Applications are currently being accepted for the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW) Dr. J.L. Dobberke Foundation 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
The Dr. J.L. Dobberke Foundation for Comparative Psychology provides annual grants to support research and academic activities related to animal behaviour, behavioural biology, and psychology. The opportunity is open to university graduates, PhD candidates, and researchers with a PhD who are affiliated with a university or research institute in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Funding can support research costs, study trips to foreign research groups, scientific meetings, and knowledge dissemination activities. Eligible projects must have a primary focus on animal behaviour; projects that are entirely neurobiological or physiological, or that focus predominantly on humans, are not eligible.
The grant amount ranges from:
The opportunity is open to researchers at different stages of their academic careers.
Eligible applicants include:
Applicants must be working at or affiliated with a university or research institute in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The programme therefore supports both early-career researchers and established researchers who meet the institutional requirements.
Apply for KNAW Dr. J.L. Dobberke Foundation