The FNRS, in partnership with « The National Natural Science Foundation of China - NSFC », is pleased to announce the results of the call launched in March 2023 under the PINT-BILAT-M instrument (bilateral research mobility projects).

Congratulations to the promoters of the selected projects, and in particular to:

• Ludovic Troian-Gautier, Research Associate FNRS, UCLouvain
• Lucas Willems, Research Director FNRS, ULiège 
• Shady Attia, PDR-FNRS Principal Investigator, Professor, ULiège
• Myriam Cnop, PDR-FNRS Principal Investigator, EOS-FNRS Principal Investigator, Lecturer/Clinical Head/Clinical Professor, ULB

29 applications were submitted for scientific evaluation by the FNRS and the NSFC (China), and the agencies jointly selected 11 projects for funding, details of which are given in the table below.

Each team funded by the FNRS will receive a maximum of €15,000 over a two-year period to finance travel, scientific workshops/conferences and, possibly, operating costs. The projects will be carried out in collaboration with Chinese teams, which will be funded by the NSFC (China).

Belgium (F.R.S.-FNRS) – Fédération Wallonie – Bruxelles

Network : Deadline for outline proposals: January 15^th, 2024, 16:00 CET

F.R.S.-FNRS : Administrative submission deadline on e-space (F.R.S.-FNRS obligation): January 22^nd, 2024, 14:00 CET

Project duration and maximum budget

The maximum amount of requested funding per project is 300.000 EUR for a total period of 3 years. 

Eligibility rules

Please note that personnel costs (Article III.6) have an annual average cap of 80,000 euros for this call.

All eligibility rules and criteria can be found in the PINT-MULTI regulations. Pleaserefer to criteria applicable for calls co-funded by the European Commission.

Forms to be submitted

Applicants to F.R.S.-FNRS funding must submit an administrative application on e-space within 5 working days after the general deadline of the call to be eligible. Please select the “PINT-MULTI” funding instrument when creating the administrative application.

Non-permissible costs

“Overhead” is not an eligible cost. If the project is selected for funding, these costs will be subject to a separate agreement between the institution of the beneficiary and the F.R.S.-FNRS. 

CONTACT PERSONS:

Please contact one of the persons below if you have questions regarding the above:
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• Agnès Roba, (+32)2 2 504 92 36
• Florence Quist, (+32)2 2 504 93 51

For more info on the call: https://era4health.eu/nutribrain-2024/

Belgium (F.R.S.-FNRS) – Fédération Wallonie – Bruxelles

Network : Deadline for outline proposals: January 30^th, 2024, 16:00 CET

F.R.S.-FNRS : Administrative submission deadline on e-space (F.R.S.-FNRS obligation): February 6^th, 2024, 14:00 CET

Project duration and maximum budget

The maximum amount of requested funding per project is 300.000 EUR for a total period of 3 years. 

Eligibility rules

Please note that personnel costs (Article III.6) have an annual average cap of 80,000 euros for this call.

All eligibility rules and criteria can be found in the PINT-MULTI regulations. Pleaserefer to criteria applicable for calls co-funded by the European Commission.

Forms to be submitted

Applicants to F.R.S.-FNRS funding must submit an administrative application on e-space within 5 working days after the general deadline of the call to be eligible. Please select the “PINT-MULTI” funding instrument when creating the administrative application.

Non-permissible costs

“Overhead” is not an eligible cost. If the project is selected for funding, these costs will be subject to a separate agreement between the institution of the beneficiary and the F.R.S.-FNRS. 

CONTACT PERSONS:

Please contact one of the persons below if you have questions regarding the above:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

• Agnès Roba, (+32)2 2 504 92 36
• Florence Quist, (+32)2 2 504 93 51

For more info on the call: https://era4health.eu/nanotecmec-2024/

This Joint Transnational Call is launched in the framework of the European Partnership Water4All and supports research and innovation projects to improve water security in the long term. 

Network : Deadline for outline proposals: November 13th, 2023, 15.00 CET

F.R.S.-FNRS : Administrative submission deadline on e-space (F.R.S.-FNRS obligation): November 20^th,2023, 14:00 CET

Project duration and maximum budget

The maximum amount of requested funding per project is 300.000 EUR for a total period of 3 years. 

Eligibility rules

Please note that personnel costs (Article III.6)  have an annual average cap of 80,000 euros for this call.

All eligibility rules and criteria can be found in the PINT-MULTI regulations. Please refer to criteria applicable for calls co-funded by the European Commission.

The FNRS will support the participation in the Knowledge Hub activity, but these activities need to be budgeted within the general budget requested to the FNRS.

F.R.S.-FNRS only covers the travel costs (3.600 Euros) of knowledge hub expert group members for attending 3 workshops. The travel costs should be included in the travel cost category of project’s general budget as a requested cost. The travel cost should not be included in the “financial data” part in the knowledge hub expression of interest section in EPSS.

The FNRS also participates in the ECR modality - however, the general rules of eligibility in the PINT-MULTI regulations still apply.

Forms to be submitted

Applicants to F.R.S.-FNRS funding must submit an administrative application on e-space within 5 working days after the general deadline of the call to be eligible. Please select the “PINT-MULTI” funding instrument when creating the administrative application.

Non-permissible costs

“Overhead” is not an eligible cost. If the project is selected for funding, these costs will be subject to a separate agreement between the institution of the beneficiary and the F.R.S.-FNRS. 

CONTACT PERSONS:

Please contact one of the persons below if you have questions regarding the above:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

• Joël Groeneveld, (+32) 2 504 92 70
• Florence Quist, (+32)2 2 504 93 51

For more info on the call: https://www.water4all-partnership.eu/joint-activities/water4all-2023-joint-transnational-call

Biodiversa+ (European Biodiversity Partnership) launches a call for research proposals :

“Nature-based solutions for biodiversity, human well-being and transformative change – BiodivNBS”

Belgium (F.R.S.-FNRS) – Fédération Wallonie – Bruxelles

Network :

Deadline for outline proposals: November 10th, 2023, 15.00 CET

F.R.S.-FNRS :

Administrative submission deadline on e-space (F.R.S.-FNRS obligation): November 17^th,2023, 14:00 CET

Project duration and maximum budget

The maximum amount of requested funding per project is 300.000 EUR for a total period of 3 years. 

Eligibility rules

Please note that personnel costs (Article III.6)  have an annual average cap of 80,000 euros for this call.

All eligibility rules and criteria can be found in the PINT-MULTI regulations. Please refer to criteria applicable for calls co-funded by the European Commission.

Forms to be submitted

Applicants to F.R.S.-FNRS funding must submit an administrative application on e-space within 5 working days after the general deadline of the call to be eligible. Please select the “PINT-MULTI” funding instrument when creating the administrative application.

Non-permissible costs

“Overhead” is not an eligible cost. If the project is selected for funding, these costs will be subject to a separate agreement between the institution of the beneficiary and the F.R.S.-FNRS. 

CONTACT PERSONS:

Please contact one of the persons below if you have questions regarding the above:

• This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 
• Joël Groeneveld, (+32) 2 504 92 70
• Florence Quist, (+32)2 2 504 93 51

For more info on the call: https://www.biodiversa.eu/2023/06/05/2023-2024-joint-call/