Scholarship
Uhlenbeck scholarship programme for mandatory study abroad
The Uhlenbeck scholarship programme has been set up especially for (research) master students at the Faculty of Humanities. The programme provides a scholarship for your mandatory activities abroad.
- Deadline
- Ten working days before the start of your stay abroad
- Target group
- Master
- Countries/ nationalities
- All countries without a negative travel advice
- Scholarship type
- Study, Research
- Faculty
- Humanities
The programme’s focus consists of study exchanges, field work or research outside of the Netherlands. Are you leaving for an internship? Check whether you might be eligible for a scholarship from the Sustainable Humanities Internship Fund.
Eligibility criteria
1. You are majoring in one of the following (research) master degree programmes at the Faculty of Humanities and studying abroad / field work project is a mandatory part of your study programme.
- African Studies
- Classics and Ancient Civilisations
- Latin American Studies
3. You have not received a study/fieldwork grant from the Uhlenbeck scholarship programme during your current degree programme.
4. You have read the health and safety guidelines carefully before going abroad. Please attend the health & safety meeting. More information on the meeting.
5. The country or region that you want to visit is safe and has not been assigned one of the following classifications by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs: ‘We advise essential travel only’ or ‘We advise against all travel’. https://www.nederlandwereldwijd.nl/reisadvies
6. You submit your application on time. The final deadline for submission of the form is 10 working days before the start of your stay abroad. If you cannot make this deadline, please contact studyabroad@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Amounts and additional requirements with regard to activities and EC’s
| Activity | Additional application document(s) | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Research/field work | Approval from your thesis / field work supervisor | € 1.250 |
| Course work at the NVIC | N/A | € 1.250 |
Application
You can apply for the scholarship digitally once your study abroad activity has been registered in our mobility database:
African Studies / Latin American Studies students:
- Go to uSis (desktop version) and click on the Study Abroad tile
- Click on “New” and select the group that mentions “Fieldwork”
- Follow the instructions for “Fieldwork” to submit your registration.
- When your registration has been ‘approved’, the Scholarship tab will appear in the same portal
- Select the relevant scholarship
- Follow the instructions to submit your scholarship application
- Please be aware that you need to upload a fieldwork / research plan that at least has been signed by your supervisor!
Classics and Ancient Civilisations students:
- Go to uSis (desktop version) and click on the Study Abroad tile
- Click on “New” and select the group that mentions “Mandatory study abroad”
- Follow the instructions to submit your registration.
- When your registration has been ‘approved’, the Scholarship tab will appear in the same portal
- Select the relevant scholarship
- Follow the instructions to submit your scholarship application
Important to know
You are allowed and encouraged to combine the Uhlenbeck grant with Lustra+ or other scholarships. Please see the scholarship webpage. Be sure to check the application deadlines!
Leiden University’s Financial Shared Service Centre will transfer the scholarship within 4 working weeks. Please be aware that (national) holidays can influence the duration of this process.
You have to submit your application before you go abroad. If you cannot make this deadline, please contact the Humanities International Office through studyabroad@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Contact us for more information
Contact us by e-mail: studyabroad@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Professor E.M. Uhlenbeck
The scholarship programme has been named after Professor Bob Uhlenbeck, who was himself an example of a travel enthusiast and international oriented humanities scholar. After the Second World War Professor E.M. Uhlenbeck (1913-2003) started lecturing general and Indonesian linguistics at the University of Indonesia, after which he became Professor of Javanese in Leiden from 1949 to 1983. In 1953 he was visiting professor at the Linguistic Institute in Bloomington, Indiana, and in 1965 at the University of California at San Diego. From 1965 to 1966, Uhlenbeck was fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in Stanford, California and in 1973 professorial fellow at The Australian National University in Canberra.