On December 9, 2025, the FNRS Board of Directors awarded an Incentive Grant for Scientific Research (MIS) to the the following candidates.

The FRESH Board of Trustees met on December 9. It awarded 49 First FRESH Grants and 31 Second FRESH Grants.

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The FRIA Board of Trustees met on December 9. It awarded 136 First FRIA Grants and 131 Second FRIA Grants.

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Thanks to a generous donor, the Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS and the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) will award, in 2026, the Oswald Vander Veken Prize for an original contribution in the field of tumors of the locomotor apparatus. 

Main Features

• The Prize rewards a senior researcher for an original contribution to the understanding of tumors of the locomotor apparatus, their causes, their prevention, their diagnosis and/or their treatment.
• Amount: € 25.000 for personal use.
• The Prize can reward a scientific research performed by a team of maximum 3 researchers, in which case the amount shall be shared equally among the team members.

Eligible Applicants 

Thanks to the support of McKinsey & Company, the FNRS will grant, in 2026, the McKinsey & Company Scientific Award to a researcher who can demonstrate the societal and economic relevance OR the practical applicability of his/her doctoral thesis.

Main features

• The doctoral thesis must pertain to one of the following fields:
• Exact sciences
• Applied sciences
• Social, Economic or management sciences
• Biomedical sciences
• Amount : 5.000 € for personal use.

Eligible applicants 

• The PhD thesis must have been publicly defended in 2025 in 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) at the deadline of the call.
• The thesis may not have been previously rewarded, except by an honorary Award.
• McKinsey & Company staff are not eligible to the Award.

Call timeline

• Opening of the call: 2 December 2025
• Deadline of the call: 2 March 2026
• Panel meeting: Spring 2026

How to apply? 

• The application form duly completed and signed.
• A detailled curriculum vitae.
• A complete list of publications.
• An electronic version of the thesis.