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Scientific calls for proposals

Transnational Call
JPI More Years, Better Lives
Labour force shortages within the long-term care sector


Transnational Call JPI More Years, Better Lives Labour force shortages within the long-term care sector BELSPO and the FPS Health are joining their budget to enable the participation of Belgian researchers in the transnational call issued by the Joint Programming Initiative “More Years Better Lives: the challenges and opportunities of demographic change”. A budget of 300.000€ is reserved for a Belgian researcher (or a group of Belgian researchers - from the same research center or from different institutions) that will apply to the call.
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Deadline

  • Call closes on May 14 at 16.00 (CET)

Call for proposals
Ecological Aspects of Deep-Sea Mining

BELSPO has, together with international partners in JPI Oceans, launched a Call for project proposals on Ecological Aspects of Deep-Sea Mining.
Budget of the call: 350 000 € + up to 12 days of ship time on the RV Belgica, both on condition of budget approval by the Belgian Federal Government.
More info in the call text and on the JPI Oceans website .

Deadlines:

  • Deadline pre-proposals: 01.03.2024 - 17:00 CET
  • Deadline full proposals: 30.09.2024 - 17:00 CEST

Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership’s second joint transnational call (SBEP)

The Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO) is one of the Belgian partners in the Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership (SBEP).

SBEP is launching its second call “Unified paths to a climate-neutral, sustainable, and resilient blue economy: engaging civil society, academia, policy, and industry”.

Deadlines

  • Deadline Pre-proposals:10.04.2024, 15:00 CET.
  • Deadline Full proposals: 06.11.2024, 15:00 CET

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Research Programmes - Aeronautic

State aid for Research, Development and Innovation within the aeronautics sector

The Federal Aeronautics Platform is a close partnership between the PPS Science Policy and the FPS Economy responsible for supporting the participation of Belgian industry in aeronautics programmes at federal level. The Federal Aeronautics Platform finances the development costs or "Non Recurring Costs" (NRC) associated with industrial projects by means of reimbursable advances, in accordance with European regulations.
Within this framework, the PPS Science Policy is responsible for the scientific and technical management of the dossiers and the FPS Economy for the economic, financial and accounting management.
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Call for Clean Aviation R&D projects
in Dutch or French

Deadlines: 15 April 2024 & 15 May 2024

Space Research & Applications

Programma PRODEX

The PROgramme for the Development of scientific EXperiments (PRODEX) is a programme of the European Space Agency (ESA) to which Belgium, as Member State of ESA, has been participating since June 1988.
Permanent funding scheme

European Calls and Projects

Starting Independent Researcher Grant

European Research Council (ERC)

Support up-and-coming researchers who are about to establish or consolidate an independent research team or to start conducting independent research in Europe.
Website ERC

Federal contactpoint for the European Framework Programme

NCP Federal BE

NCP Federal BE inform about the latest developments in Horizon Europe, help finding suitable project partners or joining a consortium, support in preparing a project proposal and give feedback on project proposals.
Website NCP Federal BE

Calls for Tenders related to the Directorate-General for Research & Innovation.

EU-DG Research & Innovation

Find current and upcoming funding opportunities for your research, as well as research partners, jobs and fellowships. Learn about research projects and results, joint research initiatives and EU action to promote innovation.
Website European Commission

European Cooperation in Science and Technology

COST: Open call

COST invites researchers throughout Europe to submit proposals for research networks and use this unique opportunity to exchange knowledge and to embark on new European perspectives. A continuous Open Call for Proposals is used to attract the best proposals for new COST Actions.
Website COST Belgium
Website COST

COST OPEN CALL 2024

The next deadline to hand in the proposals for the COST Open Call is set on the 23th of October 2024 at 12:00 PM (noon) CEST.

COST BELGIAN INFO DAY 2024

The Belgian COST National Contact Points organise on 17 May 2024 in WTC III Brussels two COST information sessions.
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European Space Agency

esa-star Publication

The esa-star Publication System portal of the European Space Agency presents the calls from ESA but also from industry, research centres and European national agencies.
Website Doing Business with ESA

Grants and mobility

Fellowships

Hodge fellowships at the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques in Bures-sur-Yvette (IHES)

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and IHES annually offer two 1-year fellowships under the name of Sir William Hodge, the eminent British mathematician whose main interests were in the fields of algebraic and differential geometry. The fellowships will enable outstanding young mathematicians and theoretical physicists to spend some time at IHES.
Website IHES
Website EPSRC

Fellowships

Academia Belgica - Center for History, Arts and Sciences in Rome

Since the end of 2018, the Academia Belgica, the Belgian Historical Institute of Rome and the Princess Marie-José National Foundation have united their respective fields of action and joined forces in a public utility foundation called "Academia Belgica - Center for History, Arts and Sciences in Rome". Each year, this 'new' institution will propose a number of research fellowships in Italy. These scholarships are awarded from the funds, as appropriate, of the Federal Authority (Academia Belgica's own budget), the Flemish Community (Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek) or the French Community (Ministère de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles).
Website Academia Belgica

Recruitment tool

EURAXESS, European portal for Mobile researchers

EURAXESS Jobs is a stress-free recruitment tool where no charges apply. Researchers can find a wealth of constantly updated information on job vacancies, funding opportunities and fellowships throughout Europe. Posting their CV will allow recruiters to find them. Companies or research institutes can post vacancies free of charge and search for the CVs of international top-notch researchers. Users can also directly access the national EURAXESS portals of the partner countries which contain information on research job and funding opportunities, as well as on personalised services in each country. .
Website EURAXESS

Closed calls