SofinaBoël fellowships
- Aimed at talented PhD students for a research and/or training stay abroad.
- Fixed allowance of 1.650 €/month. Top-up funding that may be used for accommodation, daily living expenses, expenses related to the research or training undertaken in the course of the Fellowship, and local transportation.
- Travel costs: a lump sum of 1.000 € covering one economy class return ticket.
Format of the fellowship
- Candidates may go abroad to a host institution of their choice in all countries worldwide except the United States of America (for which another mobility scheme with the BAEF exists).
- The stay abroad will last either 6 or 12 months and should fall within theacademic year 2024-2025.
Eligibility Criteria
- Candidates must be PhD students with a paid affiliation at a Belgian University.
- Candidates must have obtained a MA or MSc after November 1st, 2019.
- Candidates must have been affiliated to a Belgian university for at least one full year prior to the submission deadline and be affiliated to a Belgian university for at least the entire duration of the research stay.
Evaluation criteria
An independant Jury, appointed by the FNRS and the FWO, will evaluate all applications according to the following evaluation criteria:
- The candidate's profile.
- The candidate’s motivation, expressed in a motivation letter.
- The quality of the host institution.
- The potential to realise the project described in the application.
- The transfer of knowledge that will be obtained during the stay abroad to the research group of the applicant in Belgium.
- The project's merits and benefits to the candidate's career.
The final decision will be made by the Board of Trustees of the Fund SofinaBoël for Education and Talent, on proposition of the FNRS/FWO Jury’s recommendations.
Call schedule
- Opening of the call: 15 September 2023
- Deadline of the call: 6 November 2023
- Jury meeting: February 2024
How to apply
Applications, written in English, must be sent electronically to Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser. on November 6th, 2023 at the latest.
The requested documents are :
- The application form duly completed.
- A detailled curriculum vitae (including a list of publications).
- A letter of reference by the applicant’s PhD supervisor.
- A personal motivation letter.
- An invitation letter from the foreign host institution.
- A detailed curriculum vitae (with list of publications) of the head of the foreign research group.
The complete regulations are available here.
The FAQ with relevant additional information pertaining to the call is available here.
The list of the previous laureates is available here.
Questions about the Fellowships should be adressed via email to Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser..
