Appels à candidatures actuellement ouverts
- Scientific Award AstraZeneca Foundation 2025 - Innovative applications of AI to the benefit of patients’ health
- Scientific Award AstraZeneca Foundation 2025 - Novel approaches of early detection and prevention of non-communicable diseases
- Scientific Award AstraZeneca Foundation 2025 - Harnessing stem cell models and organoids for disease discovery and therapeutics
Additional Research Credits in Oncology
Deadline: 07.02.2024
Periodicity: annual
Theme: Candidates to a FNRS’ Postdoctoral researcher fellowship (CR fellowship) in the field of Oncology are eligible to apply to Additional Research Credits (ARC). These ARC come on top of the regular Research Credits attached to the FNRS mandate and follow the same regulation. Candidates will automatically be contacted by the FNRS to check on their willingness to apply.
Award level: FNRS’ Postdoctoral researchers
Award coverage: Federation Wallonia-Brussels
Amount: 6 x 15.000 €
Documents: Laureates
BiR&D Cross-Disciplinary PhD Thesis Awards
Deadline : 01.02.2023
Periodicity : annual
Theme : PhD thesis that presents an original contribution with potential industrial valorisation within a 5-year period and a cross-disciplinary approach. Two Awards in the domain of Life & Health Sciences, two Awards in the domain of Science & Technology.
Award level : PhD thesis
Award coverage : Belgium
Amount : 4 x 5.000 €
Documents : Règlement - Lauréats - Press release
Scientific Award AstraZeneca Foundation – Innovative applications of AI to the benefit of patients’ health
Deadline: 9.6.2025
Periodicity: annual
Theme : Research advancements in artificial intelligence that significantly enhance patient care, treatment outcomes, and healthcare delivery, including but not limited to innovative solutions that utilize AI to personalize medicine, optimize medical processes, or predict and manage health conditions.
Nominees : Belgium
Award : 25,000 €
Documents : Regulations - Application form - Laureates - Press release
Scientific Award AstraZeneca Foundation – Novel approaches of early detection and prevention of non-communicable diseases
Deadline: 9.6.2025
Periodicity: annual
Theme : Research on strategies or methodologies that improve early diagnosis and prevention of non-communicable diseases. It encompasses innovative screening methods, risk assessment tools, and preventive interventions that can mitigate the impact of non-communicable diseases such as (but not limited to) diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular disorders.
Nominees : Belgium
Award : 25,000 €
Documents : Regulations - Application form - Laureates - Press release
Scientific Award AstraZeneca Foundation – Harnessing stem cell models and organoids for disease discovery and therapeutics
Deadline: 9.6.2025
Periodicity: annual
Theme : Research in the context of use of stem cell technologies and organoids to advance our understanding of diseases and develop novel treatments. Research that explores how these biological models can simulate human disease conditions, enabling discoveries in disease mechanisms and facilitating the development of effective therapies.
Nominees : Belgium
Award : 25,000 €
Documents : Regulations - Application form - Laureates - Press release
Prize of the Centre d'Etudes Princesse Joséphine-Charlotte
Deadline : 10.03.2025
Periodicity : biennial
Theme : Scientific research achievement in the field of viral infections, in connection with health
Nominees : Belgium
Award : 12.500 €
Documents : Règlement - Application form - Lauréats
Lambertine Lacroix Award
Deadline : 2.10.2023
Periodicity : biennial
Theme : Fundamental research work in cardiovascular diseases, preferably with translational implications.
Award level: Applicants cannot have reached the age of 51.
Award coverage: Federation Wallonia-Brussels
Amount : €30.000
Documents : Règlement - Lauréats
McKinsey & Company Scientific Award
Deadline: 03.03.2025
Periodicity: annual
Theme: Societal and economic relevance, or the practical applicability of a doctoral thesis. The doctoral thesis must pertain to one of the following fields : Exact sciences; Applied sciences; Social, economic or management sciences; Biomedical sciences.
Nominees: Wallonia-Brussels Federation
Award: €5,000
Documents: Regulations - Recipients (only in FR) - Awards ceremony booklet
Prix Gagna A. & Ch. Van Heck for Incurable Diseases
Deadline : 15.1.2024
Periodicity : triennial
Theme : Research having contributed to the cure, or hopes of cure, of a currently incurable disease
Nominees : International – researcher or medical doctor
Award : 75.000 €
Documents : Règlement - Liste des lauréats - Communiqué de presse - Composition du Jury
Oswald Vander Veken Prize – Tumors of the Locomotor Apparatus
Deadline : 01.03.2023
Periodicity : triennial
Theme : Research on the causes, prevention, diagnosis or treatment of tumors of the locomotor apparatus
Nominees : European Economic Area + Switzerland
Award : 25.000 €
Documents : Regulations EN - Lauréats
Eugène Yourassowsky Award in Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Deadline : 04.03.2024
Periodicity : quadriennal
Theme : PhD thesis in the field of medical microbiology and infectious diseases.
Nominees : Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles – Thèse défendue au cours des quatre années civiles précédant la date d’introduction du Prix
Award : 15.000 €
Documents : Règlement - Dossier de remise de prix - Lauréats - Présentation de la Fondation
SCK CEN Chair Roger Van Geen
Deadline: 17.04.2023
Periodicity: biennial
Theme: Nuclear energy and/or nuclear radiation: both technically oriented research and socio-economic research
Award level: Postdoctoral level or higher
Award coverage: Worldwide
Amount: €12,500
Documents: Regulations - Prize-winners
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Award
Deadline: 03.03.2025
Periodicity: biennial
Theme: Original fundamental or translational contribution in the fields of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism or Nutrition. The research can be based on any model or experimental approach (functional, morphological, genetic, pharmacological, epidemiological) but cannot pertain to cancerous pathologies
Award level: Scientific seniority of minimum PhD +6 years and maximum PhD +16 years at the deadline of the call
Award coverage: Belgium
Amount: €30.000
Documents: Regulations - Laureates