This call aims to encourage the mobility of researchers for short-term missions and the emergence of joint projects.

This call is part of the bilateral agreement between the FNRS and The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). It aims to strengthen collaborations between teams from the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles and Chinese teams in the following fields:

• Mathematics, Mechanics and Computer Science Physics and Astronomy,
• Chemistry and Material Sciences,
• Biology and Medical Sciences,
• Earth Sciences,
• Telecommunications and Computer Sciences,
• Basic Engineering Sciences,
• Management Sciences

Researchers from the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles are eligible from the doctoral level.

The maximum amount of funding is €15,000. The activities concerned are detailed in the PINT-Bilat-M regulation.
Duration of projects: Maximum two years.
Closing date of the call: 25 May 2023 at 2 pm.
Proposals must be submitted via e-space.
Practical details can be found here.

This programme will fund research projects in Human and Social Sciences with potential societal impacts. 

Call open on April 6, 2023.

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The two teams selected as part of the FNRS-FAPESP call for mobility projects (Brazil) are known! Here they are:

• Benoît HACKENS (FNRS Postdoctoral Researcher, UCLouvain) and Raul de OLIVEIRA FREITAS (Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory) for their project "SynchrotrOn Nanoscale imAging and spectroscopy of Twisted grAphene"
• Mathieu JAVAUX (Professor, UCLouvain) and Quirijn de JONG van LIER (Universidade de São Paulo) for their project "Improving Transpiration and Root water uptake predictions under drought: a comparison of modeling and experimental efforts"

The call for projects was launched at the end of July 2022 as part of the “PINT-BILAT-M” instrument. Funding is granted for bilateral research mobility projects, collaborations between a researcher from the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles and a researcher from a FNRS partner agency, in this case FAPESP (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paolo).

Selected projects receive full funding. Belgian teams funded by the FNRS will receive a maximum amount of €15,000 over a period of two years for travel, scientific workshops/conferences and, possibly, operating costs. The Brazilian teams are funded by FAPESP.

The first transnational call "Transforming Healthcare Systems (THCS)" aims to encourage the optimization of patient care pathways and contribute to the transition towards more sustainable, efficient, resilient, ethical, high-quality, and accessible person-centered healthcare systems. It will open on 14 March.

• More info: https://www.thcspartnership.eu/funding/pre-announcement-of-joint-transnational-call-for-proposals-healthcare-of-the-future-.kl
• Registration for the information webinar (content and how to participate in this call):https://www.zonmw.nl/en/forms/webinar-international-thcs-call-healthcare-of-the-future/

The Audacious Medical Grant (AMG) is a funding tool financed by private donations and legacies received by the FNRS.

It supports medical or biomedical research projects that are original, daring and creative, but which do not find support in traditional funding channels because of a lack of preliminary data, absence of previous work or unusual methodology.

The term "bold" means that there is a significant risk that the project will produce little or no tangible scientific result because of its novelty or complexity.

The AMG-Oncology is not a Télévie-dependent funding instrument but the FNRS uses the expertise of its Scientific Commission to conduct the evaluation of submitted projects. There is therefore no notion of cumulation between the AMG-ONCO 2023 call and the Télévie 2023 call.

• Mini-Guide Audacious Medical Grant - Oncology (AMG-ONCO) 2023