Horizon Europe Global Challenges, and national funding instruments, for example in the context of the Dutch National Research Agenda (NWA) and Knowledge and Innovation Covenant (KIC), and any such relevant programme or instrument.
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Scholarship: The Netherlands Institute at Athens
Deadline: Thursday 1 October 2026The Netherlands Institute at Athens awards a number of grants for study stays in Athens. Students, graduates, PhD students and recent PhDs connected to the VU University, the Universities of Amsterdam, Leiden, Utrecht, Groningen and the Radboud University Nijmegen are eligible for these grants.
The research in question should be connected to Greece, and the stay in Athens should clearly add value to the research. In reviewing the applications, the quality of the proposal (research questions and work plan) and study results will be evaluated.
For more information, see https://nia.gr/en/scholarships/ or contact nia at nia.gr. -
KHMW: Jan Brouwer Thesis Prizes 2026
Deadline: Friday 2 October 2026The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW) invites nominations for the 2026 Jan Brouwer Thesis Prizes, offering ten awards of €3,000 each to master’s students in the humanities and social sciences who graduated in the 2025/2026 academic year at a Dutch university.
For more information, see https://khmw.nl/khmw-jan-brouwer-scriptieprijzen/ or contact KHMW office at prijzen at khmw.nl. -
KNAW Trailblazers Fund
Deadline: Thursday 29 April 2027Early-career first-generation academics can apply for a grant of €5,000 (PhD candidates) or €10,000 (postdoctoral researchers or university lecturers) that can be used for activities that advance their scientific/scholarly career.
The Academy aims for an award rate of approximately 25%. In the event of a substantially higher number of high-quality applications being submitted, the Academy may decide to apply randomization.
For more information, see https://www.knaw.nl/en/funds-and-prizes/knaw-trailblazersfund-firstgenerationacademics or contact wetenschapsfondsen at knaw.nl.