Delay
The development of the online project submission and management platform is taking longer than expected. Therefore, in order to have a fully functional platform that allows submission and comfortable follow-up of the research project throughout the entire lifecycle, we will postpone previously announced deadlines. The new deadlines are the following:
More information on the platform and the submission process is available on this webpage.
Online Submission Platform
Please pay attention to the following when submitting your EoI or FP to the platform:
Thank you for your interest and your patience,
The S4Policy-Team
Announcement
The call for proposals in the frame of the Science 4 Policy research programme is now open!
This call is open to the entire Belgian scientific community (universities, colleges, universities of applied sciences, public research centres, non-profit organizations having the pursuit of scientific research in their statutes).
From 6 January 2025 on, you can hand in an Expression of Interest (EoI). The deadline is 16 January 2025. Only when you hand in a EoI, you will have the possibility to hand in a Full Proposal as well. From 17 January 2025 on, it will be possible to submit this Full Proposal. The deadline is 27 February 2025.
The call concerns the “policy-driven” projects of the S4Policy programme. In the framework of these projects, research priorities were submitted by the federal departments with a call for a scientific support from the Belgian academic community. The four main themes of the research priorities are: Digital Transformation; Strategic autonomy and Resilience of Belgium; Inclusion, health and wellbeing; and Green and Societal Transformation. The projects aim to gain academic support to either reinforce analytical capacities within federal departments or to provide scientific evidence to inform federal policies. They are based on a co-funding scheme in which BELSPO funds a maximum of 90% and the concerned department(s) a minimum of 10% of the total budget.
| Activity | Deadline |
|---|---|
| Launch of the call | 25 June 2024 |
| Information session | 28 June 2024 @ 10:00 |
| Opening of the platform for submission EoI | 6 January 2025 |
| Deadline submission EoI | 16 January 2025 @ 14:00 |
| Eligibility check by BELSPO | |
| Opening of the platform for submission Full Proposal | 17 January 2025 |
| Deadline submission Full Proposal | 27 February 2025 @ 14:00 |
| Evaluation | |
| Communication of results | |
| Start of the projects | September 2025 |
Deadlines
The completed EoI and Full Proposals need to be submitted via our platform (soon available).
Important notice 17 July 2024
The information file for applicants has been updated.
We regret to inform you that the topic “History of the persecution and social exclusion of people on the basis of their sexual orientation at different periods in our history (5.6)” has been withdrawn from this call.
All other information in the information file remains unchanged. Please direct any questions regarding this adjustment to S4policy@belspo.be.
Information documents
Templates for submission proposals
These templates are an indication of what is expected in the Full Proposal and EoI, the submission of both the EoI and the Full Proposal have to be done through the platform!
Platform (ENG)
Here you will soon find the link to the platform and further documentation.
Information Session (Online meeting )
Specific content questions
If you have any questions on the Research Priorities of the call (i.e. research topics) (see Information file S4P, Part II (p. 10 – 42), you can contact S4Policy@belspo.be until 23/07/24.
We will answer your questions as soon as possible. We will not answer those questions that would lead to an unfair distribution of information among the interested researchers. All clarifications will be shared by e-mail and publicly on the website. You can find those here: FAQ Research Topics.
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Contact: S4Policy@belspo.be
