Regulations, documents, and HR information

Regulations, documents, insurance

 

Regulations

Qualified FNRS researchers

Documents
Insurance

Grants and salaries amounts

 
Before the doctorate (PhD): grants

Grants are subject to social security but tax free and follow the indexation of salaries.

Annual gross amount of the Research Fellow grant on 1st March 2025

  • Initial grant: € 33.919,32
  • Renewal grant: € 35.530,56

Annual gross amount of the FRIA and FRESH grants on 1st March 2025

  • First grant: € 33.919,32
  • Second grant: € 35.530,56
Post-doctorate (PhD): salaries 

The salary is linked to fluctuations in the general salary index applicable to public service employees of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.

The index on 1st March 2025 is 2.1223.

Postdoctoral researcher

  • Basis of the non-indexed annual scale: € 29,358.99
  • 3 annual gross non-indexed amounts of € 624.26
  • 9 biennial gross non-indexed amounts of € 1,092.43 

Qualified researcher

  • Basis of the annual non indexed scale: € 30,206.32
  • 11 biennial gross non indexed amounts of € 1,293.05

Senior research associate

  • Basis of the annual non indexed scale: € 30,696.78
  • 14 biennial gross non indexed amounts of € 1,337.69

Research director (scale of Lecturer)

  • Basis of the annual non indexed scale: € 34,560.95
  • 8 triennial gross non indexed amounts of € 2,452.40

The level taken into consideration when entering the scale is the amount immediately above that obtained in the scale of the Senior Research Associate, and the ranking for obtaining triennial increases is set to 1 January following the appointment.