Funding

Scientific research in academia is increasingly dependent on external funding.

National funding agencies

Research Professional

Searchable funding database with alerts on latest information on topics of your interest: Research Professional. For login, an AMC email address is required. Questions: researchoffice@amc.uva.nl

ZonMw

Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development for health related funding: ZonMw.

NWO

Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research. For funding in other fields: e.g. Earth and Life Sciences, Applied Technology, Social Sciences: NWO.

Catharine van Tussenbroek Fonds

Catharine van Tussenbroek Fonds, travel- and research grants for female researchers: CvT fund. 

KNAW

Offers serveral grants for young medical researchers. : KNAW.

Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds
The Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds awards grants to excellent and ambitiious PhD candidates for PhD research abroad (minumum stay is 3 months).

www.cultuurfonds.nl/cultuurfondsbeurzen

Albert Schweitzer Fonds
The Nederlands Albert Schweitzer Fonds (NASF) awards an annual prize for young professionals to kickstart innovative projects to improve health in Sub Sahara African countries.

www.nasf.nl

Grant opportunity resources

Research Professional

Searchable funding database with alerts on latest information on topics of your interest: Research Professional. For login, an AMC email address is required. Questions: researchoffice@amc.uva.nl

The Fondsendisk

A CD-ROM that lists funding opportunities in The Netherlands – can be consulted at the Research Office Secretariat (room E2-178, tel. 020 56 68639).

Yellow Pages

Yellow Pages is the weekly newsletter of the Research Office. It is published on Thursdays and contains announcements about grant opportunities, scientific meetings and other activities related to research. To subscribe/unsubscribe: please send a mail to yellowpages-request@amc.uva.nl.

Career grants (during or after PhD):

NWO Rubicon

NWO Rubicon: For talented researchers who have recently obtained their PhD and wish to gain experience at a leading research institution in The Netherlands or abroad.

VENI

VENI. A personal grant for outstanding researchers who have recently obtained their PhDs, to enable them to further develop their ideas.

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions. MSCA provides grants for all stages of a researcher’s career which encourage transnational, intersectoral and interdisciplinary mobility.

Dr. E Dekker Program

Dr. E. Dekker Program of the Dutch Heart Foundation offers personal grant funding.

Dutch Cancer Society

The Dutch Cancer Society offers funding opportunities for young researchers.

AUF/Spinoza Fund

AUF/Spinoza Fund offers travel grants for AMC PhD candidates, for conferences and scientific internships. AUF/Spinozafund offers grants for travel and accommodation expenses, up to a predefined maximum. Contact the International Office: internationaloffice@amc.uva.nl or have a look at the International Office intranet webpage

Euraxess

Euraxess. Fellowships for post doc researchers in Europe.

Nuffic

Nuffic. Infrastructure and scholarships for study and fellowships worldwide.

Erasmus+

Erasmus+ Grants for bachelor and master students and PhD candidates to study abroad for 3-12 months. Contact the International Office: internationaloffice@amc.uva.nl.

General information:

AMC HR Excellence. The AMC endorses the principles of the European Charter for Researchers and of the European Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers, stimulating an environment where research and education can flourish.