Applications are currently being accepted for the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS-KNAW) Nederlands Letterenfonds Fellowship 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About NIAS-KNAW) Nederlands Letterenfonds Fellowship
The Nederlands Letterenfonds Fellowship programme offers literary writers based in the Caribbean Parts of the Kingdom (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint-Eustatius, Sint Maarten) an opportunity to work for a five-month period within an international academic community.
Benefits of NIAS-KNAW) Nederlands Letterenfonds Fellowship
- The fellow receives a personal stipend of € 3.500,- per month.
- The fellow is provided travel reimbursement of an international return ticket.
- The fellow is provided with an office at NIAS, access to research facilities, and subsidised accommodation in Amsterdam.
- The fellow benefits from and participates in weekly academic seminars and interdisciplinary dialogue.
- A residency at the Institute constitutes a full-time commitment and fellows are expected to be present at the Institute four workdays a week from the opening of their semester until the end of their semester.
NIAS-KNAW) Nederlands Letterenfonds Fellowship Requirements
- The fellowship is open to literary fiction and non-fiction writers based in the Caribbean Parts of the Kingdom (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten) who write in Papiamentu, Papiamento, English from the Islands or Dutch. Applicants should be established writers with a literary track record and a body of work that demonstrates sustained literary quality and professional practice.
- The fellowship is intended for writers at a mid-career or senior stage who are comfortable working within an academic and international environment and who are eager to engage in intellectual exchange with scholars from different disciplines.
- Applicants must propose a literary project that will clearly benefit from a residency at NIAS. The project should already be beyond its initial conception phase and be sufficiently developed to make productive use of the fellowship period.
- Eligible candidates are expected to participate actively in the NIAS community through seminars, workshops and informal exchanges with other fellows. As English is the working language at NIAS, applicants must have a good command of English.
Application Date and Process
- Click on the link to the application website to apply.
Application Deadline
25 August, 2026
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