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Amsterdam Brain and Cognition (ABC) ABC

ABC Grants

General information

Amsterdam Brain and Cognition provides funding to promote innovative and excellent research in the area of brain and cognitive sciences.
ABC Grants

ABC grants are intended to motivate and enhance interfaculty research collaborations that are of an interdisciplinary nature. The overall mission is to come to a better understanding of the mechanisms of cognition, from perception to decision making, from language to music, and from memory to consciousness. The ABC encourages collaborative projects in which more than one faculty is involved and where there is an integrated plan of how to address a key question in brain and cognitive sciences in an innovative and interdisciplinary fashion.

In 2025 ABC will support two funding schemes: 

The ‘ABC Themes & Transversal Perspectives Funding’ that fosters collaboration within or across ABC Themes or Perspectives and increases their visibility, and the ABC Support Grant that supports ABC members in their (ongoing), cross-disciplinary (preferably cross-faculty) research.

Deadlines for submission: 1st of April, and 1st of October 2025.
Decision Procedure: The submissions will be evaluated by members of the ABC Board of Directors.

  • 1. ABC Themes & Transversal Perspectives Funding

    The funding scheme ‘ABC Themes & Transversal Perspectives’  fosters collaboration within or across ABC Themes or Perspectives and increases their visibility.

    Aim
    ABC Themes & Transversal Perspectives Funding is intended to support ABC members of all ranks. The aim is to enhance and strengthen the collaboration and cohesion within an ABC Theme or Transversal Perspective, or the connection between ABC Themes & Perspectives and increase the relevant ABC Theme or Perspective’s visibility to external national or international parties (academic and non-academic (e.g., societal institutions, industry).

    What can be applied for?
    Symposia, master classes, lectures, workshops, ….

    Budget
    Max. € 5.000,- 

  • 2. ABC Support Grant

    The ‘ABC Support Grant’ supports ABC members in their (ongoing), cross-disciplinary (preferably cross-faculty) research.

    Aim
    The ABC Support Grant is intended to increase interdisciplinary collaboration between ABC members of all ranks. The aim is to provide additional support for (ongoing), cross-disciplinary research between ABC members (preferably of different faculties).

    What can be applied for?
    RA salary, participant money, materials, …

    Budget
    Max. € 5.000,-