Social sciences - getting started

Organisation

• Faculty of Social Sciences
• Faculty Board and Secretariat
• Research Office
• Education Office
• Faculty Joint Assembly
• Education Quality Assurance and Development
• Communication and Marketing
• Graduate School
• HRM
• Confidential counselor
• Annual plan FSS
• Sustainability at FSS

Policy Documents Faculty of Social Sciences

Research 

For support during the research process, you can always contact the Research Office

Support throughout the research project life cycle 

• From idea to funding 
  • Funding Opportunities and Support
• Starter and incentive grants
  • Starter grants
  • Incentive grants
    • Ex-post grants
• Starting a new project 
  • First steps for newly awarded projects
  • Starting a new project: Research Ethics and Knowledge Security Review, Data Management and Privacy
• Managing your ongoing projects 
  • Reporting requirements and changes to your project
  • Guidelines for research data organization
• Disseminating and communicating your research and impact 
  • PURE & VU Research Portal 
  • Guidelines for archiving research data 
  • Support for creating research impact 

Support for Research Management and Policy  

• Data Management FSS
• Research assessments FSS
• Research Committees and Consultative Bodies FSS
• Templates and Example Documents FSS

Education

• Blended Learning FSS
• Teaching Information (academic calendar, course preparation, course and exam registration, exams and resits, graduation, course report, evaluations, regulations, at the gate – from Open Day to the VU Orientation Days, professionalization)

Finances

• Finances

Digital Support

Find out more about TestVision, grade transfer between systems, organising exams, Canvas tips & tricks and everything about consultation hours and workshops on this website.