Scientific Prizes

For many years now, the F.R.S.-FNRS has worked in close collaboration with several individuals and organisations who want to encourage research in all scientific disciplines. There are two ways they do this. There are the scientific Prizes which reward a researcher or research team for their particularly important work in a specific field. And there are the Grants which fund the work of researchers for a specific period.
The F.R.S.-FNRS also awards five researchers every five years with the FNRS Quinquennial Prizes (Prize for Excellence). These five prestigious Prizes are crowning achievements and serve to confirm the worldwide recognition of careers of Wallonia-Brussels Federation researchers from all scientific disciplines. Learn more...

Prizes sorted by scientific discipline
Contact information
For any additional information about the Prizes:
- Mr Bruno MORAUX
- Phone: 02.504.92.40
- E-mail: bruno.moraux@frs-fnrs.be
Every year, the FNRS organises, co-organises, manages or contributes to the management of some twenty prizes, scholarships or awards, financed by private patronage (foundations, companies, etc.), for the benefit of researchers who distinguish themselves in their field*. In 2019, nearly 2.5 million euros have been awarded and supported scientific excellence.

List of the Prizes awarded by the FNRS

Name of Prize |
Amount |
In recognition of |
Scientific discipline |
Recipient |
Periodicity |
€75,000 |
Career |
Fundamental natural sciences |
Wallonia-Brussels Federation |
Quinquennial |
|
€75,000 |
Career |
Applied natural sciences |
Wallonia-Brussels Federation |
Quinquennial |
|
€75,000 |
Career |
Human and social sciences |
Wallonia-Brussels Federation |
Quinquennial |
|
€75,000 |
Career |
Fundamental biomedical sciences |
Wallonia-Brussels Federation |
Quinquennial |
|
€75,000 |
Career |
Clinical biomedical sciences |
Wallonia-Brussels Federation |
Quinquennial |
|
€75,000 |
Postdoc |
Incurable diseases |
International |
Triennial |
|
€30,000 |
Postdoc |
A rotation between cancerology and cardiovascular diseases |
Wallonia-Brussels Federation |
Biennial |
|
4 x €25,000 |
Postdoc |
A rotation of the following themes: Asthma, Oncology, Mental Disorders, Primary Care & Family Medicine, Epigenetics, Healthy Ageing, Metabolic Diseases, Immunotherapy, Bioinformatics, Cardiovascular/Metabolic Diseases, Respiratory Diseases, Neuroscience & Psychiatry, Auto-immune & Rheumatic Diseases, Infectiology... |
Belgium |
Annual |
|
€25,000 |
Postdoc |
Musculoskeletal tumours |
EEA + Switzerland |
Triennial |
|
€15,000 |
PhD |
Medical microbiology and infectious diseases |
Wallonia-Brussels Federation |
Quadriennial |
|
€12,500 |
Postdoc |
Virology |
Belgium |
Biennial |
|
€12,500 |
Postdoc |
Nuclear |
Belgium |
Biennial |
|
€10,000 |
PhD |
Industrial processing and interdisciplinarity |
Belgium |
Annual |
|
€10,000 |
PhD |
Industrial processing and interdisciplinarity |
Belgium |
Annual |
|
€8,000 |
PhD |
ICT |
Belgium |
Annual |
|
€5,000 |
PhD |
All disciplines |
Wallonia-Brussels Federation |
Annual |
|
€5,000 |
PhD |
Natural sciences |
Wallonia-Brussels Federation |
Biennial |
|
€4,000 |
PhD |
Chemical industry |
Wallonia-Brussels Federation |
Biennial |