Migelien Gerritzen Fellowship 2020 for Conservation & Scientific Research [Stipend available]

Applications are open for interested and suitably qualified candidates for the Migelien Gerritzen Fellowship 2020 for Conservation & Scientific Research [Stipend available]. The full application details for the Migelien Gerritzen Fellowship can be accessed below.

Migelien Gerritzen Fellowship 2020

Applications are open for the Migelien Gerritzen Fellowship 2020 for Conservation and Scientific Research. The Migelien Gerritzen Fund/Rijksmuseum Fund enables candidates to conduct conservation and/or scientific research on artworks and historical artifacts.

Focus should be the Rijksmuseum collection or ideation that has been initiated at the Rijksmuseum. A suitable project might entail technical research into objects in the Rijksmuseum’s collection and/or analytical techniques, preventive conservation, and treatment methodologies. This fellowship enables candidates to collaborate with conservators, curators and scientists active at the Rijksmuseum. The Fellowship will preferably result in an article for publication, the content and form of which will be decided by the Fellow in consultation with the Rijksmuseum.

The Rijksmuseum will provide joint working space for the Fellows, in order to stimulate an exchange of knowledge, ideas and experience. Access will be given to all relevant resources in the museum, such as the Research Library Collections, collection documentation, and the conservation laboratories of the Rijksmuseum and the University of Amsterdam.

Funding

Fellowship stipends are awarded to help support a Fellow’s study and research efforts during the tenure of their appointment. The stipend of €39,000 for MA graduate/PhD Fellows or €45,000 for postdoctoral Fellows (subject to taxes and deductions) is for a period of twelve months commencing 1 September 2020, the start of the academic year.
The Fellowship will allow for limited travel for research in art collections and archives elsewhere in Europe to a maximum value of €5,000 annually. The Rijksmuseum will cover visa fees for the Fellow, but not for dependents.

Eligibility

The Migelien Gerritzen Fellowship is open to MA graduates, as well as Ph.D. students and post-doctoral candidates. MA Graduate/PhD Fellows are those who have completed their MA degree or whose proposal is embedded in the research plans of their forthcoming PhD dissertation, postdoctoral Fellows must have completed their Ph.D. dissertation and obtained a PhD-degree on the date of application.
Fellowships are open to candidates of all nationalities and with varied specialisms. They may include researchers specializing in the field of conservation sciences or related studies.
Candidates should have proven research capabilities, academic credentials and excellent command of the English language – both written and spoken. Proficiency in a second language (ideally Dutch or German) is preferred but not required.