Research Projects JEZ!

In the context of JEZ!, the FWO provides up to € 1.008.792 (excluding overhead) to support two-year research projects on “development of young people on a physical, artistic or psychosocial level". Project proposals are preferably aimed at generating new knowledge that can contribute to the development of tools to enable teachers, sports clubs, cultural associations or youth workers to optimally support the development of young people. Within JEZ! research projects, young people or their representatives should be involved as stakeholders, both during the project genesis and during the implementation of the project.

JEZ! is the new youth collective of VTM, Qmusic, HLN and Belfius. The youth collective JEZ! strives to place young people back in the heart of society, to connect them and to give them a voice and a face. The JEZ! fund was set up at the King Baudouin Foundation to manage the proceeds of the fundraising in the context of JEZ!.

With this call, JEZ!, together with the FWO, wants to support fundamental scientific research on the physical, artistic or psychosocial development of young people

• Period: 2 years
• Staff and consumables: at least €50,000 per year for the entire project (including all partners) and at most €145,000 per year per participating institution, with the exception of the non-Flemish partners, who may receive up to 10% of the total budget for the project.
• Equipment: maximum €150,000 per project
• Theme: development of young people on a physical, artistic or psychosocial level
• NOTE: the humanitarian research projects, such as these in the scope of JEZ!, differ in some substantial aspects from the fundamental research projects of FWO; e.g.:
  • These projects will NOT distinguish between a junior or a senior project type;
  • These projects will NOT be taken into account for calculating the maximum number of projects for which one can be (co)-supervisor at a given time;
  • A specific jury of scientific experts composed by FWO will evaluate your application; it is not necessary to select a panel yourself from the regular FWO expert panels.
• Success rate: 16.6% (2024)

• As a team of researchers you need funding for consumables, equipment and/or personnel.
• Your research will be carried out at an eligible Flemish main host institution, possibly in collaboration with other Flemish and/or federal research institutions (Article 7); a non-Flemish research institution may participate for 10 percent of the budget.
• Your research will be carried out under the supervision of a supervisor-spokesperson, possibly in collaboration with other (co-)supervisors (Article 10 - 12).
• Emeriti with 10% paid appointment can only act as co-supervisor.
• All material acquired with a grant for consumables/equipment of the FWO shall become the property of the university. If you want to use core facilities during the execution of your project, do make sure that the fees for that use are budgeted correctly in the consumables expenditure category.
• The host institution is the employer of staff remunerated on research projects.
• Supervisors and co-supervisors are not allowed any remuneration or accumulation with a remuneration on a research project.
• The real cost is used when the name(s) of the researcher(s) is (are) already known. When the name(s) of the researcher(s) is (are) not yet known, indicative amounts may be used.
• You agree with the Research Integrity Clause.