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FWO Review College Fundamental Research

2025 call

The Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) is looking for international experts in different scientific fields to strengthen its expert panels. These panels meet once or twice a year in Brussels to evaluate research proposals submitted by researchers in Flanders. The panels are made up of 12 members who are top experts in their discipline(s) as well as generalists able to evaluate research proposals in their wider field of study. The majority of panel members in each panel is not affiliated to a Flemish research institution.

FWO is currently looking for candidates to populate its Review College. The Review College is made up of highly qualified and experienced research experts who may be called upon to join an expert panel. Membership of the Review College does not commit you to serving in the panel, but enables FWO to contact you with an invitation to join a panel. FWO expects to appoint at least 100 new panel members in this call (start date: 1/1/2026).

FWO is looking for a wide variety of experts in each of its 32 expert panels. The expert panels fundamental research at FWO are grouped in different scientific areas:

  • Biological Sciences (Bio)
  • Humanities (Cult)
  • Social Sciences (G&M)
  • Medical Sciences (Med)
  • Science and Technology (W&T)

Furthermore, the Specific Interdisciplinary Panel evaluates interdisciplinary research applications. For this panel we are seeking new members with broad expertise profiles who have experience with both the practice and the assessment of interdisciplinary research across the traditional boundaries of disciplines, research topics, paradigms and research traditions. These experts should have a broad take on science and research as a whole and be able to assess applications from a holistic perspective.

An overview of the scientific scopes of all panels can be found here.

If you have a truly interdisciplinary and international profile and are interested in evaluating proposals about international networking opportunities, collaborations etc. (not only focusing on core research fellowships and projects), we warmly invite you to apply for the Cross-Domain panel (CDP panel). Here, we are explicitly looking for experts with a broad profile who are willing to evaluate across different scientific domains. 

FWO strongly encourages women to apply.  

Practical information

  • Duration of the mandate: 3 years (may be renewed once)
  • There are strict rules regarding conflict of interest (see below)
  • Deadline: April 27 2025
  • Results may be expected by October 2025

Questions?

How to apply?

Apply

Apply via the following button. Either a profile on the FWO e-portal OR an ORCID account is required!  

Apply

I already have a profile on the FWO e-portal

If you already have a profile on the FWO e-portal, select “I have an account”

  1. Please login to your FWO account.
  2. Fill out all the required sections of the application form – all sections must have green checkmarks before you can submit your application.
    • The information regarding personalia, address, academic degrees, disciplines, positions and publications is imported from your FWO-account; if you wish to make changes to these sections, do so via your FWO account.
    • The sections “application form” and “consent” must be filled out as part of the application.
      • You may apply for more than 1 expert panel.
      • Please carefully consider your expertise profile for each of the panels you apply for, indicating expertise areas for which you have reviewing expertise.
  3. Press “submit” to submit your application.
  4. You will receive an automatic confirmation message.

Remarks

Before you begin, make sure all the following sections under “Personalia” in your FWO account are complete and recently updated:

  • General.
  • An official service address: Go to “addresses” and click on the “add” button. Select “Belgian or foreign service address” as the type and fill out the details of, e.g. your university address.
  • Diplomas: you need only inform us about your PhD degree (it is not necessary to upload the document).
  • Positions: include ALL your current affiliations to universities and research institutions (including strategic research centers such as VIB, IMEC, etc.).
  • Publications: provide your FULL publication list for the period between 2013 and 2025.
    • Publications older than 2013 do not have to be included.
    • Publication lists with fewer than 10 items cannot be considered in the screening process.
    • Publications can be imported or listed in various ways:
      • Import via your Flemish university
      • Import via ORCID
      • Adding publications manually.
    • Avoid including a publication more than once!

I do not yet have a profile on the FWO e-portal

If you do not yet have a profile on the FWO e-portal, select “I do not have an account” – please be aware you need an ORCID account for the application.

  1. Login via your ORCID account
  2. Fill out all the required sections of the application form – all sections must have green checkmarks before you can submit your application.
  3. Press “submit” to submit your application
  4. You will receive an automatic confirmation message

Remarks

Please follow these guidelines:

  • Address: provide information regarding your professional address (e.g. your university).
  • Academic degrees: you need only inform us about your PhD degree.
  • Positions: include ALL your current affiliations to universities and research institutions (including strategic research centers such as VIB, IMEC, etc.).
  • Publications: provide your FULL publication list for the period between 2013 and 2025.
    • Publications older than 2013 do not have to be included.
    • Publication lists with fewer than 10 items cannot be considered in the screening process.
    • Publications can be imported via ORCID and/or added manually.
    • Avoid including a publication more than once.
  • Application: select the panel(s) for which you wish to apply.
    • You may apply for more than 1 expert panel.
    • Please carefully consider your expertise profile for each of the panels you apply for, indicating expertise areas for which you have reviewing expertise.