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IBM Innovation Award 2023 PhD thesis in informatics

IBM Innovation Award

  • The Award is granted on the initiative of IBM
  • Rewards an oustanding PhD thesis that presents an original contribution to informatics or its applications 
  • The informatics part of the work must be both thorough and advanced
  • Amount: 5.000 € (for personnal use) 

Eligible topics

  • Artificial Intelligence​
  • Analytics & Big Data
  • Cyber Security
  • (Hybrid) Cloud Computing
  • Quantum Computing

Eligibility criteria

  • Candidates must  have publicly defended their PhD thesis in 2022 at a university of the Federation Wallonia-Brussels or the Royal Military Academy
  • Candidates must be affiliated to a recognized university (within or outside the Federation Wallonia-Brussels) on the date of the submission deadline

How to apply

Applications, written in English, must be sent electronically to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. on March 13th 2023 midnight (Brussels time) at the latest.
 
The requested documents are :
  • The application form duly filled and signed
  • The doctoral thesis defence report
  • A detailled curriculum vitae
  • A complete list of publications
  • An electronic version of the thesis
The complete regulations are available here
The list of the previous laureates is available here.
Questions about the Award should be addressed via email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
 


December 2022 Salary Payment

As with every year, salaries for FNRS fellowships and  for this December will be paid on the first business day of next year, January 2.

Please take this into account. (This does not apply to FRIA and FRESH fellowships).


Results of the PDR-WEAVE 2022 calls

The results of our PDR-WEAVE 2022 calls have now been validated by all participating agencies. In 2022, researchers from the Walloon-Brussels Federation were able to participate in the calls of the 4 partner agencies of the F.R.S.-FNRS:

  • The Fonds National de la Recherche (FNR) of Luxembourg
  • The Swiss National Fund for Scientific Research (SNSF)
  • The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) of Germany
  • The Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO) of Belgium

You will find below the list of submissions and the number of grants:

Call/Partner

Number of submissions

Number of grants

« Individual Research Grants » / DFG (Allemagne)

7

2

« CORE » / FNR (Luxembourg)

0

0

« Junior and Senior Research projects » / FWO

26

8

"Project support" / SNSF (Switzerland)

1

0

Total

34

10

 

See the list of PDR-WEAVE projects funded..

 


The Call Grants and Fellowships 2023 is open!

The call Grants and Fellowships 2023 is open on e-space.

Consult the Rules and the Mini-Guide EN.

More info on the Rules & Guides page.


The WEL-T Investigator Programme 2022 call is now open !

The WEL-T Investigator Programme 2022 call is now open on e-space. The rules of the call are available here.


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