BEWARE2 aims to attract 75 qualified researchers to the Walloon companies where they will spend half of their stay while the other half will be at a university, a university college or a research centre (a single employment contract).
In this call 2023-2, BEWARE2 will offer 25 positions. This call for proposals aims to promote the mobility of highly qualified researchers (a) to companies (b) and approved research centres or universities or research centres attached to universities (c) in Wallonia / Wallonia - Brussels Federation. The proposal must be based on the trio (a) + (b) + (c).
The stay of these researchers should enable the scientific and technological potential of Wallonia to be increased through, for example:
- the development and validation of new products, processes or services intended to be exploited industrially in the short term, or
- the acquisition and development of new technology, and
- the development of the researcher's skills.
The researcher's stay in Wallonia will be balanced with promoters (b) and (c). This stay may not be less than 18 months and may not exceed 3 years. It may only be interrupted by a stay of a maximum of 2 weeks per year (cumulative) outside Wallonia to be agreed between the parties.
Who is eligible
The researcher must hold a PhD or have equivalent research experience (minimum 4 years). At the closing date of the call for proposals, the researcher must be in a situation of transnational mobility, i.e. have spent less than 12 months professionally and under an employment contract in Belgium during the last 36 months.
In the case of hosting a researcher subject to the visa and/or work permit requirement, the host may make use of the "scientific visa" which exempts the researcher from the work permit requirement and offers an accelerated procedure for the granting of the residence permit.
More information on the Guide for Applicants.
What is offered
Funding is provided for the execution of the research. It consists of the awarding of grants which relate exclusively to :
- the remuneration of the researcher at the postdoctoral researcher's rate according to the ad hoc scale
- an annual lump sum of EUR 6 000 operating costs
- an annual lump sum of EUR 3 000 to cover the researcher's mobility costs to be paid in full to the researcher.
BEWARE2 is co-financed by the European Commission and Wallonia.
Deadline: 8 January 2024
Watch the video about the BEWARE 2 programme.