If so, the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS) invites you to apply to its Open Call and spend 5 or 10 months in Amsterdam, immersed in an interdisciplinary community that values curiosity-driven research in the humanities, social sciences and beyond.
Why NIAS?
Founded in the 1970s, NIAS was the first institute for advanced study in continental Europe to embrace interdisciplinarity and international collaboration. At a time when academia was siloed and national in scope, NIAS brought together scholars from different disciplines and countries to rethink boundaries – a mission it continues to uphold.
Who should apply?
NIAS seeks scholars who are willing to ask bold questions, challenge conventional thinking, and engage deeply with their research and each other. This is more than a research institute – it is a place where you can experience, learn, and help protect academic freedoms.
NIAS Fellowships
The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS) offers a wealth of fellowships. Besides the NIAS individual and group fellowships, we offer several fellowships in cooperation with our partners:
- Distinguished NIAS Lorentz Fellowship: for scholars bridging the humanities, social sciences and natural or technological sciences.
- Safe Haven Fellowship: for scholars, artists and journalists unable to work in their home countries due to conflict or war.
- The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Fellowship stimulates the scientific careers of talented young women in Life Sciences and STEM.
- NIAS-NIOD-KITLV Fellowship: focuses on “Moving Objects, Mobilising Culture in the Context of (De)Colonisation”. For researchers from formerly colonised countries studying collections in the Netherlands.
- The Golestan Fellowship is aimed at researchers from the medical or biological sciences.
- Willem F. Duisenberg Fellowship: for researchers in the field of applied monetary economics, macro-economics or public finance.
- Fellowships aimed at writers, artists and journalists.
Apply now or spread the word
Applications are open until 17 March 2025 (12:00 CET). To maintain sound selection procedures, NIAS will cap the 2025 Open Call for Fellowships at 215 applications for the first time. This cap does not apply to applicants from the so-called Global South. Only the first 215 eligible submissions will be considered for the 2026-2027 academic year.
The Call opens on 15 January 2025 and closes on 17 March 2025 at 12:00 noon CET. Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit early to secure consideration.
If this isn’t the right opportunity for you, please share it with your network. Any questions about applying for a fellowship can be addressed to selection@nias.knaw.nl.
