Financial assistance

PhD candidates that are formally admitted to the PE&RC PhD programme (approved TSP and Project proposal in prep or approved) have access to a financial rucksack of at least € 2500,- with which education and training activities can be financed. This money is made available by the chair group that the candidate is primarily affiliated to.

The Wageningen University funds site offers an overview of all the funds connected to Wageningen University and of all available subsidies.

Wageningen University has also listed a variety of funding sources and search options to facilitate finding funds for specific issues, such as getting grants for the printing of dissertations and travelling and postings abroad. For information click here

Options for Financial assistance to realise research, education and training activities (also traveling):

Special grant Wageningen University

• Erasmus+ grants for internship & thesis

Organisations with funding opportunities

• NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research)
• The European Commission
• KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences)
• NUFFIC (Netherlands organization for international cooperation in higher education)
• International Foundation for Science (International Foundation for Science)
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) PhD Funding
• Utrecht Network Young Researchers Grant
• Uyttenboogaart-Eliasen Stichting (UES) (Entomology - only in Dutch)

Search engines for grants

• GRANTFINDER: NUFFIC site which gives an array of funding options
• FinAid: The SmartStudent Guide to Financial Aid
• Postgraduate Studentships

Financing project after your PhD

• European Research Council Funds
• Veni Grant
• Marie Curie Actions

If you know any other funding posibilities during or right after your PhD, please let us know (office.pe@wur.nl).