Researchers studying animal behaviour, including behavioural biology and psychology, may apply for a grant between EUR 2.000 and EUR 6,000 to cover expenses associated with research, study trips to foreign research groups or the organization of scientific meetings or knowledge dissemination.
Animal behaviour, including behavioural biology, psychology
University graduates, PhD-candidates and researchers with a PhD degree who work at (or are affiliated with) a university or research institute in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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The Dr. J.L. Dobberke Foundation was established by Ms S.L. van Stolk in 1950 and was transferred to the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2005. The Foundation is named after Dr J.L. Dobberke, a researcher who studied animal behaviour.
The Dobberke grant of the Dr. J.L. Dobberke Foundation for Comparative Psychology is intended for research in the field of animal behaviour; this includes fields as behavioural biology and psychology.
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