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FWO postdoctoral fellowships

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Research Field
Formal sciences
Humanities
Natural sciences
Professions and applied sciences
Social sciences
Funding Type
Funding
Career Stage
Recognised Researcher (R2) (PhD holders or equivalent who are not yet fully independent)
Established Researcher (R3) (Researchers who have developed a level of independence)
European Research Programme
Not funded by an EU programme

About

Outline

The junior postdoctoral fellowships are intended to support researchers who have only recently completed their PhD, in developing an independent, international research career. The senior postdoctoral fellowships are intended to support researchers who have completed their PhD a few years ago, in developing an  independent, international research career.

Features

  • Period: 3 years

  • Salary scale: minimum € 4,217.57 - maximum € 6,574.78

  • New Call open since 20 September 2021

  • Submission Deadline: 1 December 2021 at 5pm CET

  • Announcement of results: 31May 2022

  • Start of fellowship: October 1, 2022 (November 1, 2021 is also possible as start date)

Eligibility

  • You hold a PhD by thesis or a degree or a diploma or certificate recognized as equivalent in accordance with European Union directives or a bilateral agreement

  • You can apply for a junior postdoctoral fellowship if your PhD was obtained not longer than 3 years before October, 1 of the year in which the fellowship would start, or will be obtained at June 1 of that year at the latest.

  • You can apply for a senior postdoctoral fellowship if your PhD degree, with as reference point the date mentioned on the PhD degree, was awarded minimum three years and maximum six years before the first of October of the year in which the fellowship commences.

  • See the programme regulations for more details on eligibility conditions

Organisation

Organisation name
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Organisation Country
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