Seed fund for collaborations with priority partners in the regions 

Application form 2025

To apply for the Leiden University Global Fund – Seed fund for collaboration with priority partners in the regions, please fill out this application form before 30 September 2025 (23:59 CET). Make sure to complete the form and accept the terms and conditions at the bottom. Without a completed form, your application cannot be considered in the selection process.

For more information about the call and the requirements, please check the [call text] and [the FAQ]. For other questions please contact globalfund@bb.leidenuniv.nl.

Title: *

Abstract: *

Main applicant:
The main applicant is appointed, academic staff at Leiden University. Note that as a main applicant or co-applicant from Leiden University, you can only be apply with one proposal.

Name: *

Discipline: *

Faculty: *

Institute *

Email address: *

Co-applicant 1:
Co-applicants 1 are colleagues from another faculty at Leiden University. They should be appointed academic staff from another discipline.

If you believe your proposal should be exempt from this requirement, please explain why and argue the interdisciplinarity in the dedicated field further below.

Name: *

Discipline: *

Faculty: *

Institute *

Email address: *

Co-applicant 2:
Co-applicants 2 are colleagues from one of Leiden University's priority partners in the regions. It is required that at least one priority partner is involved in your proposal. Please select the partner that has a central role in your proposed project and list others in the dedicated fields below.

Priority partner university: *

Name: *

Discipline: *

Faculty or school: *

Email address: *

Project Proposal:
This section is to describe the contents of your project: aims, activities, budget, strategic value. There is also room to refer to additional partners. Please make sure that the required questions (*) are filled in completely, as these are the requirements for participation. The other fields are important for context and follow-up, but do not influence eligibility for the lottery.

Thematic focus (university profiling theme):

Objectives: *

Main aim:

Budget and planning: *

Role co-applicants: *

Additional academic partners:

Non-academic partners:

Involvement early career researchers: *

Interdisciplinarity: *

Synergies with international network and other international activities:

Future perspective:
Please share your views on how this project could become part of Leiden's international activities portfolio, how it can grow and how you expect it could be maintained over time. These fields are of value when the proposal is granted the seed fund, as it will allow us to give you the necessary support for longterm success.

Impact and future follow-up:

Self-sufficiency and grant capture:

Finalise the form:

Anything you wish to share:

Do you agree with the terms and conditions? *

* = Invoer verplicht

Seed fund for collaborations with priority partners in the regions Application form 2025

Seed fund for collaborations with priority partners in the regions 

Application form 2025