This funding aims to create favourable conditions for transnational mobility of highly qualified researchers through the award of postdoctoral fellowships. All scientific disciplines are eligible. The ultimate ambition is to build scientific and technological (S&T) collaborations and long-lasting networks between the respective research fields.
Funding comprises a tax-exempt postdoctoral grant for 12-24 months that takes account of the researcher’s experience and includes third-party insurance costs, social security contributions, an operating budget and a travel allowance.
The exchange must take place in the frame of the ongoing research activities taking place in a research unit of Université catholique de Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve, Brussels, Tournai, Mons, Charleroi and Namur): www.uclouvain.be;
The program is based on a bottom-up approach as all research fields are eligible (Sciences and Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Health Sciences).
Who?
Applicants to a FSR Incoming post-doc Fellowship must:
- Hold a doctoral degree (PhD), obtained after defense of a thesis, issued by an academic institution no later than May 1st, 2022.
- Hold the academic degree referred to hereabove for a maximum of 5 years, which period shall expire no later than February 5th, 2022. The maximum period laid down in the above paragraph shall be increased by one year per childbirth and / or adoption following the award of the PhD academic degree.
- Be in mobility condition, i.e. not having resided nor carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Belgium for more than 24 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the starting date of the project .
All nationalities are eligible.
What?
Concretely, the fellowship includes:
- A net monthly allowance, adapted following the experience of the fellow (average in 2021 with 2 years of working experience after the PhD: 2.625,59 EUR).
- The personal liability insurance costs;
- The contribution to the National Office of Social Security (NOSS);
- A bench fee of EUR/year 5,000 for laboratory-based research or EUR/year 2,500 for non-laboratory based research;
- Travel allowance: this amount contributes to cover the expenses of the researcher caused by the mobility necessary to take up the fellowship . It will be paid one time as a lump-sum per year and will be calculated taken into account of the country of origin of the candidate (depending on the country, it could range from 250 EUR/year to 2.000 EUR/year).
Deadline: 1 October 2021.