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Oswald Vander Veken Prize 2023

Tumors of the locomotor apparatus

Oswald Vander Veken Prize
  • Rewards a senior researcher for an original contribution to the understanding of tumors of the locomotor apparatur, their causes, their prevention, the diagnosis and/or their treatment. 
  • Amount : 25.000 € (for personal use).
Eligibility criteria
  • Candidates must be affiliated to a University of the European Economic Area or Switzerland at the deadline of the call (March 1, 2023). 
  • The Prize can be awarded to a research team represented by a maximum of three researchers.
  • Candidates cannot have received a previous Prize for their submitted research, except honorary Prize.
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 1st 2023 midnight (Brussels time) at the latest.
 
The requested documents are :
  • The application form.
  • A detailled curriculum vitae.
  • A list of publications. 
 
The complete regulations are available here
The list of the previous laureates is available here.
 
Questions about the Prize should be addressed via email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
 

Prix scientifique McKinsey & Company 2023

Pertinence sociale et économique ou applicabilité concrète d'une thèse de doctorat

Prix scientifique McKinsey & Company
  • Récompense une chercheuse ou un chercheur qui pourra prouver la pertinence sociale et économique de sa thèse de doctorat ou l'applicabilité concrète de celle-ci.
  • Le doctorat doit avoir été réalisé dans l'un des domaines suivants : sciences exactes - sciences appliquées - sciences sociales, économiques ou de gestion - sciences biomédicales. 
  • Montant : 5.000 € (à usage personnel).
 
Critères d'éligibilité
  • La thèse de doctorat doit avoir été défendue publiquement en 2022 dans l'une des institutions universitaires de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles ou à l'École Royale Militaire.
  • Les candidat(e)s doivent être attaché(e)s à une université en date du 1er mars 2023.
  • La thèse de doctorat ne peut pas avoir déjà été récompensée, excepté par un Prix honorifique. 
Modalités pratiques
Les candidatures doivent parvenir à l'adresse This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. pour le 1er mars 2023 à minuit (heure de Bruxelles) au plus tard. 
 
Le dossier de candidature doit être composé des éléments suivants :
  • Le formulaire de candidature.
  • Un curriculum vitae scientifique. 
  • Une liste des publications. 
  • Une version électronique de la thèse. 
Le règlement du Prix est disponible ici
La liste récapitulative des lauréat(e)s est disponible ici.
 
Toute question peut être adressée par email à This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
 
 
 
 

Publication of the results of the 2022 bilateral call for mobility projects with the "NSFC" (China) "

The Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique - FNRS (F.R.S.-FNRS), in partnership with The National Natural Science Foundation of China - NSFC (China), is pleased to announce the results of the call launched in March 2022 in the framework of the instrument called "PINT-BILAT-M" (bilateral research mobility projects).

Click here to consult the results...


On December 15th opening of the first “WEL-T Investigator Programme” call

The FRFS-FNRS and the WEL Research Institute a.s.b.l. announce the opening on December 15th of the first “WEL-T Investigator Programme” call, funded by the Walloon region, for strategic research of excellence in engineering, chemistry and physics with a view to developing breakthrough innovations for industrial applications aimed at sustainable transition

 This programme is open to researchers from the universities of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation who are

  • either established (Advanced grants, max. €350,000/year)
  • or at the beginning of their career (Starting grants, max. €200,000/year).

 

An information webinar is organised on December 9th, 2022 at 12 PM

(link to register: click here).

 

Context of the call:

WEL-T (Walloon ExceLlence in Technology) is a strategic axis of the FRFS (Fonds de la Recherche Fondamentale Stratégique, specialized fund of the FNRS) and a department of the WEL Research Institute. Through the “WEL-T Investigator Programme” call, Wallonia grants significant resources over several years to WEL-T Investigators in support to ambitious research programmes that pave the road to new scientific breakthroughs. These programmes constitute a pillar of the WEL-T Investigators' laboratory and are flexible, allowing adaptation of the research scope over time as needed. WEL-T Investigators must demonstrate a combination of scientific excellence, an awareness of unmet sustainable transition needs in their field, and a willingness to seek opportunities for application of their discoveries.

 

Timetable:  

  • Info webinar: 9 December 2022
  • Opening of the call: 15 December 2022
  • Deadline for PI’s electronic validation: 9 February 2023
  • Evaluation process : March 2023 – June 2023
  • Communication of the funding decision: End of June 2023
  • Start of the programmes: 1st of October 2023

 

Rules, mini-guide and Scientific Commission :

 

 

 


The FRIA call is now open!

The FRIA call is now open on e-space

  • Mini-guide call 2022 EN
  • Regulations EN
  • Guide of jurys EN


The FRESH call is now open!

The FRESH call is now open on e-space

  • Mini-guide call 2022 EN
  • Regulations EN
  • Guide of jurys FR


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