Due to the Corona crisis, CLUE+ has decided to change its funding policy temporarily, at least for the remaining months of 2020. With a significant drop in opportunities for corona sensitive activities like conferences, workshops, lecture series, fellowships and travel grants, for the rest of 2020 we would like to prioritize instead the following, less corona sensitive actions, under the banner of the CLUE+ CORONA CALL:
- Writing proposals to participate in (large) research calls;
- Research assistants;
- Open access publications in peer reviewed (online) journals or (book) series;
- Valorisation activities.
Deadline for submission proposals: 1 October 2020
Selection of winning proposals: 1st week of October 2020
Cashing funding amount: October - December 2020
Ad 1. Writing proposals to participate in (large) research calls.
The calls can be either programmatic (e.g. H2020, NWA, NWO Large) or individual ones (e.g. NWO Open Competition, Innovation scheme; ERC).
The CLUE+ grant, of € 3.000,-, will allow you to fund your replacement of your education tasks during the time that you are preparing your grant application.
Why participate?
Participating in this call will give you an excellent opportunity to develop your ideas for a research proposal.
How to apply?
Applications must contain the following documents:
- A draft proposal of max. 3 pages. The draft proposal should contain:
o The name and deadline of the call you want to participate.
o Central aims and objectives of the project
o Challenge (scientific/societal)
o Strategy/methodology
o Innovativeness
o Impact (scientific/societal)
o Identification of call(s)
o Required expertise/composition research group - Letter of consent from the Head of Department in case of replacement funding. (When you apply for replacement funding during the time that you are preparing your grant application, a letter of consent is required from your Department Head regarding the time you want to be replaced.)
- Detailed budget estimate of max. €3.000,-. (i.e. all costs have to be made in 2020).
(If your budget contains wages paid for employment (for someone else), the amount requested must be checked by the HRM officer (Veronique Bremers: v.a.m.j.bremers@vu.nl) and the Head of Finance (Patricia La Chira Marquina: p.l.lachiramarquina@vu.nl) of FGW, who is the Secretary of CLUE+.)
Proposals will be prioritized that have an interdisciplinary focus and link up with the main CLUE+ VU profile theme of Connected World, as described here.
Ad 2. CLUE+ grants, of € 3.000,-, are available to hire an assistant to help you with your research.
How to apply?
Applications must contain the following documents:
- A draft proposal of max. 2 pages in which you motivate how and why you need a research assistant (indicating larger research project, questions, aims, methods)
- Detailed budget estimate of max. €3.000,-. (i.e. all costs have to be made in 2020).
(If your budget contains wages paid for employment (for someone else), the amount requested must be checked by the HRM officer (Veronique Bremers: v.a.m.j.bremers@vu.nl) and the Head of Finance (Patricia La Chira Marquina: p.l.lachiramarquina@vu.nl) of FGW, who is the Secretary of CLUE+.)
Proposals will be prioritized that have an interdisciplinary focus and link up with the main CLUE+/VU profile theme of Connected World, as described here.
Ad 3. Open access publications in peer reviewed on-line journals or (book) series.
If you have plans to publish a paper or book in an open access peer reviewed (online) journal or (book) series, you can apply for funding for the costs of this open access publication. CLUE+ will fund a max. of 2.000,-.
How to apply?
Applicants must submit the following documents:
- Cover letter (max. 1 page A4).
- (Draft) paper/article/manuscript.
- Detailed budget estimate of max. €2.000,- (e.g. all costs have to be made in 2020).
Ad 4. Valorisation activities.
CLUE+ offers funding of a max. €2.000,- for valorisation activities you wish to organize in 2020.
How to apply?
Applicants must submit the following documents:
- Cover letter (max. 1 page A4).
- Detailed budget estimate of max. €2.000,- (e.g. all costs have to be made in 2020).
All applications should be addressed to the CLUE+ policy officer, Rita van der Schriek-Hermans and sent to clue@vu.nl. As soon as all documents have been received, the applicant will be sent an acknowledgement of receipt.
