Academy of Social Sciences in Australia

Research and exchange

Australia-Netherlands Exchange Program

Exchange program with the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, for researchers in the Humanities and the Social Sciences

Applications for 2011 grants are now OPEN.

APPLICATIONS WILL CLOSE ON FRIDAY 8TH OCOTBER 2010.
All applications for travel in 2011 under these programs should be received by the ASSA secretariat by this time.

Netherlands

The Exchange Program between the Australian Academy and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) began in 1987 and the Australian Academy of the Humanities was included in 1991. The Joint Academies facilitate visits by scholars to specific research institutes or conferences in the Netherlands, preferably for periods of one or two weeks. The scholar is responsible for the cost of the international airfare to the Netherlands, but the Royal Netherlands Academy will contribute to the cost of living and approved internal travel during the period of stay. Applicants will need to propose a program for the approval of the host Academy. A reciprocal agreement covers the cost of visits by Dutch scholars to Australia. The Academies would welcome suggestions for such visits.

This program has importance for, among other things, continued access to Dutch research and research materials on Indonesia. Normally 1-2 scholars from The Netherlands and Australia participate under this Program each year.

See also: List of grant awardees from previous years.

Program partner
KNAW

This competitive program is run jointly by the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia with our international program partner, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences)

Scope of award

This program bestows TWO grants each year to Australian researchers travelling to the Netherlands, for proposals from both the social sciences.

Each grant is worth up to a maximum of AU$3,000. The award is payable by the Royal Netherlands Academy, generally via the successful applicant’s host institution in the Netherlands. The award is provided to offset travel expenses such as for accommodation, domestic transfers, etc.

The reciprocal arrangement for Dutch researchers travelling to Australia is administered by the Royal Netherlands Academy.

Eligibility

The applicant should be an active researcher (defined as post-PhD), resident in Australia.

What is required

Applicants must complete and submit the application form to ASSA or AAH by the due date in each year:

RTF Download the application   [RTF file size: 4.10 kB]]

The successful applicant must confirm the details of their stay in the Netherlands with the Royal Netherlands Academy in due time.

Within 2 months of completion of their visit to the Netherlands, the successful applicant must submit a short report on their visit, outlining trip details, research collaborations and outcomes, etc.

Contact

Academy Fellows and social scientists interested in the program, or wishing to submit an application should contact:

  • Mr William Douglas
  • Deputy Executive Director (Research, Policy and Advocacy, International)
  • Email: assa.admin [at] anu.edu.au
  • Phone: +61   .2   62491788
  • It's currently 4:37 am on Friday, September 3, in Canberra.

ASSA program code: NE