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Eric Jorink: 'We want to map the tradition of observations'14 June 2021The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research has awarded a grant of 750,000 euros to the 'Visualising the Unknown in 17th-century Science and ...
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KNAW subsidy strengthens cooperation between Leiden religious scholars and secondary school teachers11 June 2021Markus Altena Davidsen was 'extremely happy' when he heard that he and his colleagues had been awarded a grant from the KNAW pilot fund for science co...
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Multilingualism of Frisian children: Evelyn Bosma wins Keetje Hodshon Prize04 June 2021Postdoc and linguist Evelyn Bosma receives the Keetje Hodshon Prize for her dissertation. For her research on the multilingualism of Frisian children,...
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(Musical) Improvisation and Ethics project awarded 1.7 million Euros by Austrian Science Fund03 June 2021New research project “(Musical) Improvisation and Ethics”, recently awarded 1.7 million Euros by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)’s Young Independent ...
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Grants for journalistic projects Leiden students and lecturers21 May 2021Three projects affiliated with the university will receive grants from the Leids Mediafonds (Leiden Media Fund ed.). The money is to be spend on creat...
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Sarah Cramsey awarded a KNAW Early Career Partnership20 May 2021Dr. Sarah Cramsey, University Lecturer Judaism & Diaspora Studies, has been awarded an Early Career Partnership by the KNAW.
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NWO grant for four humanities projects18 May 2021The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has granted four grants to Leiden humanities scholars. They get to spend this money on research on a topic of their c...
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NIAS fellowship for Mike Schmidli17 May 2021Mike Schmidli has been awarded a fellowship at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS). From September 2021, he will spend 5 months at NIA...
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KNAW subsidy for the project ‘Religious studies in secondary education'12 May 2021Markus Altena Davidsen and colleagues Michaël van der Meer, Maurits Berger and Kim Beerden received a subsidy from the KNAW-Pilotfund. They will use t...
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Royal honour for Korrie Korevaart26 April 2021Korrie Korevaart, a former director and lecturer in Dutch language and culture at Leiden University, has been made a member of the Order of Orange-Nas...
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ERC Advanced Grant for six Leiden researchers22 April 2021The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded an Advanced Grant to six Leiden researchers. It awards these significant grants to established princip...
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Eleven Leiden scientists receive funding for science communication22 April 2021
The KNAW has rewarded 11 Leiden scientists for their commitment to science communication, by awarding them 10,000 euros each from the ‘Appreciated!’ f...
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Dr. Mattias Brand receives the Gerardus van der Leeuw PhD Dissertation Award19 April 2021
This March, LUCSoR alumnus Dr. Mattias Brand received the Gerardus van der Leeuw PhD Dissertation Award from the Dutch Association for the Study of Re...
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History student wins thesis prize: ‘Look for the stories that didn’t make the history books’22 March 2021Envoys jumping out of windows, fights, and illegal diplomacy: history student Tessa de Boer encountered them all while writing her master's thesis on ...
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Suzanne Bloks wins Leiden University MA Thesis Prize08 March 2021What is the best electoral system for a democracy? First place at the Leiden University Thesis Awards 2021 is for those who have added a cleverly subs...