27 January 2022

The Museums, Collections and Society (MCS) research group of the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS) and Faculty of Archaeology has grants available for collection-based research.

For 2022 there are 5 grants available for €4,000 each. Application deadline is March 15, 2022. Send your applications to Professor Pieter ter Keurs.

Application criteria

• The application may not exceed 3,000 words.
• The application must relate to collection-based research (Leiden/The Hague). 
• The application must be submitted jointly by an academic member of staff and a staff member of a collection-managing institution.
• The application should contain a clear description of the research question and its operationalisation.
• The application should indicate how the proposal fits in the context of a research agenda and/or scientific debate. 
• In addition, applicants must provide an overview of the expected output. This could be a seminar, a book or chapter in a book, an article and/or an application for research funding. 
• During the project period, applicants must submit an article for the MCS Annual Report and contribute to the Leiden academic community, for example in the form of a lecture. 

Additionally, the project needs to be completed in 18 months. After 6 months the applicants are requested to send in a progress report. 18 months after the starting date the final report needs to be handed in.