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New Call for FWO Review College Fundamental Research

FWO is looking for candidates for the Review College. Members of the Review College may be invited to serve on an FWO expert panel. Membership of the Review College does not obligate researchers to participate in a panel, but it does allow the FWO to contact them with an invitation to do so. Deadline: 29 March 2026

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New calls

Deadline 30/03/2026

To reward completed research that contributes to the understanding, the causes, the prevention, the diagnosis, and/or the treatment of tumours of the musculoskeletal system.

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Deadline 26/05/2026

In collaboration with the South-African funder NRF the FWO supports 3-year joint research projects between researchers from Flanders and South-Africa.

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Deadline 20/04/2026

This Prize funds a 4-year research project in the field of rare diseases.

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Deadline 31/03/2026

This programme supports the exchange of researchers between Flanders and Taiwan (NSTC) through two-year joint mobility projects.

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Announcement of results 2026

09/12/2025 15:22

Elisabeth Heremans wins the Nokia Bell Scientific Award 2025

18/12/2025 08:29

VUB software for rescuing historical weather data receives TIME recognition among world’s top-400 Best Inventions of 2025

14/10/2025 14:48

Three Young Researchers Awarded with a FWO Scientific Award for Climate Research

09/02/2026 11:15

Aslihan Babayigit (Hasselt University), Ilias Semmouri (Ghent University), and Harry Zekollari (VUB) are the three laureates of the 2026 FWO Scientific Awards for Climate Research.