Grants applications and eligible expenses
Funding may be directed at:
- the purchase or gathering of data (specific policy applies);
- hiring research assistants (RA rate standardized: 65 Euro per hour gross, hired via Studijob, and including UvA overhead);
- organizing conferences, workshops, or similar outreach activities;
- travels, including conferences and research visits (specific policy applies).
ASF grant holders are expected to participate in ASF activities (including seminars and outreach events) and present their research. Receiving funding implies agreeing to report after two years from the reception of the grant.
The ASF grant budget cannot be transferred to other institutions and can be used only if the Principal Investigator is affiliated with the EB faculty. The ASF grant budget can only be used for activities specified in the project application.
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Applications for travel, including conferences and research visits
The principal investigator needs to provide a clear explanation for the reasons and impact of the visit (e.g., field experiment, dissemination). The provision for motivation for requesting a travel budget beyond the individual research budget is a weighing factor.
For the request of budget for conference participation, please note that - at the time of the ASF grant proposal - the principal investigator needs to be on the conference/workshop program with the paper/panel specified in the grant proposal.
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Applications for the purchase of secondary data
For budget requests related to the purchase of secondary data (license and/or database access), ASF will cover up to a maximum of 50% of the costs, conditional on the requirement that the section of the applicant(s) (and/or another party) covers the remainder of the costs. Eligible databases need to be available to all EB researchers (not eligible for CBS data).
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Tips for writing an ASF grant application
Upon submitting the proposal, the applicant should:
- describe clearly the connection of the research project or outreach event to the SDG framework;
- outline the theoretical novelty/potential contribution of the proposed research;
- provide specific details about the methodology (e.g., experimental design, identification);
- write in a concise, clear, and coherent style;
- look for collaboration with someone from the other school (if applicable);
- be very specific about how they would like to spend the requested fund, by also including a detailed description of the costs involved.