Groningen Faculty of Arts
Research Fellowship Programme 2025
The Faculty of Arts of the University of Groningen has introduced a new Fellowship programme. We invite early career researchers to come to our vibrant city to make connections: with our researchers, with our students and with the residents of Groningen. To share their expertise and learn from ours, to strengthen and expand scientific networks, give expert lectures, collaborate in publications and to explore possibilities for a joint grant application.
What can be applied for
Candidates who want to hold their fellowship in the Groningen Institute of Archaeology (GIA) can apply in 2025 only for a Junior Fellowship.
The Faculty of Arts offers four Junior Fellowships each year.
Fellows will receive:
- Guest status (OEP), providing access to all UG facilities, including the University Library, printers and flexible desk space;
- A bench fee up to €3,000,- for a maximum of one semester, to cover:
- Travel expenses;
- Accommodation expenses;
- Costs concerning the application for a Visa.
Please note that reimbursement of expenses will be paid out provided that receipts are available. All costs that exceed the funding amount will be at the expense of the Junior Fellow.
Who can apply for a Junior Fellowship
Junior Fellows have to be early career researchers who would like to capitalize on the research expertise, network and facilities present at the Faculty of Arts, and specifically at the Groningen Institute of Archaeology, while preparing a grant application for a (joint) research project, or a postdoctoral application (e.g. a MCSA).
A Junior Fellow must be in the possession of a PhD title and can apply until max. four years after PhD graduation. The deadline for submitting the application is the cut-off date, i.e., Sunday March 30, 2025, meaning the doctorate must have been awarded no earlier than April 1, 2021.
How to apply
Candidates for the Fellowship are strongly advised to contact either Prof. Sofia Voutsaki (s.voutsaki@rug.nl) or Dr Anna Moles (a.c.moles@rug.nl) before Friday March 14, 2025 in order to obtain the application form and make sure that the Institute will be the right environment for their research. General enquiries can also be made by contacting the GIA coordinator at gia@rug.nl.
Candidates can apply by sending the application form before the official submission deadline, i.e. by Sunday March 30, 2025, 23:59 CEST to the following email address: arts.rfp@rug.nl
The application (max. 500 words) should contain the following:
1. The reason(s) for a visit to the Faculty of Arts, and to the GIA in particular;
2. A description of the added value of the visit;
3. A description of what the Fellow will deliver in exchange for the Fellowship (seminar/public engagement activity/publication/joint grant application/…);
4. The name of the research institute and the name of at least one research staff member within the Faculty of Arts, and specifically the GIA with whom the Fellow is planning to collaborate.
Assessment procedure
A committee consisting of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and the directors of the three research institutes of the Faculty will assess all applications in April 2025. They base their assessment on the elements of the application form, as listed in 4.
As soon as possible after the committee has made its decision and no later than in May 2025, the research institutes inform the applicants about the decision.
The awarded fellowships can start between September 2025 and February 2026.
For further information or questions about the Fellowships, please write to: arts.rfp@rug.nl
For further information or questions about the Groningen Institute of Archaeology, please write to: gia@rug.nl