The Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition (LIBC) hosts an MRI scanner dedicated to research. FSW researchers are welcome to use this scanner. The 3.0 tesla Philips achieva scanner is situated at the ground floor of the Leiden University Medical Center, department of Radiology.

During adolescence, some young people have stable best-friend relationships, while others change best friends frequently. Developmental psychologist Lisa Schreuders has studied the brains of young adolescents: ‘It seems that friendships in your early years can have consequences for your friendships…

Professor Nira Wickramasinghe has won the American Historical Association John F. Richards Prize in South Asian History for her book Slave in a Palanquin. Colonial Servitude and Resistance in Sri Lanka' (Columbia University Press: New York 2020).

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded an Advanced Grant to six Leiden researchers. It awards these significant grants to established principal investigators for ground-breaking, high-risk research.

Leiden University is working hard to enhance the support that is available for researchers and research groups as they apply for external funding and carry out externally funded research projects. We are determined to provide the best possible support for individual researchers and research groups.

A University education is not only about transferring information, but also about teaching students to conduct research.

Leiden University frequently reviews the quality of its research. We do this by means of both internal and external assessments. Read how we monitor and assess the quality of our research.

The Research Support Portal of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences aims at helping you find the information you need during the different stages of your research.

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Leiden University has high-quality research facilities and laboratories for education and research.

Leiden University is working hard to enhance the support that is available for researchers and research groups as they apply for external funding and carry out externally funded research projects. We are determined to provide the best possible support for individual researchers and research groups.

Ten different research groups from both Education and Child Studies and Psychology perform beta-medical research in different disciplines. This page offers information about these research groups and their standard operating procedures.

Leiden University frequently reviews the quality of its research. We do this by means of both internal and external assessments. Read how we monitor and assess the quality of our research.

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SOLO Research and Lab Support provides assistance to researchers in various stages of their research.

The purpose of the Research Support Portal is to make information on research support easier to find for researchers and support staff.

You can find information about making payments to research participants on this page.

The FSW offers facilities for two special types of research: research using nutritional supplements and research using scents.

Here you will find additional information about SOLO's services and links to useful websites.

During your research you might have to set up laboratory space, programme tasks, collect, analyse and store data. The FSW offers support in all stages of your research.

Leiden University is one of the world's top universities in leading international rankings. As a postdoc, you will be working with internationally renowned researchers, often as part of a specific research project. As such, the University cultivates an attractive research climate with excellent facilities.…

If your research project involves collecting private or otherwise sensitive data, you must ensure adequate data protection measures are taken. Research must be conducted in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In terms of patient data, for instance, when used for research carried…

Leiden researchers work together with other researchers from across the world. The University has developed a regional policy focused on three specific regions with which we maintain intensive contact through a number of faculties: China, Indonesia and Latin America and the Caribbean.

Universities, companies, organisations and societies are increasingly facing enormous quantities of data. It is a great challenge to transform these Big Data into knowledge, which is why Leiden University has launched a University-wide Data Science Research Programme.

Research output is not only relevant to academia. It is also important to inform the public of the discoveries that our researchers make.

How can you ensure that your research hits the headlines? How can you bring your research output, such as PhD research or a publication, to the attention of the public?

Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR)

Leiden researchers work together with other researchers from across the world. The University has developed a regional policy focused on three specific regions with which we maintain intensive contact through a number of faculties: China, Indonesia and Latin America and the Caribbean.

De Universiteit Leiden zet in op de versterking van de ondersteuning voor onderzoekers en onderzoeksgroepen bij extern gefinancierde onderzoeksprojecten.

The aim of this process is to make it easier for researchers to access the existing research infrastructure. We will improve the information about this infrastructure and reach clear agreements with the faculties. This will give researchers better access to the available options at the University, both…

On this page you will find a list of all research and teaching applications that are available for use outside the University network. The list will be updated regularly.