Contribution to the costs of organising a workshop or small conference that has an academic objective and/or highlights the social relevance of the discipline concerned.
Maximum grant amount: for a one-day event: € 1,500:
for a multi-day event: € 3,000.

Academics affiliated with Leiden University or the LUMC with a paid appointment (minimum 0.4 fte). PhD candidates are not eligible for this grant.

• The event must be an independent activity (i.e. not related or parallel to a PhD ceremony or other activity).
• Annual events are not eligible for funding.
• In principle, the event must take place in a building belonging to Leiden University or an affiliated institution. Institutes abroad are regarded as an integral part of Leiden University in this context, i.e. the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV-KNAW), the Netherlands Institute in Turkey (NIT), the Netherlands Institute in Morocco (NIMAR), and the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC).
• Your own faculty, institute or department must contribute to the costs, thus confirming the importance of the meeting. Other resources (such as project funds) may be used for this purpose with the explicit approval of the chair or head of the faculty, department or institute concerned.
• Eligible costs are: 
  • Venue hire
  • Catering (coffee/tea, lunch, dinner)
  • Printing (the grant is not for scientific publication costs).
  • Travel and accommodation costs for speakers.
  • Travel budget for Leiden University PhD candidates who live abroad and cannot afford to attend the meeting (maximum €500).
• In principle, LUF does not reimburse speakers’ fees.
• LUF’s contribution will not exceed the total contribution of your faculty, institute or department. 
• The conference or workshop must not take place before the meeting in which the Committee for Academic Expenditure will discuss the application.
• You must submit a substantive report and financial account via the LUF Grant Portal within two months of completing the project, after which the grant will be paid out.
• Applications that contravene restrictive measures adopted by the government or Leiden University or that apply in the destination country will not be considered.
   

•    January 5, 2025 (meeting January 27, 2025)
•    May 11, 2025 (meeting June 2, 2025)
•    October 26, 2025 (meeting November 17, 2025)

• Application review: LUF Committee for Academic Expenditure (CWB).
• You must submit your application through the LUF Grant Portal.
• Applications may be submitted in Dutch or English and must include an explanation of why you are applying, a description of how the theme of the conference or workshop relates to your research, a summary of the programme (max. 150 words) and a budget. 
• Required documents: CV, letter of recommendation from chair or coordinator of the research group or the research director and proof of financial support from your faculty (only in Dutch availble), department or institute.
• You will be notified after the CWB’s application review meeting about whether your application was successful and if so, the grant amount awarded.
• If you have any questions, please contact LUF at grants@luf.leidenuniv.nl. 
   

Inge Voesten Appel Fund: development of interdisciplinary pharmaceutical education with other faculties, to learn to recognise the value of those other disciplines early on.
Maximum grant amount: €10,000.

LUMC and Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR): master’s programmes Pharmacy and Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences.

• The project start date must not precede the submission deadline.
• You must submit a final and financial report to LUF within two months of completing the project, after which the grant will be paid.
   

• You can find the application form here.
• Application review: expenditure committee of the Inge Voesten Appel Fund.
• Grant rounds and deadlines: April 1st and October 1st.
• Applications may be submitted in Dutch or English and must include a Dutch summary (max. 250 words).
• Required documents for application submission: CV, letter of recommendation and budget.
• You will be notified after the application review meeting of whether your application was successful and if so, the grant amount awarded.
• If you have questions please contact LUF at grants@luf.leidenuniv.nl.
   

Fund VVJF 1 Faculty of Law: grant for an activity for law alumni. Maximum grant amount: in consultation (grants@luf.leidenuniv.nl).

Faculty of Law.

• You must submit a substantive report and financial account via the LUF Grant Portal within two months of completing the project, after which the grant will be paid.

• You can find the application form here.
• Application review: Expenditure committee of the Fund VVJF 1 Faculty of Law.
• Grant rounds and deadlines: continuous.
• Applications may be submitted in Dutch or English and must include a Dutch summary (max. 250 words).
• Required documents for application submission: letter of recommendation and budget.
• You will be notified after the application review meeting of whether your application was successful and if so, the grant amount awarded.
• If you have questions please contact LUF at grants@luf.leidenuniv.nl.
   

Fund VVJF 2 Law Library: grant for maintenance and expansion of the Law Library. Maximum grant amount: in consultation (grants@luf.leidenuniv.nl).

Faculty of Law and Leiden University Libraries.

• Purchases/expenses for the Law Library, for which there is no room within Leiden University's budget.
•  You must submit a substantive report and financial account via the LUF Grant Portal within two months of completing the project, after which the grant will be paid.
   

• You can find the application form here.
• Application review: Expenditure committee of the Fund VVJF 2 Law Library.
• Grant rounds and deadlines: continuous.
• Applications may be submitted in Dutch or English and must include a Dutch summary (max. 250 words).
• Required documents for application submission: letter of recommendation and budget.
• You will be notified after the application review meeting of whether your application was successful and if so, the grant amount awarded.
• If you have questions please contact LUF at grants@luf.leidenuniv.nl