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Cutting Edge Research Fund | Call for proposals reopened
9 Aug 2018
As of 1 September 2018, the UvA FGw Cutting Edge Research Fund will be reopened.
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Padraic Monaghan, professor of English Linguistics
27 June 2018
Prof. P. Monaghan (1972) has been appointed professor of English Linguistics at the University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) Faculty of Humanities.
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Rhythm crucial in drummed speech
25 Apr 2018
How can an entire language be mapped onto beats on two drums? To answer this question, linguists Frank Seifart from the University of Amsterdam (UvA), Julien Meyer from the Université Grenoble Alpes and colleagues ...
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Call for applications | PhD Finishing Fellowships
13 Apr 2018
The Faculty of Humanities invites applications for 0.5 FTE PhD Finishing Fellowships, tenable from January 1, 2019. Each fellowship will be for a period of up to 12 months. The award holder is required to deliver a ...
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Three researchers receive support from UvA FGw RIS Fund
10 Apr 2018
Kees Hengeveld (ACLC), Samuel Kruizinga (ASH) and Krisztina Lajosi-Moore (ARTES) have been awarded a RIS fellowship to enable them to prepare applications for senior personal grants and/or strengthen their CV.
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Paul Boersma Faculty of Humanities Lecturer of the Year
6 Apr 2018
Boersma's students call him an 'inspiring lecturer' who is 'clear in his explanations' and 'always prepared to help' His students praise him for his methods of teaching; 'he teaches with a lot of passion and humour'
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Eight researchers receive support from UvA FGw Aspasia Fund
9 Feb 2018
Hanneke Ronnes (AHM), Hanneke Stuit (ASCA), Judith Noorman (ASH), Kristine Johanson (ASH), Sofie Remijsen (ASH), Suzanne Aalberse (ACLC), Sruti Bala (ASCA), and Patricia Pisters (ASCA) have been awarded a temporary ...
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Cutting Edge Research Fund | Deadline extended
29 Jan 2018
The deadline for submitting applications for the UvA FGw Cutting Edge Research Fund has been extended. Applications can be submitted continuously until no later than 30 June 2018.
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Call for Proposals | Research Innovation and Sustainability Fund
19 Dec 2017
The UvA Faculty of Humanities offers a new funding scheme that aims to support staff in their career development within the faculty and to expand their opportunities to conduct research.
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UvA FGw Aspasia Fund: Call for proposals
16 Oct 2017
The UvA FGw Aspasia Fund aims to support women in their career development within the Faculty of Humanities at the UvA and to expand their opportunities to conduct research.
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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 ...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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SMART Animals
22 Feb 2017
Call for workshop proposal as part of the second Amsterdam SMART Cognitive Science Conference December 6th-8th 2017
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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 ...
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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.
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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 ...
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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.
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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 ...
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