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2026 Call for FWO Review College Fundamental Research

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 or online to evaluate research proposals submitted by researchers in Flanders. The panels are made up of 10 to 20 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: 1/1/2027).

FWO is looking for a wide variety of experts in each of its 30+ expert panels. While experts in all scientific areas are welcome to apply, this year, we are specifically looking for experts in the following disciplines:

Linguistics
Theology and Religious Studies
Philosophy and Ethics
Sciences of Law and Criminology
ENT medicine, Ophthalmology, Psychiatry
Respiratory System, Cardiovascular System, Hematology, Nephrology
Reproduction, Urogenital System
Movement & Sports Sciences, Dermatology, Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Sciences, Dentistry and Maxillofacial Medicine, Orthopedics & Musculoskeletal Sciences, Rheumatology
Physics
Sciences of the Earth and Space

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.

Application deadline: 29 March 2026

You belong to the top 30% of your discipline.

You have a generalist profile and are able to evaluate research proposals falling within the overall scope of your panel.

You are appointed at a university or a scientific institution at the postdoc level or higher.
Become a member of a panel of highly qualified experts

Meet other experts in your field in the heart of Europe

Stay informed about the latest evolutions in your field

All travel expenses are covered and you receive an expert fee of 650€/meeting day.
Evaluation of research proposals; this includes writing and submitting review reports, attending panel meetings, conducting interviews with candidates and/or drawing up feedback reports.

Attend expert panel meetings once or several times per year in Brussels or online.
Duration of the mandate: 3 years (may be renewed once)

There are strict rules regarding conflict of interest (see below)

Interested?

Apply via this link

Either a profile on the FWO e-portal OR an ORCID account is required!

Deadline: 29 March 2026

Results may be expected by October 2026

Questions?

Consult our FAQ

Contact us: vacancies@fwo.be

Conflict of Interest Rules for Panel Members

Membership of an FP and an FF expert panel is personal and non-transferable. The membership term of an FP and an FM expert panel shall be three years. This term may be renewed once. The Board of Trustees may temporarily replace a member, yet the membership term shall not be extended by the duration of such replacement. A member may be replaced only once per appointment and term and per application channel. A member of an FM expert panel may be replaced once for the evaluation of a postdoctoral call and once for the evaluation of a PhD call within the three-year term of the panel membership. Panel members cannot renew their seats until three years after the end of a first term that has not been renewed or until three years after the end of a second term.

Panel members having submitted a project application as promotor or co-promotor acting as (co-)promotor as (co-)supervisor for a fellowship application that will be handled by the panel of which they are a member, are not allowed to sit on that panel during the relevant application round.

(art. 2 § 6 & 7, Regulations of the Research Foundation – Flanders governing the internal and external peer review)

Apply

Apply via this link: https://fwoweb.fwo.be/expert-applications

If you already have a profile on the FWO e-portal, select “I would like to apply via my FWO e-portal”

Please login to your FWO account.
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.
Press “submit” to submit your application.
You will receive an automatic confirmation message.

Remarks

General.
An official service address: go to “addresses” and click on the “add” button. Select “Belgian service address” 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.).
- Include your employment percentage (FTE) for all current functions.
Publications: provide your FULL publication list for the period between 2014 and 2026.
- Publications older than 2014 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!

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

Login via your ORCID account
Fill out all the required sections of the application form – all sections must have green checkmarks before you can submit your application.
Press “submit” to submit your application
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 2014 and 2026.
- Publications older than 2014 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.

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If you already have a profile on the FWO e-portal, select “I would like to apply via my FWO e-portal”

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