Support programmes
With our financial resources we support individual researchers and research teams with personal fellowships and project funding.
All about support programmes
Research Foundation - Flanders
Stimulates excellent scientific research with impact
New calls
Odysseusprogramme
Deadline
30/09/2026
Odysseus provides outstanding researchers who have built up a career outside Belgium with funding to develop a research group at a Flemish university.
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Mobility projects China
Deadline
08/06/2026
This programme supports the exchange of researchers between Flanders and China (NSFC) through two-year joint mobility projects.
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Scientific Award AstraZeneca Foundation in Multi-Omics for Routine Risk Stratification and Prevention
Announcement
10/12/2026
Deadline
04/05/2026
Rewards innovative scientific research related to multi-omics for routine risk stratification and prevention
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Scientific Award AstraZeneca Foundation in Zoonoses and Climate Change as Emerging Threats to Human Health
Announcement
10/12/2026
Deadline
04/05/2026
Rewards innovative scientific research related to zoonoses and climate change as emerging threats to human health
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In the spotlight
Elisabeth Heremans wins the Nokia Bell Scientific Award 2025
Three Young Researchers Awarded with a FWO Scientific Award for Climate Research
KU Leuven researchers have developed a technique for controlled bacterial growth
Researchers at KU Leuven have developed a technique that allows genetically modified bacteria to grow in a controlled and temporary way, instead of the traditional pattern of exponential growth.
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