Eleonora Sciubba / Tilburg School of Humanities

Grants for PhDs

• Introduction

• Life during your PhD

• Life after your Phd

• Thinking Ahead (overview of grant fundings)

Overview

• Grantfinder

• Degree type

• Scholarship type

• Discipline

• Nationality

• Euraxess

• Research field

• Funding type

• Career stage

• Organization country

• Research Professional

• Discipline

• Award type

• Funder

• Closing date

• Etc.

info: k.melicherova@uvt.nl

• Google search

Portals and databases

• Travel grants: check Associations and Conferences

eg. CSA

• Fellowships: check Foundations, Libraries etc

The Newberry

During your PhD

Title Prize Fields Freq Deadline Award

Ceremony

Nomination Formal criteria

TiU

Dissertation

Prize

Money

(2

prizes)

Every field within TiU 1 Sep Nov School level Defense took place in the

previous academic year

Preamium

Erasmianum

(Erasmusprijs

)

Money

(max. 5

prizes)

Humanities, Law,

Social Sciences

1 Dec May School Candidates should be <45 years

old

Keetje

Hodshon Prijs

12.500 Humanities 1 Jan June Supervisors Nominations must be signed

(endorsed) by at least two

professors

*General prizes

Title Prize Fields Freq Deadlin

e

Award

Ceremo

ny

Nominati

on

Formal criteria

Gerardus van

der Leeuw

PhD

Dissertation

Award

Money,

key

note

lecture

Religion 2 Oct Dec? Superviso

r/

PhD

Committe

e

PhD obtained within 3 academic

years before the award ceremony,

candidate must be a member of

the NGG

Max van der

Stoel Human

Rights Award

Money Human Rights 1 Jul Dec School Dutch or English dissertation,

defended in the previous academic

year

*Specific topics

Title Prize Fields Freq Deadline Award

Ceremony

Nomination Formal criteria

Heineken

Young

Scientist

Award

10.000 Biochemistry

biophysics; cognitive

science; medicine;

history;

environmental

sciences

2 Oct Sep Dean PhD defense max. 5 years

before or 3 months after

award ceremony

New Scientist

Award

Money,

trophee,

media-

attention

Every field ? May Sept. Vice-dean Dutch candidates, < 36 years,

PhD obtained max. 5 years

before award

*After your PhD

• This overview comprises a selection, there are more (international) prizes (special funds, ngo’s, companies)

• Always check the website to see if the prize still exists and for current deadlines!

• Ask your supervisors/peers/network for information – find your niche!

• Subscribe to (relevant) newsletters – KNAW etc.

• Keep deadlines in sight: the ones mentioned are final deadlines! The internal procedures start earlier

• Start gaining experience with submissions for prizes/funding during your PhD-project to increase your chances after your PhD

• Discuss with your supervisor to determine strategies

Tips:

• Dissertation Prizes (Associations, eg. Folli; )

• PhD exchanges and internships (Research Networks, eg. Voxpol)

• Individual Research Grants

• Rubicon (NWO)

• Veni (NWO)

• MSCA (ERC)

• Humboldt Foundation

After your PhD (contd.)

Grant Time Country Duration

Humboldt0-4y after PhD

€2,650/m + benefits Germany 6-24 months

MSCA No restriction

€4,650/m + benefits(*country correction coefficient)

EU (12 months rule) 1-2 years

Focus on your career

Veni0-3y after PhD €250 K Netherlands 3 years

Focus on societal impact

RubiconMax 1y after PhD Abroad 1-2 years Travel grant

Overview of personal grants

> Rubicon offers talented researchers who have completed their doctorates in the past year the chance to gain experience at a top research institution outside the Netherlands, as international research experience is likely to be an advantage at a later stage in the applicant's academic career

It covers:

- your salary including fringe benefits,

- travel costs and

- a limited amount for research costs

Deadlines:

- in 2017 are 30 March, 31 August and 30 November

Duration: 1-2 years at an excellent research institution outside the Netherlands

Rubicon (NWO)

> It allows researchers who have recently obtained their PhD to conduct independent research and develop their ideas for a period of three years

Target group:

- excellent researchers with a striking and original talent as well a considerable fascination for doing challenging and pioneering research.

- The focus in this respect is on innovative and curiosity-driven research.

- The candidates are at the start of their academic career but have already demonstrated a striking talent for doing scientific research.

- It is essential that researchers should have the ability to formulate and conduct a line of scientific research independently

- Promoting female researchers

Deadline: January 10, 2017

Veni (NWO)

• No restriction after PhD or age

• Fixed grant: own salary + allowances

• Goals: mobility / skills / training

• 2 individual grant schemes:

• European Fellowship

• Global Fellowship

• Deadline in September each year

• Mobility rule (<12m in the 3y prior to deadline in hosting country)

• Eulogin on the Participant Portal

MSCA (ERC) - MARIE SKŁODOWSKA-CURIE INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIPS

• 12-24 months in a EU Research Institute

• Researcher: any nationality

• Host: EU

• What new skills are you going to learn?

• Researcher benefits from academia

MSCA European Fellowship

• Outgoing phase: 12 – 24 months

• Mandatory return phase: 12 months

• Host: non-EU

• What new skills are you going to bring back to EU?

• Researcher benefits from knowledge from academia outside Europe and applies knowledge at academia in Europe

MSCA Global Fellowships

• Researchers from abroad with above average qualifications, at the beginning of your academic career and only completed your doctorate in the last four years.

• A Humboldt Research Fellowship for postdoctoral researchers allows you to carry out long-term research (6-24 months) in Germany.

• Applicants choose their own research topic and academic host.

• Scientists and scholars of all nationalities and disciplines may apply to the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation online at any time.

• Short-term study visits, participation in congresses and training courses cannot be financed.

Humboldt (Germany)

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Overview

Veni€250K / 3y

Rubicon

Vici€1,5M / 5y

Vidi€800K / 5y

No PhD / 4y research

Starter

Advanced

Consolidator

€2,5M / 5y

€1,5M / 5y

€2M / 5y

var./ 2y

12-24msalary

MSC

AHumboldtexperiencedresearcher

Humboldtyoung

researcher

6-18msalary

6-24msalary

• 24 January 2017 grant writing workshop (the real McCoy)

• 9 February 2017 grant writing workshop (the real McCoy)

Next meetings

Thank You!

You can contact us

with questions on funding

at

TSH grant support

Eleonora Sciubba, Phdm.e.sciubba@uvt.nl

Anke van der Madea.vdrmade@uvt.nl