Distinguished Lorentz Fellowship
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The development of interdisciplinary research and the exchange of ideas between the Social Sciences and/or the Humanities and the Natural or Technological Sciences, which have increasingly grown apart, deserve special attention. Many believe that it is at the interface between these particular disciplines that the most exciting advances are to be expected. The significance of research in the technical, life and physical sciences and its impact on society needs sustained attention. The Lorentz programme aims to address this issue providing fellowships and workshops where top-researchers from a variety of disciplines and countries can work intensively together to address socially relevant research questions. The Distinguished Lorentz Fellowship is part of the Lorentz programme.
Call for Nominations Distinguished Lorentz Fellowship and Prize
The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS) and the Lorentz Center invite you to nominate candidates for the Distinguished Lorentz Fellowship and Prize 2012-2013.
NIAS provides on-campus facilities for an international group of more than fifty research fellows per year who engage in advanced research in the humanities and social sciences. The Lorentz Center organizes international workshops in the fields of science and technology, providing full operational support to the scientific organizers.
The NIAS-Lorentz Center program promotes cutting-edge interdisciplinary research that brings together perspectives from the scientific backgrounds of both institutes. Pivotal to this NIAS-Lorentz Center collaboration is the understanding that important and exciting advances are to be expected in research at the interface of the humanities and social sciences on the one hand and science and technology on the other. The NIAS-Lorentz Center program is supported by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Science (KNAW) and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).
The Distinguished Lorentz Fellowship (DLF) consists of:
- A scholar-in-residence fellowship at NIAS for up to 10 months including on-campus study and accommodation
- Replacement funds of up to € 5,000 per month (for nominees resident in the Netherlands)
- An interdisciplinary workshop at the Lorentz Center with a budget of € 25,000
- A personal prize of € 10,000
Nominees can be put forward by leading figures from within the academic community: Deans, members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), The Young Academy (KNAW), Directors, Governors or Boards of institutes affiliated with KNAW, NWO, TNO or industry, etc. For information about suitability please contact Professor Aafke Hulk (071-5122715) or Professor Arjen Doelman (071-5275582).
The DLF is awarded at the discretion of the NIAS-Lorentz Center Advisory Board, chaired by Professor Alexander Rinnooy Kan and selection is based on the nomination letter plus the following items:
- Title and brief description of the intended DLF research project (maximum one page) that bridges the divides between scientific disciplines from the humanities and/or social sciences and those from science and technology. The project should demonstrate how it will encourage research at the cutting edge of these different scientific areas and describe the anticipated societal impact as well as plans for one or more publications.
- Outline of the Lorentz Center workshop related to the above topic (maximum two pages).
- Curriculum Vitae of the nominee (maximum three pages).
- Short list of the nominee’s most important publications (max. ten publications).
Former Distinguished Lorentz Fellows:
2009/10: Jan van Leeuwen
2010/11: Richard Gill
