Thematische en non-thematische projecten (bottom-up en PhD) van de oproep 2020-2021
BELSHAKE - Database en modellering van grondbewegingen
door aardbevingen in België
Non-thematisch project (bottom-up)
Sleutelwoorden: Seismology, Earthquake ground motion, Intraplate, Crustal
attenuation, Seismic hazard
- Projectduur: 15/12/2020 - 15/03/2025
- Budget: 318.780€
- Coördinator: Vanneste Kris (ORB-KSB)
- Promotoren: -
- BELSPO programmabeheerder: Lefever Koen
Documentatie
BG-PART - BioGeochemical PARTicle interactions and
feedback loops on the Belgian Continental Shelf
Thematisch project
Sleutelwoorden: Suspended particulate matter, Flocculation, Phytoplankton ,
Transparent exopolymer particles, Organic suspended matter composition, Turbidity
- Projectduur: 15/12/2020 - 15/03/2025
- Budget: 906.418€
- Coördinator: Desmit Xavier (IRSNB-KBIN)
- Promotoren: De Rijcke Maarten (VLIZ), Sabbe Koen (UGent)
- BELSPO programmabeheerder: Lefever Koen
Documentatie
CRIM-BIODIV - Crimineel gedrag tegen
biodiversiteit
Non-thematisch project (bottom-up)
Sleutelwoorden: Biodiversity, Environment, Behavior, Inequalities, Deviance,
Representations
- Projectduur: 15/12/2020 - 15/03/2023
- Budget: 279.456€
- Coördinator: Jonckheere Alexia (NICC-INCC)
- Promotoren: Pütz Jean-François (IEW)
- BELSPO programmabeheerder: van der Werf Aline
Documentatie
- Projectbeschrijving
- Projectwebsite
- Fedra

- Reports
- Final
Report: Criminal behaviour against biodiversity (CRIM-BIODIV)
- Samenvatting: Criminal behaviour against biodiversity (CRIM-BIODIV)
- Résumé:
Criminal behaviour against biodiversity (CRIM-BIODIV)
- Summary:
Criminal behaviour against biodiversity (CRIM-BIODIV)
- Artikels:
- D. Scheer, V. Mahieu et A. Jonckheere, « Étudier les criminalités
environnementales. Quand la criminologie sort des sentiers (re)battus
? », Champ pénal/Penal field [En ligne], 31 | 2024, mis en
ligne le 29 août 2024, URL : http://journals.openedition.org/champpenal/15504 ; DOI : https://doi.org/10.4000/127my
- D. Scheer, « De la défense d’une zone naturelle à son défrichement. Le
droit et l’action directe comme arts partagés de la
résistance », in Résister ! De l’adaptation à la dissidence
en terrains criminologiques, Bruxelles, ULB, 2024, pp. 239-254. Article.
- D. Scheer, « Chasseur et braconnier « hors-la-loi » : gestion différentielle des
illégalismes et incitation à jouer avec la loi », Cultures &
Conflits, 2024, 131-132(1), pp. 253-285. Article.
- A. Jonckheere et D. Scheer, « Vivre dans les interstices. Les compromis sur la
végétation spontanée à Bruxelles », Brussels Studies (coming
soon)
- Artikelen van andere lopende onderzoeksprojecten bij NICC over milieucriminaliteit (ter
informatie)
- A. Jonckheere et V. Mahieu , « Le permis de détention animale. Du
conflit de temporalités au fantasme technosolutionniste », Champ
pénal/Penal field [En ligne], 32 | 2024, mis en ligne le 27 septembre
2024, URL : http://journals.openedition.org/champpenal/15627 ; DOI : https://doi.org/10.4000/12dgp
- A. Jonckheere, « La statistique criminelle environnementale. Intérêt et enjeux
d'un outil en construction », Actes du colloque « Horizons partagés sur la
protection de la biodiversité » organisé par Canopéa, Louvain-la-Neuve, 12 mars 2024,
pp.19-27. URL : Actes-Colloque-Horizons-partages.pdf
- A. Jonckheere et V. Mahieu, « La répression administrative des infractions
environnementales déclassées en Région wallonne », Revue de droit pénal
et de criminologie, 2024 (coming soon)
- Media
CS-MASK - Crowd-Sourced data for atmospheric
Modelling At Sub-Kilometric scale
Non-thematisch project (bottom-up)
Sleutelwoorden: Hectometric resolution modelling, Urban climate, Numerical weather
prediction, Crowd-sourced data
- Projectduur: 15/12/2020 - 15/03/2025
- Budget: 321.280€
- Coördinator: Termonia Piet (IRM-KMI)
- Promotoren: -
- BELSPO programmabeheerder: Lejour Corinne
Documentatie
- Projectbeschrijving
- Projectwebsite
- Fedra

- Reports
- Final Report:
Crowd-Sourced data for atmospheric Modelling At Sub-Kilometric scale (CS-MASK)
- Samenvatting:
Crowd-Sourced data for atmospheric Modelling At Sub-Kilometric scale (CS-MASK)
- Résumé:
Crowd-Sourced data for atmospheric Modelling At Sub-Kilometric scale (CS-MASK)
- Summary:
Crowd-Sourced data for atmospheric
Modelling At Sub-Kilometric scale (CS-MASK)
DELPHFI - Deep Learning voorspelling en achteraf van de
initiatie van zonnevlammen
Non-thematisch project (bottom-up)
Sleutelwoorden: Solar flares, Machine learning, Space weather , Deep learning,
Forecast, CNN visualization
- Projectduur: 15/12/2020 - 15/03/2025
- Budget: 499.969€
- Coördinator: Dolla Laurent (ORB-KSB)
- Promotoren: Lapenta Giovanni (KU Leuven)
- BELSPO programmabeheerder: Lefever Koen
Documentatie
- Projectbeschrijving
- Projectwebsite

- Fedra

- Reports
- Final Report:
Deep learning prediction and hindsight of flare initiation (DELPHFI)
- Samenvatting:
Deep Learning Voorspelling en Post-event analyse van het Ontstaan van Zonnevlammen (DELPHFI)
- Résumé:
Prédiction par Apprentissage Profond et Analyse Rétrospective de l'Initiation des Éruptions Solaires
(DELPHFI)
- Summary: DEep
Learning Prediction and Hindsight of Flare Initiation (DELPHFI)
EQUATOR - Emission QUantification of Atmospheric tracers
in the Tropics using ObseRvations from satellites
Non-thematisch project (bottom-up)
Sleutelwoorden: Land-atmosphere interactions, Biogenic VOC emissions, Tropical
atmosphere, Nitrogen oxides emissions, Multi-species satellite observations, Modelling
- Projectduur: 15/12/2020 - 15/03/2025
- Budget: 271.832€
- Coördinator: Stavrakou Trisevgeni (IASB-BIRA)
- Promotoren: -
- BELSPO programmabeheerder: Lejour Corinne
Documentatie
- Projectbeschrijving
- Projectwebsite
Equador

- Projectwebsite Tropo
- Fedra

- Reports
- Final Report:
Emission Quantification of Atmospheric tracers in the Tropics using ObseRvations from satellites
(EQUATOR)
- Samenvatting:
Emission Quantification of Atmospheric tracers in the Tropics using ObseRvations from satellites
(EQUATOR)
- Résumé:
Emission Quantification of Atmospheric tracers in the Tropics using ObseRvations from satellites
(EQUATOR)
- Summary:
Emission Quantification of Atmospheric tracers in the Tropics using ObseRvations from satellites
(EQUATOR)
HabitAnt - Bewoonbaarheid in Antarctische meren in
verleden en toekomst: successie, kolonisatie, uitsterven en overleven in glaciale refugia
Thematisch project
Sleutelwoorden: Antarctica, Succession, Lakes , Colonization, Glacial refugia,
Extinction
- Projectduur: 15/01/2021 - 15/04/2025
- Budget: 871.394€
- Coördinator: Verleyen Elie (UGent)
- Promotoren: Schön Isabelle (IRSNB-KBIN), Wilmotte Annick (ULiège)
- BELSPO programmabeheerder: Vancauwenberghe Maaike
Documentatie
IPA - Impact of Planetary magnetisation on
Atmospheric erosion
Non-thematisch project (bottom-up)
Sleutelwoorden: Sun, Magnetosphere, Ionosphere , Atmospheric erosion, Terrestrial
planets, Semi-empirical modelling
- Projectduur: 2 jaar
- Budget: 256.357€
- Coördinator: Maggiolo Romain (IASB-BIRA)
- Promotoren: -
- BELSPO programmabeheerder: Lefever Koen
Documentatie
- Projectbeschrijving
- Projectwebsite

- Fedra

- Reports
- Final Report:
Impact of Planetary magnetisation on Atmospheric erosion (IPA)
- Summary: Impact
of Planetary magnetisation on Atmospheric erosion (IPA)
KEAFish - De biodiversiteit, biogeografie en
evolutionaire geschiedenis van de noordelijke bekkens van de Grote Afrikaanse Meren: de enigmatische
visfauna's van de Kivu-, Edward- en Albertmeersystemen gereviseerd
Non-thematisch project (bottom-up)
Sleutelwoorden: Africa, fishes, rift-valley lakes , biogeography, evolution,
biodiversity
- Projectduur: 15/12/2020 - 15/03/2025
- Budget: 487.668€
- Coördinator: Snoeks Jos (MRAC-KMMA)
- Promotoren: Decru Eva (KU Leuven), Svardal Hannes (UAntwerpen), Van Steenberge Maarten (IRSNB-KBIN),
Kisekelwa Tchalondawa (ISP Bukavu), Okello William (NaFIRRI Uganda)
- BELSPO programmabeheerder: Lejour Corinne
Documentatie
- Projectbeschrijving
- Projectwebsite
- Fedra

- Reports
- Final Reports:
The biodiversity, biogeography and evolutionary history of the northern basins of the Great African
Lakes: the enigmatic fish faunas of Lakes Kivu, Edward and Albert revisited (KEAFish)
- Samenvatting:
The biodiversity, biogeography and evolutionary history of the northern basins of the Great African
Lakes: the enigmatic fish faunas of Lakes Kivu, Edward and Albert revisited (KEAFish)
- Résumé: The
biodiversity, biogeography and evolutionary history of the northern basins of the Great African
Lakes: the enigmatic fish faunas of Lakes Kivu, Edward and Albert revisited (KEAFish)
- Summary: The
biodiversity, biogeography and evolutionary history of the northern basins of the Great African
Lakes: the enigmatic fish faunas of Lakes Kivu, Edward and Albert revisited (KEAFish)
NITROPOL-BE - Impact van stikstofdepositie in de
natuurlijke omgeving op pollenallergie en luchtweginfecties in België
Thematisch project
Sleutelwoorden: Biodiversity loss, Environmental degradation, Soil nutrient
imbalances, Natural risk, Human respiratory health, Global change
- Projectduur: 15/01/2021 - 15/04/2025
- Budget: 1.406.185€
- Coördinator: Aerts Raf (Sciensano)
- Promotoren: Bruffaerts Nicolas (Sciensano), Devleesschauwer Brecht (Sciensano), Honnay Olivier (KU
Leuven), Linard Catherine (UNamur), Schrijvers Rik (KU Leuven), Speybroeck Niko (UCLouvain)
- BELSPO programmabeheerder: Lejour Corinne
Documentatie
- Projectbeschrijving
- Projectwebsite

- Fedra

- Reports
- Final
Report: Impacts of nitrogen deposition in the natural environment on pollen allergy and
respiratory infection outcomes in Belgium (NITROPOL-BE)
- Summary:
Impacts of nitrogen deposition in the natural environment on pollen allergy and respiratory
infection outcomes in Belgium (NITROPOL-BE)
OUTFLOW - Quantifying the cOntribUTion of Fouling fauna
to the Local carbon budget of an Offshore Wind farm
Thematisch project
Sleutelwoorden: Offshore wind farm, Sediments, Fouling fauna, Benthos, Faecal
pellets, Blue Carbon
- Projectduur: 15/01/2021 - 15/04/2025
- Budget: 624.237€
- Coördinator: Vanaverbeke Jan (IRSNB-KBIN)
- Promotoren: Boeckx Pascal (UGent), Moens Tom (UGent)
- BELSPO programmabeheerder: Lefever Koen
Documentatie
- Projectbeschrijving
- Projectwebsite

- Fedra

- Reports
- Final Report:
Quantifying the cOntribUTion of Fouling fauna to the Local carbon budget of an Offshore Wind farm
(OUTFLOW)
- Samenvatting:
Quantifying the cOntribUTion of Fouling fauna to the Local carbon budget of an Offshore Wind farm
(OUTFLOW)
- Résumé:
Quantifying the cOntribUTion of Fouling fauna to the Local carbon budget of an Offshore Wind farm
(OUTFLOW)
- Summary:
Quantifying the cOntribUTion of Fouling fauna to the Local carbon budget of an Offshore Wind farm
(OUTFLOW)
Paradi²s - PARAsitic DIversity, vectors, host and
transfers in Early Cretaceous DInosauraSsociated vertebrates
Thematisch project
Sleutelwoorden: Palaeoparasites, fossil stools, host transfers , terrestrial
vertebrates, amber, ectoparasites
- Projectduur: 15/12/2020 - 15/03/2025
- Budget: 738.324€
- Coördinator: Godefroit Pascal (IRSNB-KBIN)
- Promotoren: Baele Jean-Marc (UMONS), Claerebout Edwin (UGent), Claeys Philippe (VUB)
- BELSPO programmabeheerder: Lejour Corinne
Documentatie
- Projectbeschrijving
- Projectwebsite

- Fedra

- Reports
- Final Report:
PARAsitic DIversity, vectors, hosts, and transfers in Early Cretaceous DInoSaur-associated
vertebrates (Paradi²s)
- Samenvatting: PARAsitic DIversity, vectors, hosts, and transfers in Early
Cretaceous DInoSaur-associated vertebrates (Paradi²s)
- Résumé:
PARAsitic DIversity, vectors, hosts, and transfers in Early Cretaceous DInoSaur-associated
vertebrates (Paradi²s)
- Summary:
PARAsitic DIversity, vectors, hosts, and transfers in Early Cretaceous DInoSaur-associated
vertebrates (Paradi²s)
PORTAL - PhOtotrofie on Rocky habiTAble pLaneten
Thematisch project
Sleutelwoorden: Habitability, Early Life, Phototrophy , Exoplanets, Astrobiology,
Biosignatures
- Projectduur: 15/01/2021 - 15/04/2025
- Budget: 951.058€
- Coördinator: Javaux Emmanuelle (ULiège)
- Promotoren: Cardol Pierre (ULiège), Dehant Veronique (ORB-KSB), Gillon Michaël (ULiège), Lara Yannick
(ULiège), Van Hoolst Tim (ORB-KSB), Martin Turbet (Obervatoire de Genève), Noack Lena (FUBerlin), Selsis
Franck (LAB Bordeaux)
- BELSPO programmabeheerder: Lejour Corinne
Documentatie
REGE+ - Regeneratie van bos bij milieu- en
klimaatveranderingen
Thematisch project
Sleutelwoorden: Forest regeneration, Forest dynamics simulation, Process-based
modelling, Forest resilience, Climate change, Forest and wildlife management
- Projectduur: 15/01/2021 - 15/04/2025
- Budget: 711.035€
- Coördinator: Jonard Mathieu (UCLouvain)
- Promotoren: Ligot Gauthier (ULiège), Van Schaeybroeck Bert (IRM-KMI)
- BELSPO programmabeheerder: van der Werf Aline
Documentatie
- Projectbeschrijving
- Projectwebsite

- Fedra

- Reports
- Final Report:
Forest regeneration under climate and environmental changes (REGE+)
- Samenvatting:
Bosregeneratie bij klimaat- en milieuveranderingen (REGE+)
- Résumé:
Influence des changements climatiques et environnementaux sur la régénération des forêts (REGE+)
- Summary: Forest
regeneration under climate and environmental changes (REGE+)
TANGO - Kantelpunten in de leefbaarheid van Antarctische
kustecosystemen onder toekomstige scenario’s van klimaatverandering
Thematisch project
Sleutelwoorden: Antarctic Climate Change, tipping points, Benthos, species
interactions, Traits, Carbon cycling
- Projectduur: 15/01/2021 - 15/04/2025
- Budget: 936.636€
- Coördinator: Vanreusel Ann (UGent)
- Promotoren: Danis Bruno (ULB), Delille Bruno (ULiège), Schön Isa (IRSNB-KBIN)
- BELSPO programmabeheerder: Vancauwenberghe Maaike
Documentatie
- Projectbeschrijving
- Projectwebsite

- Fedra

- Reports
- Final Report:
Estimating Tipping points in habitability of Antarctic benthic
ecosystems under GlObal future climate change scenarios (TANGO)
- Samenvatting:
Het inschatten van kantelpunten in de leefbaarheid van Antarctische benthische
ecosystemen onder toekomstige klimaatveranderingsscenario’s (TANGO)
- Résumé:
Estimation des points de bascule de l’habitabilité des écosystèmes benthiques antarctiques
sous des scénarios futurs de changement climatique mondial (TANGO)
- Summary:
Estimating Tipping points in habitability of Antarctic benthic
ecosystems under GlObal future climate change scenarios (TANGO)
- Media
VERTIGO - Deciphering early stages of VERTebrate
evolution: insights from long IGnored Belgian Devonian fossil Organisms
Non-thematisch project (bottom-up)
Sleutelwoorden: Soft-bodied chordates, Belgium, Devonian, euphaneropids,
Vertebrates
- Projectduur: 4 jaar
- Budget: 154.551€
- Coördinator: Mottequin Bernard (IRSNB-KBIN)
- Promotoren: Gueriau Pierre (UNIL Lausanne), MNHN Paris Janvier Philippe
- BELSPO programmabeheerder: Lejour Corinne
Documentatie
- Projectbeschrijving
- Projectwebsite
- Fedra

- Reports
- Final Report:
Deciphering early stages of VERTebrate evolution: insights from long Ignored Belgian Devonian fossil
Organisms (VERTIGO)
- Samenvatting:
Deciphering early stages of VERTebrate evolution: insights from long Ignored Belgian Devonian fossil
Organisms (VERTIGO)
- Résumé:
Deciphering early stages of VERTebrate evolution: insights from long Ignored Belgian Devonian fossil
Organisms (VERTIGO)
- Summary:
Deciphering early stages of VERTebrate evolution: insights from long Ignored Belgian Devonian fossil
Organisms (VERTIGO)
- Annexes
- Annex 1:
The erroneous chondrichthyan egg case assignments from the Devonian: implications for the
knowledge on the evolution of the reproductive strategy within chondrichthyans
- Annex 2:
Revisiting the chondrichthyan egg capsules inventory from the Pennsylvanian (Carboniferous) of
Belgium: new data and perspectives
- Annex 3:
The first lower jaw of a ctenacanthid shark from the Late Devonian (Famennian) of Belgium
Thematische en non-thematische projecten (bottom-up en PhD) van de oproep 2019
CLIMB - Hoe beïnvloeden aerosol-wolken-interacties de
massabalans van de oppervlakte in Oost-Antarctica?
Non-thematisch project (bottom-up)
Sleutelwoorden: Atmospheric Aerosol, aerosol-clouds-precipitation interaction, ice
nucleating particles, Regional climate modelling, Belgian Antarctic station, East Antarctic
Climate
- Projectduur: 2 jaar
- Budget: 376.450€
- Coördinator: Mangold Alexander (IRM-KMI)
- Promotoren: van Lipzig Nicole (KU Leuven), Van Roozendael Michel (IASB-BIRA), Walgraeve Christophe
(UGent)
- BELSPO programmabeheerder: Vancauwenberghe Maaike
Documentatie
- Projectbeschrijving
- Projectwebsite
- Fedra

- Reports
- Final Report:
How do aerosol-CLoud Interactions influence the surface Mass Balance in East Antarctica? (CLIMB)
- Samenvatting:
Hoe beïnvloeden aerosol-wolken-interacties de massabalans van de oppervlakte in Oost Antarctica ?
(CLIMB)
- Résumé: Comment
les interactions nuages-aérosols influencent-elles le bilan de masse en surface dans la partie
orientale de l’Antarctique ? (CLIMB)
- Summary: How do
aerosol-CLoud Interactions influence the surface Mass Balance in East Antarctica? (CLIMB)
COFFEEBRIDGE -
Kennis overbruggen naar het veld: een evaluatie van het agronomische en sociaal-economische potentieel van
genetische bronnen van Robusta-koffie als cash crop in het Congobekken
Thematisch project
Sleutelwoorden: Congo Basin, Socio-economic survey, Agriculture, Soil science,
Valorization of Robusta coffee genetic resources, Cash crop
- Projectduur: 15/12/2019 - 15/03/2024
- Budget: 958.725€
- Coördinator: Stoffelen Piet (APM)
- Promotoren: Amara Michaël (AGR-ARA), Merckx Roeland (KU Leuven), Segers Yves (KU Leuven), Stévigny
Caroline (ULB), Trefon Théodore (MRAC-KMMA), Verbist Bruno (KU Leuven)
- BELSPO programmabeheerder: van der Werf Aline
Documentatie
- Projectbeschrijving
- Projectwebsite

- Fedra

- Reports
- Final
Report: Bridging knowledge to the field: an evaluation of the agronomic and socio-economic
potential of Robusta coffee genetic resources as a cash crop in the Congo Basin (COFFEEBRIDGE)
- Samenvatting: Bridging knowledge to the field: an evaluation of the agronomic
and socio-economic potential of Robusta coffee genetic resources as a cash crop in the Congo Basin
(COFFEEBRIDGE)
- Résumé:
Bridging knowledge to the field: an evaluation of the agronomic and socio-economic potential of
Robusta coffee genetic resources as a cash crop in the Congo Basin (COFFEEBRIDGE)
- Summary:
Bridging knowledge to the field: an evaluation of the agronomic and socio-economic potential of
Robusta coffee genetic resources as a cash crop in the Congo Basin (COFFEEBRIDGE)
- Policy
Brief: Policy Recommendations to Unlock the DRC’s Quality Robusta Potential
COPE -
Behoudbeheer van polaire ecosystemen: het gebruik van genomische benaderingen om connectiviteit te
bestuderen
Non-thematisch project (bottom-up)
Sleutelwoorden: Antarctica, Adaptation, Climate change, Genomics
- Projectduur: 16/12/2019-16/03/2024
- Budget: 511.734€
- Coördinator: Schon Isa (IRSNB-KBIN)
- Promotoren: Volckaert Filip (KU Leuven)
- BELSPO programmabeheerder: Vancauwenberghe Maaike
Documentatie
- Projectbeschrijving
- Projectwebsite
- Fedra

- Reports
- Final Report:
Conservation management of polar ecosystems: using genomic approaches to study connectivity across
spatial and functional scales (COPE)
- Samenvatting:
Conservation management of polar ecosystems: using genomic approaches to study connectivity across
spatial and functional scales (COPE)
- Résumé:
Conservation management of polar ecosystems: using genomic approaches to study connectivity across
spatial and functional scales (COPE)
- Summary:
Conservation management of polar ecosystems: using genomic approaches to study connectivity across
spatial and functional scales (COPE)
- Policy Brief:
- Policy
Brief nr 1: Natuurbeheer van polaire ecosystemen: het gebruik van genomische benaderingen
om connectiviteit op ruimtelijke en functionele schalen te bestuderen - COPE
- Policy Brief n°
1: Gestion de la conservation des écosystèmes polaires : utilisation d'approches
génomiques pour étudier la connectivité à travers les échelles spatiales et fonctionnelles -
COPE
- Policy
Brief no 1: Conservation management of polar ecosystems: using genomic approaches to study
connectivity across spatial and functional scales - COPE
DESIGNATE -
Decision Support under Uncertainty for Geothermal Applications
Thematisch project
Sleutelwoorden: Geothermal energy, Reservoir modelling, Techno-economic simulation,
Environmental analysis
- Projectduur: 15/12/2019-15/03/2024
- Budget: 1.000.217€
- Coördinator: Welkenhuysen Kris (IRSNB-KBIN)
- Promotoren: Kaufmann Olivier (UMONS), Laenen Ben (VITO), Compernolle Tine (UA)
- BELSPO programmabeheerder: Lefever Koen
Documentatie
- Projectbeschrijving
- Projectwebsite

- Fedra

- Reports
- Final
Report: Decision Support under Uncertainty for Geothermal Applications (DESIGNATE)
- Samenvatting: Decision Support under Uncertainty for Geothermal Applications
(DESIGNATE)
- Résumé:
Decision Support under Uncertainty for Geothermal Applications (DESIGNATE)
- Summary:
Decision Support under Uncertainty for Geothermal Applications (DESIGNATE)
DESIRED -
Differentiatieprocessen traceren met behulp van siderofiele elementen, van meteorieten tot gigantische
ertsafzettingen
Thematisch project
Sleutelwoorden: Siderophile element, Meteorite, Raw material, Impact, Earth
differentiation
- Projectduur: 15/12/2019 - 15/03/2024
- Budget: 643.755€
- Coördinator: Decrée Sophie (IRSNB-KBIN)
- Promotoren: Debaille Vinciane (ULB), Goderis Steven (VUB)
- BELSPO programmabeheerder: Lefever Koen
Documentatie
- Projectbeschrijving
- Projectwebsite
- Fedra

- Reports
- Final Report:
Tracing differentiation processes through siderophile elements, from meteorites to giant ore
deposits (DESIRED)
- Samenvatting:
Tracing differentiation processes through siderophile elements, from meteorites to giant ore
deposits (DESIRED)
- Résumé:
Tracing differentiation processes through siderophile elements, from meteorites to giant ore
deposits (DESIRED)
- Summary:Tracing differentiation processes through siderophile elements, from
meteorites to giant ore deposits (DESIRED)
ISeBAF -
Insect Service and Biodiversity in Agroecological Farming
Thematisch project
Sleutelwoorden: Agroecology, pollinators, insect pests , cucurbits, insect service,
biodiversity
- Projectduur: 15/12/2019 - 15/03/2024
- Budget: 947.630€
- Coördinator: Virgilio Massimiliano (MRAC-KMMA)
- Promotoren: Boevé Jean-Luc (IRSNB-KBIN), Vereecken Nicolas J. (ULB)
- BELSPO programmabeheerder: van der Werf Aline
Documentatie
- Projectbeschrijving
- Projectwebsite
- Fedra

- Reports
- Final Report:
Insect Service and Biodiversity in Agroecological Farming (ISeBAF)
- Annex 1 – Mutually
Agreed Terms (MAT) between SUA and RMCA
- Annex 2 – Mutually Agreed Terms (MAT) between SUA and RBINS
- Annex 3 – Mutually Agreed Terms (MAT) between SUA and ULB
- Annex 4 – Final Follow-up Committee Report (June 26, 2025).
Minutes of the 4th meeting of the project follow-up committee, including expert recommendations
and discussion points on outreach, data integration, and analytical strategies.
- Annex 5 – Minutes of a Farmer Engagement Meeting (April 16,
2021). Summary of discussions between SAT, SUA, and farmer groups on agroecological practices,
experimental plot management, and farmer participation strategies under the ISeBAF project.
- Annex 6 – Annex allBees
- Annex 7 – Annex beeGenera
- Annex 8 – Annex Ipomalictus
- Samenvatting:
Insect Service and Biodiversity in Agroecological Farming (ISeBAF)
- Résumé: Insect
Service and Biodiversity in Agroecological Farming (ISeBAF)
- Summary:
Insect Service and Biodiversity in Agroecological Farming (ISeBAF)
LASUGEO -
Monitoring LAnd SUbsidence caused by Groundwater exploitation through gEOdetic measurements
Thematisch project
Sleutelwoorden: Land subsidence, Groundwater exploitation, SAR interferometry,
Gravity, Hydrogeology, GPS stations
- Projectduur: 15/12/2019 - 15/03/2024
- Budget: 1.050.448€
- Coördinator: Devleeschouwer Xavier (IRSNB-KBIN)
- Promotoren: Dassargues Alain (ULiège), Van Camp Michel (ORB-KSB), Walraevens Kristine (UGent)
- BELSPO programmabeheerder: Lefever Koen
Documentatie
LEGO-BEL-AQ - Low-Earth and Geostationary
Observations of BELgian Air Quality
Thematisch project
Sleutelwoorden: Air quality policy, Nitrogen dioxide, Satellite remote sensing ,
Fossil fuel, LEO+GEO constellation
- Projectduur: 15/12/2020 - 15/03/2024
- Budget: 375.951€
- Coördinator: Verhoelst Tijl (IASB-BIRA)
- Promotoren: Fierens Frans (CELINE-IRCEL)
- BELSPO programmabeheerder: Lefever Koen
Documentatie
- Projectbeschrijving
- Projectwebsite
- Fedra

- Reports
- Final
Report: Low-Earth and Geostationary Observations of Belgian Air Quality (LEGO-BEL-AQ)
- Samenvatting: Low-Earth and Geostationary Observations of Belgian Air Quality
(LEGO-BEL-AQ)
- Résumé:
Low-Earth and Geostationary Observations of Belgian Air Quality (LEGO-BEL-AQ)
- Summary:
Low-Earth and Geostationary Observations of Belgian Air Quality (LEGO-BEL-AQ)
LIBS-SCReeN -
Screening van kritieke grondstoffen met behulp van nieuwe LIBS-technieken – van exploratie tot
(post)waardering
Thematisch project
Sleutelwoorden: Critical Raw Materials, Chemometrics, Historic Mines, Deep learning,
LIBS
- Projectduur: 15/12/2019 - 15/03/2024
- Budget: 1.024.594€
- Coördinator: Burlet Christian (IRSNB-KBIN)
- Promotoren: Baele Jean-Marc (UMONS), Croitor Sava Anca (KU Leuven), Giaro Philippe (ULiège)
- BELSPO programmabeheerder: Lefever Koen
Documentatie
- Projectbeschrijving
- Projectwebsite

- Fedra

- Reports
- Final
Report: Screening Critical Raw materials from exploration to (post)beneficiation using LIBS
techniques (LIBS-SCReeN)
- Samenvatting: Screening van kritieke grondstoffen met behulp van nieuwe
LIBS-technieken – van exploratie tot (post)waardering (LIBS-SCReeN)
- Résumé:
Dépistage des matières premières critiques, de l'exploration à la (post-) valorisation, en utilisant
les techniques LIBS (LIBS-SCReeN)
- Summary:
Screening Critical Raw materials from exploration to (post)beneficiation using LIBS techniques
(LIBS-SCReeN)
MICROBE -
Mars en de isotopenverhouding van water: budget en evolutie
Non-thematisch project (bottom-up)
Sleutelwoorden: Mars Atmosphere, Surface-atmosphere interaction, Isotopic
fractionation, Atmospheric escape, Photochemistry, Modeling
- Projectduur: 15/12/2019 – 15/03/2024
- Budget: 390.201€
- Coördinator: Erwin Justin (IASB-BIRA)
- Promotoren: -
- BELSPO programmabeheerder: Lejour Corinne
Documentatie
MicroResist -
De rol van het slakken microbioom in hun resistentie tegen parasitaire infecties
Non-thematisch project (PhD)
Sleutelwoorden: Schistosomiasis, Microbiome, Parasite resistance, Museum collections,
Transplant experiments
- Projectduur: 15/12/2019 – 15/03/2024
- Budget: 319.940€
- Coördinator: Huyse Tine (MRAC-KMMA)
- Promotoren: -
- BELSPO programmabeheerder: Lejour Corinne
Documentatie
- Projectbeschrijving
- Projectwebsite
KU Leuven
- Projectwebsite
KMMA-MRAC
- Fedra

- Reports
- Final
Report: The influence of snail host microbiome in trematode parasite
resistance (MicroResist)
- Samenvatting: The influence of snail host microbiome in trematode parasite
resistance (MicroResist)
- Résumé:
The influence of snail host microbiome in trematode parasite
resistance (MicroResist)
- Summary:
The influence of snail host microbiome in trematode parasite
resistance (MicroResist)
PREDICT -
Fase overgangen van zouten bij veranderende klimaatomstandigheden
Non-thematisch project (PhD)
Sleutelwoorden: Salt Mixture, Phase Transitions, Crystallization, Climate,
Conservation
- Projectduur: 15/12/2019 - 15/03/2024
- Budget: 362.102€
- Coördinator: De Clercq Hilde (IRPA-KIK)
- Promotoren: -
- BELSPO programmabeheerder: Lejour Corinne
Documentatie
- Projectbeschrijving
- Projectwebsite

- Fedra

- Reports
- Final Report:
Phase transitions of salt mixtures under changing climatic conditions (PREDICT)
- Samenvatting:
Phase transitions of salt mixtures under changing climatic conditions (PREDICT)
- Résumé: Phase
transitions of salt mixtures under changing climatic conditions (PREDICT)
- Summary:
Phase transitions of salt mixtures under changing climatic conditions (PREDICT)
SeVoCo -
Semi-vluchtige stoffen in een komeet
Non-thematisch project (bottom-up)
Sleutelwoorden: Atmosphere, Comets, Composition
- Projectduur: 15/12/2019-15/03/2024
- Budget: 241.777€
- Coördinator: Dhooghe Frederik (IASB-BIRA)
- Promotoren: Cessateur Gaël (IASB-BIRA), De Keyser Johan (IASB-BIRA), Jehin Emmanuel (ULiège)
- BELSPO programmabeheerder: Lejour Corinne
Documentatie
STEM -
De structuur en evolutie van de kern van Mercurius
Non-thematisch project (bottom-up)
Sleutelwoorden: Planetology, Mercury, Planet interior, Planetary geodesy
- Projectduur: 15/12/2019 - 15/03/2022
- Budget: 196.200€
- Coördinator: Van Hoolst Tim (ORB-KSB)
- Promotoren: -
- BELSPO programmabeheerder: Lejour Corinne
Documentatie
- Projectbeschrijving
- Projectwebsite
- Fedra

- Reports
- Final Report: The
STructure and Evolution of Mercury’s core (STEM)
- Samenvatting:
The STructure and Evolution of Mercury’s core (STEM)
- Résumé: The
STructure and Evolution of Mercury’s core (STEM)
- Summary: The
STructure and Evolution of Mercury’s core (STEM)
SWiM - Modellering van de zonnewind met EUHFORIA voor nieuwe
ruimtemissies in de heliosfeer
Non-thematisch project (bottom-up)
Sleutelwoorden: Solar corona, Solar wind, Coronal mass ejections, Space weather, MHD
simulations
- Projectduur: 15/12/2019 - 15/03/2024
- Budget: 503.028€
- Coördinator: Magdalenic Jasmina (ORB-KSB)
- Promotoren: Poedts Stefaan (KU Leuven)
- BELSPO programmabeheerder: Lejour Corinne
Documentatie