Regulations, documents, and HR information
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Regulations, documents, insurance
Regulations
- Evaluation procedure
- European Charter for Researchers
- Open Access Regulations
- Cite and reference the F.R.S.-FNRS (only in FR)
- International or external (non-FNRS) programs/projects: allocation of funding for permanent FNRS agents
Qualified FNRS researchers
- Qualified Researcher Rules
- Scale (only in FR)
- Financial and social provisions
- Intervention form for bicycle travel 2025: QC/MR/DR
- Intervention form for bicycle travel 2026 : QC/MR/DR
Documents
- Form "LECTURERSHIP EXERCISED OUTSIDE THE FRENCH COMMUNITY OF BELGIUM (FCB) & WORK OF EXPERTISE" 2024-2025 (only in FR)
- Form "LECTURERSHIP EXERCISED OUTSIDE THE FRENCH COMMUNITY OF BELGIUM (FCB) & WORK OF EXPERTISE" 2025-2026 (only in FR)
- Declaration of dependent child(ren) (only in FR)
- “End of career” time credits - Permanent researchers (only in FR)
- Change of marital status, family responsibilities, residence and bank account
Any modification must be registered as soon as possible on e-space (connection via username and password: don’t forget to click on “Validate my data”). - Accidents at work or on the way to work. Notify the F.R.S.-FNRS Personnel Department within 24 hours. Contact: for surnames from A to G, sophie.comes@frs-fnrs.be ; from H to N, christel.ameryckx@frs-fnrs.be ; from O to Z, julie.amerlynck@frs-fnrs.be and transmit the declaration form and the certificate completed as quickly as possible.
- Regulations relating to travel from home to work (only in FR)
- Request form for a simple or combined SNCB subscription (only in FR)
- Intervention form for bicycle travel 2025: fellowship recipient ; CR/CS ; QC/MR/DR
- Intervention form for bicycle travel 2026 : fellowship recipient ; CR/CS ; QC/MR/DR
Insurance
- Group insurance
- Presentation to permanent researchers 1) committed before 1.01.2019 2) committed from 1.01.2019
- Allianz Regulations
- Insurance for business trips abroad (AIG)
- What to do in the event of a disaster?
- Insurance policy: general conditions and special conditions
- Claim declaration
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.