Rubicon grants

IIAS invites young and promising postdoctoral researchers to apply for Rubicon grants at the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) for twelve months fellowships in the Netherlands.

Who can apply?

Postgraduates who are currently engaged in doctoral research or who have been awarded a doctorate in the twelve months preceding the relevant deadline. Applicants who are still engaged in doctoral research may only apply if their supervisor provides a written declaration approving their thesis.

The 2008 Rubicon application deadlines are 1 April, 2 September and 2 December.

IIAS offers Rubicon grantees affiliated fellowships at the IIAS in Leiden or Amsterdam. We also offer to mediate in finding a suitable Dutch host university or research institution for Rubicon applicants conducting research on Asian Studies. IIAS Rubicon fellows are offered office facilities, while the institute will assist in gaining access to libraries, archives and other institutions in the Netherlands. Fellows are expected to be productive in writing, possibly give a lecture or organise a workshop, remain in contact with European researchers, and make due reference to IIAS and NWO in (future) publications, (partly) made possible through research done during your stay.

For specific information on IIAS fellowships, please contact Sandra van der Horst: IIASFellowships@iias.nl

For specific information on the Rubicon grants, please refer to rubicon@nwo.nl or go to http://www.nwo.nl/nwohome.nsf/pages/NWOP_6GVHXS_Eng?opendocument&nav=Rubicon_02_NL