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Animal experimentation

In a long investigation published in Médor magazine, Eric Muraille and Alban de Kerchove d'Exaerde, both FNRS Research Directors at ULB, denounce the misinformation surrounding animal experimentation practiced by the Gaia association:

  • Ce que les chercheurs dénoncent, ce n’est pas le questionnement éthique, mais la « désinformation » pratiquée par Gaia. Préférer l’image choc du laborantin sadique à la complexité du réel.  Ils rappellent que dans les labos, c’est la règle des 3 R – remplacement, réduction, raffinement – qui prévaut. Autrement dit, à chaque fois qu’une alternative à l’expérimentation animale existe, elle doit être utilisée. What the researchers denounce is not the ethical questioning, but the “disinformation” practiced by Gaia. Preferring the shocking image of the sadistic lab technician to the complexity of reality.  They point out that in the lab, the 3Rs rule - replacement, reduction, refinement - prevails. In other words, whenever an alternative to animal experimentation exists, it must be used.
  • « À terme, on parviendra peut-être à se passer des animaux, mais, dans l’état actuel des choses, ce n’est pas possible. Sans les expériences sur les animaux, on n’aurait pas de vaccin contre le Covid et on ne pourrait pas avancer aussi efficacement contre le cancer », rappelle Alban de Kerchove d’Exaerde. “Eventually, we may be able to do without animals, but as things stand, that's not possible. Without animal experiments, we wouldn't have a vaccine against Covid, and we wouldn't be able to advance as effectively against cancer,” points out Alban de Kerchove d'Exaerde.

« Les liaisons toxiques - Gaia contre la science », Médor, automne 2024
https://medor.coop/magazines/medor-n36-automne-2024-photo/

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FWB - Québec collaborative research program: a 4th call is open!

Following the success of the first three editions in 2016, 2018 and 2021, the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles and Québec are relaunching their collaborative research program. A 4th call for proposals has been opened by the Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS) and the Fonds de Recherche du Québec (FRQ).

The main aim of this program is to foster the advancement of research through cross-sectoral and international collaborations, to create a leverage effect for scientific excellence, and to encourage researchers from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation and Quebec to develop innovative joint research projects. 

 

Schedule :

  • Opening 1st stage: July 26, 2024
  • Closing 1st stage: September 25, 2024
  • Closing of the 2nd stage: February 18 2025
  • Announcement of results: end of June-beginning of July 2025
  • Start of funding: September 2025

Terms and conditions of the call :

  • Rules for the 2025 call FR / EN
  • PINT-BILAT-P regulations
  • Submission of applications by the promoter of the Walloon Federation-Brussels on the e-space platform. 

Budget : 

The F.R.S.-FNRS and the FRQ should fund 6 joint research projects in the upcoming call.

Amount of the grant :

F.R.S.-FNRS: up to a maximum of € 82,500 per year over 3 years
FRQ: up to a maximum of $CA 100,000 per year over 3 years  

More information :

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Conseillère Scientifique Sénior
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Pré-annnoucement : WEL-T Investigator Programme Call 2024

The FRFS and the WEL Research Institute announce the opening on September 17th of the second “WEL-T Investigator Programme” call 

This call is 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).

More info...

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The FNRS grants 3 Additional Research Credits - "For Women in Science"

The FNRS Board of Directors has decided to award 3 Additional Research Credits (ARC) as part of the L'Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science programme, designed to support the involvement of young women in scientific research in the field of exact and natural Sciences. These ARC make it possible to allocate an additional €20,000 to FNRS Postdoctoral researchers, to cover their operating costs throughout their term of office.

The beneficiaries are : Irem Demir, Lucila Peralta Gavensky and Margaux Geuzaine.

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