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Fellowships

NIAS offers an intellectual haven for researchers, writers, journalists and artists to pursue their research or projects, to work in an interdisciplinary environment and to share their knowledge with society. Participating in NIAS’ international and interdisciplinary community inspires the generation of new approaches and ideas that will bring ground-breaking work to fruition. Each year, a new group of about 50 fellows is formed.

  • What NIAS offers

    NIAS offers an intellectual haven to a diverse year group of international scientists, writers, journalists and artists and provides these NIAS Fellows with the opportunity to devote themselves to an independent research project of their own design. Each year, NIAS hosts around fifty fellows.

    photo of the NIAS collaborative room with fellows sitting and listening in the background

  • Commitment, rules and regulations

    A fellowship at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study is a residency in the full sense of the word. Fellows step back from their everyday obligations in order to concentrate on their research in a multidisciplinary, international environment.

    Practical Matters

  • Individual Fellowships

    NIAS offers fellowships to scholars wishing to undertake research in the humanities and social sciences, as well as to those from other disciplines whose work engages with these fields.

    photo of a NIAS fellow reading in their office

  • Theme Group Fellowships

    For scholars of different backgrounds who wish to collaborate on a particular subject or theme NIAS offers the NIAS Theme Group Fellowships and the NIAS-Lorentz Theme Group Fellowship.

    Theme-group Fellowships

  • Fellowship Application Deadlines

    See here for an overview of the fellowship calls that are currently open.

    Fellowship Application Deadlines

  • Applying for a NIAS Fellowship

    Applications for NIAS Individual and Theme Group Fellowships are written in English and submitted through the application module on the NIAS website during the annual Open Call, which runs from 15 January to 15 March.

    Application for a Fellowship

  • Former Fellowships

    Some fellowship programmes have been discontinued, but remain part of the collective memory of the institute.

    Current fellows