News - ACLC - University of Amsterdam

Internationalisation in the Humanities grant for Petra Sleeman

24 July 2017

NWO has awarded funding from the programme Internationalisation in the Humanities to seven researchers. This concerns projects in which a Dutch humanities research group collaborates with at least two foreign ...

Emeritus professor Manfred Woidich has been elected fellow British Academy

24 July 2017

Prof. dr. Manfred Woidich, emeritus professor of Arabic at the UvA, has been elected Corresponding Fellow of the renowned British Academy.

Fifteen Grants Awarded | Cutting Edge Research Fund

11 July 2017

The Faculty of Humanities has awarded grants to fifteen projects from the Cutting Edge Research Fund.

Cutting Edge Research Fund | Call for proposals reopened

11 July 2017

As of July 2017, the UvA FGw Cutting Edge Research Fund has been reopened. Applications can be submitted continuously until no later than 31 December 2017.

SMART Animals

22 Feb 2017

Call for workshop proposal as part of the second Amsterdam SMART Cognitive Science Conference December 6th-8th 2017

Cutting Edge Research Fund | Extended guidelines

16 Feb 2017

As of mid-February 2017, the guidelines for Network Grants have been extended. Network Grants can be applied for I. initiating new international consortia and II. consolidating international consortia with the aim of ...

Overview Calls for Proposals | Faculty of Humanities

7 Feb 2017

The most recent overview of funding opportunities for researchers employed by the Faculty of Humanities is provided here.

Organisational changes at NWO - information meeting

20 Jan 2017

Two representatives of NWO will visit the Faculty to inform researcher of the changes in the selection and assessment procedures as a result of NWO's reorganisation into four domains. Information will also be given ...

UvA385 Grants for UvA PhD candidates

9 Jan 2017

In honour of the University’s 385th anniversary, a new kind of grant is being introduced for UvA PhD candidates to enable them to gain international experience.

Call for applications | PhD Finishing Fellowships

6 Dec 2016

The Faculty of Humanities invites applications for 0.5 FTE PhD Finishing Fellowships, tenable from January 1, 2018. Each fellowship will be for a period of up to 12 months. The award holder is required to deliver a ...

Six new PhD fellowships at the FGw

13 Oct 2016

After a very competitive selection procedure, the Faculty of Humanities has decided to award PhD fellowships to the following six talented scholars.

UvA FGw Aspasia Fund: Call for proposals

7 Oct 2016

Two to three female academics can be awarded a temporary release from teaching duties to enable them to prepare applications for senior personal grants.

SIGNGRAM one of the 2015 COST success stories

27 Sept 2016

In its 2015 annual report COST mentions SignGram as one of the 2015 success stories. 'Cost Action SignGram has produced the first guide for sign language grammars, marking a huge step towards equal rights for deaf ...

Anna Pytlowany, ACLC doctorate candidate, has been awarded a finishing grant

19 Sept 2016

Anna Pytlowany has received one of the faculty's finishing grant to complete her doctorate thesis. She will be able to fully focus on her dissertation from 1 September until 1 April. Title: What the ‘lost’ ...

The Faculty of Humanities (FGw) at the UvA invites applications for Marie Curie grant 2016

12 July 2016

Have you recently finished your PhD? Are you interested in a postdoc position to further pursue your research in Humanities research? We would like to invite you to apply for a Marie S. Curie grant together with an ...

Two UvA researchers receive NWO Internationalisation in the Humanities grant

7 July 2016

Dr Jan Lazardzig (ASH) and Professor Jeannette Schaeffer (ACLC) have each been awarded funding in the NWO programme Internationalisation in the Humanities. With this programme NWO Humanities supports researchers in ...

Overview Calls for Proposals | Faculty of Humanities

5 July 2016

Currently there are three different kinds of funding opportunities for researchers employed by the Faculty of Humanities, UvA. An overview is provided here.

Call for proposals | Cutting Edge Research Fund

1 July 2016

The UvA Faculty of Humanities offers a new funding scheme that fosters international collaboration aimed at innovative, cutting edge research. Applications are invited for two types of grants: 1. Network Grants and ...

Three UvA projects receive funding from NWO PhDs in the Humanities

20 June 2016

The Faculty of Humanities is pleased to announce that Lucia Admiraal, Arnold Arps and Marieke Olthof have been awarded a PhD position in the highly competitive NWO PhDs in the Humanities Programme.

Eugen Popa wins J. Anthony Blair Prize

1 June 2016

Eugen Popa (ACLC PhD candidate) has been awarded the J. Anthony Blair Prize at the OSSA 11 Conference on Argumentation, Objectivity and Bias held at the University of Windsor, Canada.