1. ARE YOU INTERESTED IN USING OUR MATCHMAKING SERVICE TO FIND SOMEONE AT MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY (UM) TO APPLY TO THE CHILDREN'S RIGHTS (CRR) FUND WITH?
All applications for the CRR Fund must include at least one UM affiliated person. However, for external children’s rights researchers and practitioners apply we offer a matchmaking service to help pair you up with someone from Maastricht University (student or staff member). If you find a match, then you can apply together. If you are interested in using our matchmaking service, then please send an email to
Matchmaking deadline: 1 March 2024 (after this date we will no longer add new profiles to the matchmaking service)
Grant application deadline: 1 April 2024
Disclaimer: Please note the UM affiliated person’s role must be clearly stated in the application and their work must constitute at least 50 percent of the project’s overall work. Additionally, we cannot guarantee a match will be found.
2. ARE YOU A UM STUDENT OR STAFF MEMBER INTERESTED IN WORKING TOGETHER ON CHILDREN'S RIGHTS PROJECTS?
Check out the exciting projects listed below. All these experienced children’s rights researchers and/or practitioners are looking for UM affiliated people (students or staff members) to apply to the Children's Rights Research Fund for grants of between €2.500 and €5.000. If you see a project that you’re interested in working on then you can reach out directly to the researcher using the contact details on their project profile.
More information on how to apply for the Children’s Rights Research Fund can be found our call for funding page.
Grant application deadline: 1 April 2024
Disclaimer: All research teams must include at least one UM affiliated person (student or staff member) to be eligible for the grant. The UM affiliated person’s role must be clearly stated in the application and their work must constitute at least 50 percent of the overall project’s work. Researchers are not vetted by the CRR Fund.