De la Court Prize

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)

The De la Court Prize recognises individuals who have produced outstanding scholarly work in the social sciences or humanities without financial reward, independently and outside the established academic institutions. The prizewinner receives a monetary award of EUR 7,500.

Who can apply

Scholars in the Kingdom of the Netherlands who have produced outstanding scholarly work in the social sciences or humanities independently and without financial reward.

Key contacts

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Funding

€8k – €8k

Deadline

1 July 2026

Opens

4 June 2026

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Eligibility criteria

Scholars in the Kingdom of the Netherlands who have produced outstanding scholarly work in the social sciences or humanities independently and without financial reward.
The institution to which the nominator is affiliated must be based in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Nominations can be submitted by individual scientists and scholars; management boards of institutions in the fields of behavioural and social sciences, law, language and literature, history, philosophy and theology; management boards of academic publishers, museums and cultural heritage institutions; members of the Academy and The Young Academy.