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 travel in 2010 are now CLOSED.

They will reopen in 2010 for travel in 2011, and will be announced: on the ASSA website; by email to Fellows of the Academy; on the CHASS website; and by email to university research and international offices.

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 meet 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 and the Australian Academy of the Humanities 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 and the humanities.

Each grant is worth up to a maximum value of AU$6,000, and is payable in two halves: The sending side (ASSA and AAH) provides up to a maximum AU$3,000 for an economy class international airfare, and the receiving side provides up to a maximum of $3,000 for accommodation, domestic transfers and other travel related expenses

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

Eligibility

The applicant should be 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 arrange to invoice ASSA for the sending side component of the grant by no later than 31 March in the year of travel.

The successful applicant must confirm the details of their stay in China 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 11:04 pm on Thursday, March 11, in Canberra.

ASSA program code: NE