Funding for researchers

Are you a researcher at Utrecht University working on a project for which you want to raise additional financial resources? As employee of the university you can apply for subsidy in the funding request portal. There are three types of funding programs that are available for employees: Research and Education, Research Visits and Other Funding Requests.

Funding program: Research Visits

Grants for traveling abroad as part of your research at Utrecht University.

Dates and deadlines

In the table below you can find the upcoming application periods for this type of funding, including the named funds that are open for requests. Keep in mind: named funds can have different criteria for the funding request, read the page of the named fund of your choice carefully and make sure the criteria are part of your request.

Fund

Start date of application

Deadline to apply

Final date of decision

Ronald van Kempen Fund

Swaantje Mondt Fund

Hans de Bruijn Fund

1 October 202415 October 20248 November 2024
Funding request portal

Funding program: Research & education

Grants that are meant to help with covering the expenses of scientific research or education being done at Utrecht University.

Dates and deadlines

In the table below you can find the upcoming application periods for this type of funding, including the named funds that are open for requests. Keep in mind: named funds can have different criteria for the funding request, read the page of the named fund of your choice carefully and make sure the criteria are part of your request.
 

Fund

Start date of application

Deadline to apply

Final date of decision

Genmab Jan van de Winkel Fund10 June 202410 July 202426 July 2024
Funding request portal

Funding Program: Other funding requests

Do you have nice initiative that contributes to student life at Utrecht University or the academic community? You can also request funding for this.

Dates and deadlines

In the table below you can find the upcoming application periods for this type of funding, including the named funds that are open for requests. Keep in mind: named funds can have different criteria for the funding request, read the page of the named fund of your choice carefully and make sure the criteria are part of your request.

Fund

Start date of application

Deadline to apply

Final date of decision

Van Oostrom subsidies (Friends of Humanities Utrecht University)

1 November 2024

15 November 2024

9 December 2024

Funding request portal

Fundraising advice

In addition to providing subsidies, the Utrecht University Fund can also help with fundraising other than through regular academic funding. For example, the fund can help by advising and submitting subsidy applications to other equity funds or by guiding fundraising at companies.

Contact details fundraisers