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Funding, Grants & Competitions

  • (New) AVT-Anéla PhD Dissertation Award 2026

    Deadline: Saturday 15 August 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 .

  • ERC Advanced Grant 2026

    Deadline: Thursday 27 August 2026

    Applicants 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.

    For more information, see https://erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/advanced-grant?utm_campaign=grant_update_ixa&utm_source=deployteq&utm_medium=e-mail.

  • ERC Plus Grant

    Deadline: Wednesday 2 September 2026

    The 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.

    For more information, see https://erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/erc-plus-grant?utm_campaign=grant_update_ixa&utm_source=deployteq&utm_medium=e-mail.
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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.

  • 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 .

  • 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 .