National Research Funding

Research Foundation Flanders (FWO)

The FWO is an agency that supports ground-breaking fundamental and strategic research at the universities of the Flemish Community, and also stimulates cooperation between the Flemish universities and other research institutes.

• Overview of FWO funding

Flanders Innovation and Entrepreneurship (VLAIO)

VLAIO encourages and supports innovation and entrepreneurship by funding research and development activities of entrepreneurs in Flanders.

• Overview of VLAIO funding

Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO)

BELSPO is responsible for implementing and monitoring long-term research programmes whose framework of reference is international decision-making and agreements as well as governmental and ministerial statements.

• Overview of BELSPO funding

Federal Public Service (FPS) Health

FPS Health offers researchers the opportunity to obtain funding for scientific research on food safety, animal and plant health policy and animal welfare.

• Overview of FPS Health funding

Funding for predoctoral researchers

• FWO PhD Fellowship Fundamental Research
• FWO PhD Fellowship Strategic Basic Research
• FWO Special PhD Fellowship
• VLAIO Baekeland mandate

Funding for postdoctoral researchers

• FWO Junior Postdoctoral Fellowship
• FWO Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship
• FWO Odysseus
• FWO Senior Clinical Investigator
• VLAIO Innovation mandate

Funding for projects

• FWO Junior and Senior Research projects
• FWO SBO (Strategic Basic Research)
• FWO TBM (Applied Biomedical Research with a Primary Social finality)
• FWO Bilateral agreements
• FWO Scientific Research Networks
• FPS Health: RT, RF and RI projects

Funding for research infrastructure

• FWO Medium-scale research infrastructure
• FWO Large-scale research infrastructure

Funding for international mobility

• FWO Outgoing mobility
• FWO Incoming mobility