Deadline: 01-Mar-23
The L’Oréal-Unesco for Women in Science Scholarship is now open for applications.
The Landelijk Netwerk Vrouwelijke Hoogleraren (LNVH) is founding partner of the Dutch L’Oréal-Unesco FWiS-programme, together with Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS-KNAW).
The Fellowships offer women researchers a stay in a interdisciplinary and international academic environment at NIAS-KNAW in Amsterdam for a period of one semester. Exempted from regular administrative, (and/or) clinical and teaching tasks, the researchers get the opportunity to focus on broadening and deepening their research and writing publications or grant proposals.
Objectives
- The Dutch L’Oréal-Unesco For Women in Science Fellowship grants (hereafter: grants) are intended to advance the academic careers of women researchers with 3 to 10 years of post-PhD academic experience (comparable to Veni/Vidi level) and working in the field of Life Sciences or in the STEM disciplines. The aim is to increase the number of women professors in the Netherlands.
- These grants offer women researchers the opportunity to work within the interdisciplinary, international academic environment of NIAS-KNAW in Amsterdam, away from the distractions of regular administrative and teaching tasks so that they can focus on broadening and deepening their research and writing publications or grant proposals.
Funding Information
Two fellowships, grants of €30.000 each, will be awarded with the intention to advance the academic career of women researches three to ten years after they have finished a PhD.
Eligibility Criteria
- Women researchers with 3 to 10 years of post-PhD academic experience (Veni/Vidi level) may apply. Maternity leave, part-time work and family care will be taken into account and, if applicable, the upper limit of 10 years can be extended by up to 18 months per child.
- Applicants submit a proposal on a current research topic in the Life Sciences or in the STEM disciplines. The Life Sciences are defined as research focusing on scientific and engineering knowledge that contribute to the understanding of the underlying processes in the existence of living organisms. This includes the study of conditions of health and disease in humans. It implies a comprehensive and integrated approach which may also include the humanities and social sciences, while at the same time doing justice to a solid foundation in the natural sciences. Additionally, STEM is defined as the exact sciences, including research in the fields of technology, engineering and maths.
- As the aim of this programme is to increase the number of women professors in the Netherlands by improving the career prospects of women researchers, only researchers with a permanent or temporary contract at a Dutch university or research institute are eligible to apply. Zero-hour contracts or visiting researcher positions do not apply.
For more information, visit Landelijk Netwerk Vrouwelijke Hoogleraren.