We can provide you with online information on where to search for funds in Higher Education and research. We have withdrawn funding for study-related grants ourselves and now focus on professionals only.

Our professional funding programmes

• Partnership Programme in Science offers travel and subsistence grants for young academics to engage in new collaborative research projects.
• The Chevening Scholarship is no longer available in the Netherlands and most of Europe. Alumni can register online or contact the Chevening Alumni Association.

Dutch study and research funding sources

• Informatie beheer groep can tell you if your study subject is eligible for Dutch Studiefinanciering when studying in the UK.
• Beursopener is an online scholarships search programme for foreign study and research
• VSBfonds Beurzen are available for additional study or research after completing of your Dutch degree (e.g. Masters studies).
• Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) offers many different types of research subsidies.
• The Dutch Mobility Portal provides researchers intending to work and live in the Netherlands with information about professional stay and daily lives.
• ‘Het Nederlands Fondsen Boek’ is available in most libraries and international offices of educational institutions.

UK study and research funding sources

• The UK government may provide financial assistance to EU students. For undergraduate study in England and Wales - Scotland - Northern Ireland.
• UK Research Councils offer funding for international collaboration and study.
• Education UK scholarships search database of scholarships and awards for international students at various levels.
• Search online in this database of undergraduate scholarships and sponsorship in the UK.
• SISTER is a British Council funding route map for UK researchers, postgraduates and international students who are seeking funding for international collaboration in science & technology.
• The Wellcome Trust offers grants for research in the general areas: Biomedical research; history of medicial research; research in biomedical ethics; public understanding of science.
• The Royal Society’s international programme provides grants for scientific research visits to and from the UK.
• British Academy awards are offered for postdoctoral research in the humanities and social sciences.
• 'Times Higher Education Supplement' appears weekly and has a page on sources of research funding.
• Your UK institution may have funding available or ideas on where to look.

European sources

• The Researcher’s Mobility Portal

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