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    MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026

    Deadline: Wednesday 9 September 2026

    The 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.

  • (Updated) Deadline extended: AVT-Anéla PhD Dissertation Award 2026

    Deadline: Tuesday 15 September 2026

    Annually, 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 , or Gudrun Reijnierse at .

  • KHMW: Young Talent Graduation Awards 2026

    Deadline: Thursday 17 September 2026

    The 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 .

  • KHMW: Responsible Internet Thesis Awards

    Deadline: Thursday 17 September 2026

    The 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 .

  • The FGw Consortium Fund

    Deadline: Thursday 1 October 2026

    The 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.

    For more information, see https://medewerker.uva.nl/en/research/research-grants/consortium-fund?utm_campaign=fgw_grantteam&utm_source=fgw_deployteq&utm_medium=email or contact .

  • Scholarship: The Netherlands Institute at Athens

    Deadline: Thursday 1 October 2026

    The 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 .

  • KHMW: Jan Brouwer Thesis Prizes 2026

    Deadline: Friday 2 October 2026

    The 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 .

  • (New) NWO: Mosaic 3.0 (pre-proposals)

    Deadline: Tuesday 3 November 2026

    The Mosaic 3.0 PhD scholarship programme encourages graduates with a non-Western migration background—a group underrepresented in the Dutch scientific community—to pursue a career in science. The call is currently in preparation and, thus, pending further details. However, tentatives deadlines have already been announced.

    For more information, see https://www.nwo.nl/en/calls/mosaic-30?utm_campaign=fgw_grantteam&utm_source=fgw_deployteq&utm_medium=email.

  • (New) NWO: Vidi 2026 (open for pre-proposals)

    Deadline: Tuesday 3 November 2026

    Vidi is an instrument within the NWO Talent Programme. The Vidi target group consists of researchers who are in the transition to leadership. They also possess academic qualities that clearly exceed what is usual and demonstrate development of leadership and mentoring qualities. The Vidi grant funds scientifically innovative research and gives researchers the opportunity to establish or expand a research group.

    The Vidi round is open to researchers who obtained their PhD between October 1, 2018 and October 1, 2026. The deadline for submitting pre-proposals is November 3, 2026 at 14:00 CET.

    For more information, see https://www.nwo.nl/en/news/vidi-round-2026-now-open-for-pre-proposals or contact Daphne Kortbeek at .

  • (New) NWO: Open Competition Expand (pre-proposals)

    Deadline: Tuesday 17 November 2026

    The Open Competition schemes M and L have been merged into the funding instrument Open Competition Expand. OC Expand is intended for researchers who wish to carry out a large-scale research project that makes a substantial contribution to the development of knowledge within the social sciences and humanities. Applicants must hold a PhD and have a permanent or tenure-track appointment at a Dutch research institution.

    The first call of proposals is currently in preparation thus pending further details, but the tentative deadlines have already been announced.

    For more information, see https://www.nwo.nl/en/calls/ssh-open-competition-expand-2026 or contact Kira Nijland at .

  • (New) Open Science Meetings (funding)

    Deadline: Thursday 10 December 2026

    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.

    For more information, see https://www.openscience.nl/en/calls/open-science-meetings-0?utm_campaign=fgw_grantteam&utm_source=fgw_deployteq&utm_medium=email or contact Anna Kunst at .

  • KNAW Trailblazers Fund

    Deadline: Thursday 29 April 2027

    Early-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 .