The Visiting Professors Programme enables outstanding foreign researchers to spend time working in the Netherlands. The programme acts as an incentive for Dutch science and scholarship.

The Visiting Professors Programme was established in 2008.

What does it cover?

The Academy funds a research budget and covers the Visiting Professor’s travel and accommodation expenses. The Dutch university acts as the host organisation.

Disciplines

All

Who is it for?

Foreign researchers (top of research field and promising level)

How to apply?

KNAW members, researchers at KNAW institutes, members of KNAW’s De Jonge Akademie (Young Academy) and KNAW Academy Professors can submit nominations for a Visiting Professorship. Nominations are not being accepted at this time. The deadline for submission is 1 November 2013. The nomination form can be found by clicking on the link on the right of this page.