What we offer

NIAS offers you time and space to advance your scientific work. Its international and interdisciplinary environment inspires the generation of new approaches and ideas that will bring ground-breaking academic work to fruition. Each year, a new academic group is formed, consisting of fellows from the Netherlands and abroad.

What NIAS offers

General information about what NIAS has to offer, and what a fellowship entails.
Individual Fellowships

NIAS offers individual fellowships to scholars who wish to carry out advanced research in the humanities and the social sciences. For five or ten months, scholars are offered the time and space to work on a topic of their own choice. Both Dutch scholars and scholars from abroad can apply for a individual fellowship.
Theme-group Fellowships

NIAS offers theme-group fellowships for scholars of different backgrounds who wish to collaborate on a particular subject or theme.
Co-Sponsored Fellowships

For scholars working in specific disciplines or research areas, NIAS cooperates with co-sponsoring partners to offer fellowships that reach specific disciplines or encourage and support a particular research goal.
Practical Matters

A number of things you should know before applying.
Fellowship Application Deadlines

Below you'll find an overview of fellowship deadlines that are currently open.
Apply for a fellowship

You are about to apply for a fellowship at NIAS for the academic year 2019/20.

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