The winner will organize a workshop at the Lorentz Center@lambda in Leiden, the Netherlands and receive research software engineering support from the Netherlands eScience Center.
This year the focus is on:
Advancing AI Techniques for Scientific Research and Scholarship
AI currently impacts nearly every scientific domain and beyond. Notably, the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.” This call focuses on the development and sustainability of research software and the ecosystems that support the application of AI to any scientific discipline.
What we seek
- an innovative research problem that takes us beyond current boundaries
- a need for research software expertise
- an open and interactive format, with few lectures
- at least one scientific organizer based within and one outside the Netherlands
- at least one scientific organizer from academia and one from the public/private sector
What we offer
- a 5-day workshop for up to 25 people between September 2026 and April 2027
- support by eScience Center RSEs, with relevant expertise, equivalent to 0.2 FTE
- travel and accommodation reimbursements
- no registration fees or other organizational costs
- professional organizational support, under the philosophy ‘you do the research, we do the rest’
Procedure
- a 1-page expression of interest including three prioritized weeks for your workshop to competition@lorentzcenter.nl by 17 October 2025 10:00 CEST
- announcement selection of shortlist before 14 November 2025
- if selected for this shortlist, you’ll submit a full application via the Lorentz Center application portal by 15 December 2025 10:00 CET
- final decision mid-February 2026
- peer review process: review and feedback by the competition review board; final decision by the Lorentz Center and Netherlands eScience Center directors
More information about working with the eScience Center and the funding conditions.
Contact
Rena Bakhshi
Programme Officer, Netherlands eScience Center
open-calls@esciencecenter.nl
Tanja Uitbeijerse
Program coordinator, Lorentz Center
competition@lorentzcenter.nl
