Dutch funded research into collections with a colonial context

The Dutch NWO will fund eight research projects “Research into collections with a colonial context”. The programme aims to redress injustices and strengthen trust and cooperation with the countries of origin.

The awarded projects aim to promote knowledge development, knowledge exchange and cooperation between researchers from countries where the museum collections and objects with a colonial context originally come from.

These projects also support cooperation between these international researchers and museums in the Netherlands.

A budget of 1.2 million euros is available for this Call. A maximum of €35,000 is available for research exchange proposals. A maximum of €350,000 is available for consortium grant proposals.

They cover collections and themes related to the Indonesian archipelago, Argentina/Uruguay, South Africa, and Aruba/Bonaire/Curaçao.