As you probably already know, the Network Institute operates in the context of the Connected World profile theme of the VU. To encourage Connected World research, VU Amsterdam makes additional resources available to its staff each year by organising internal competitions. Below you can find the first two initiatives: the Connected World Academy Assistants and the Connected World Fellowship Programme. Please, consider participating and spreading the word to your colleagues!
Call for Proposals: The Connected World Academy Assistants
Wishing to promote innovative research on the Connected World theme and to engage students in this endeavour, VU sustains Connected World Academy Assistant teams. These teams consist of two Bachelor or Master students guided by VU staff members. With the present call, we cordially invite VU staff to propose such teams. The Academy Assistant program aims at promising high-potential students who want to conduct scientific research and possibly pursue an academic career. The program is meant to bring together scientists from different disciplines; therefore the projects must combine methods and themes from two different disciplines. For each awarded project, the program will fund two student research assistants (0,2 FTE) for a period of nine months. The proposed research must explicitly relate to the Connected World theme.
Application Guidelines and Information
For more information regarding the application guidelines and other (practical) information please visit our website. Only VU staff can apply for the Connected World Academy Assistant programme.
Deadline for Application
The deadline for applications to the Connected World AA-Programme is 1 June, 2022 before 23:59. The winning proposals receive communication in the week of 13 June, 2022. All required documents have to be sent in one pdf and have to be sent to connectedworld@vu.nl.
Call for Proposals: the Connected World Fellowship Programme
Wishing to promote innovative research on this theme, VU sustains a Connected World Fellowship Program. With the present call, we cordially invite VU staff to propose candidates for this fellowship. The fellows must be academics, from outside the VU, who hold a doctoral degree. They will devote between four and six months of their time in residence at VU (min. of 80% physically), to pursue research and collaborate with VU staff on projects, publications and scientific events. The proposed research must explicitly relate to the Connected World theme.
Application Guidelines and Information
For more information regarding the application guidelines and other (practical) information please visit our website. Only VU staff can propose candidates for this fellowship.
Deadline for Application
The deadline for applications to the Connected World Fellowship Program is 1 June, 2022 before 23:59. The winning proposals receive communication in the week of 13 June, 2022. All required documents have to be send in one pdf and have to be send to connectedworld@vu.nl.
The VU profile theme Connected World is coordinated by the interdisciplinary research institutes CLUE+ and Network Institute and chaired by the Faculty of Humanities.
