Applications are Open for the NIAS Safe Haven Fellowship for Scholars at Risk

Name of the Event: NIAS Safe Haven Fellowship

Duration: 5 Months

Place: Amsterdam

Working language: English

Last Date of Application: 31 December 2025

Link to Apply:

Apply here

The NIAS Safe Haven Fellowship supports scholars at risk. The NIAS Safe Haven Fellowship is intended for scholars, artists, writers, and journalists who are unable to conduct their work in their current location or circumstances due to the consequences of conflict or war.

Practical Information:

• A Safe Haven Fellowship is granted for a period of 5 months (Sept-Jan or Feb–June).

• Fellows are provided with an office, research facilities, communal lunch, participation in the NIAS community and commuting travel expenses or subsidized accommodation in Amsterdam. Fellows receive a stipend of €3,500 per month.

• On the NIAS website, you can find more detailed information about what a fellowship at NIAS entails and on practical matters relating to the fellowship.

• Please note that a Safe Haven Fellowship is a temporary fellowship that does not offer the possibility of long-term residence at NIAS or in the Netherlands.

• NIAS reimburses outward and return travel and issues all selected fellows with a letter of invitation.

• NIAS does not assist in arranging visas. Any visa application is the responsibility of the individual fellow.

Who can apply?

• On the date of your application, applicants must have at least three years of research experience since obtaining their doctorate if submitting a scientific proposal. In the case of an artistic or journalistic research proposal, a PhD or three years of research experience is not mandatory.

• The project proposal must fit within the scope of the humanities and/or social sciences.

  
  

We are not the official organisers of the program. If you have any queries regarding it, kindly contact the organisers at - partners@nias.knaw.nl