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FLANDERS, BELGIUM: Odysseus program call to attract top talent

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The Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) has announced the recently launched new call of the renewed Odysseus program. The Odysseus program provides start-up funding to outstanding researchers who have built up a career outside of Flanders in order to develop or to set up a research line during a five-year period at a research group within a Flemish university, potentially in collaboration with (an)other Flemish research organization(s). It also provides the possibility of becoming progressively more involved in the Flemish research landscape.

What makes this program unique is the combination of a position at a Flemish university and sufficient project funding to establish your own research team. This symbiosis forms the ideal starting point to attract high-level, international research to Flanders.

 

There are two types of funding available:

Odysseus Type I

  • For researchers who are internationally recognized as pioneers in their field;
  • Research funding: from €400,000 to €1,000,000 per year (€2,000,000 to €5,000,000 for the five-year period).

Odysseus Type II

  • For postdoctoral researchers who have the potential to develop a leading international position;
  • Research funding: from €100,000 to €200,000 per year (€500,000 to €1,000,000 for the five-year period).

 

Candidates are nominated at FWO by the Flemish universities themselves. Therefore interested candidates are requested to directly contact one of the five following universities:

  • KU Leuven: stephanie.eggermont@kuleuven.be
  • University of Antwerp: greet.hellenbosch@uantwerpen.be
  • Ghent University: vlaams-federaal@ugent.be
  • Hasselt University: research@UHasselt.be
  • Vrije Universiteit Brussel: rgo@vub.be

 

The available budget for this Odysseus call is €21.8 million.

FWO deadline: September 30th, 2020 (5:00 PM Belgian time).

Announcement of results: March-April 2021

Start: up to 1 year after granting date (i.e. March 2022)

 

More information as well as the guidelines for applicants can be found here.

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