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Researchers and Corona: update measures FWO

Following the measures taken by Belgium and many other countries to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the FWO is also making a number of adjustments. In addition, the FWO also allocated in 2020 5 million euros to COVID-19 research:

Further, the FWO has taken a number of measures to compensate some consequences researchers in a FWO project or fellowship have encountered since Corona.

Execution ongoing fellowships

Researchers who experience delays and/or other issues in the execution of their fundamental research, strategic basic research and/or TBM project due to the situation caused by the coronavirus, are offered the option, as provided for in the regulations, to continue to use their budget for both staff and consumables for a period of up to two years after the formal end date of the project, in order to finalise their research.

As concerns the EOS research projects, in light of the current COVID-19 situation, F.R.S.-FNRS and FWO jointly decided that the budget for both consumables and staff can be used for up to two years after the formal end date of the project, in order to finalise the research. This 2-year period replaces the 1-year period as stipulated in Art. 20 §3. The limits of the originally allocated budgets must obviously be respected at all times. The scheduled end date of the EOS research projects remains unchanged (i.e. 31 December 2021).

In the reports on their projects, researchers can indicate the delays and problems they experienced due to the coronavirus situation. The FWO will explicitly ask the expert panels responsible for assessment of the reports, to take these extraordinary circumstances into account.

FWO PhD Fellowships

To PhD fellows

Activity reports

In the reports on their fellowships, researchers can indicate the delays and problems they experienced due to the coronavirus situation. The FWO will explicitly ask the expert panels responsible for assessment of the reports, to take these extraordinary circumstances into account.

Postdoctoral fellowships

To postdoc fellows

Activity reports

In the reports on their fellowships, researchers can indicate the delays and problems they experienced due to the coronavirus situation. The FWO will explicitly ask the expert panels responsible for assessment of the reports, to take these extraordinary circumstances into account

Independent of the situation regarding COVID-19, all outbound travel paid for with FWO funds is only allowed if positive travel advice is given by the employer (research institution to which you are affiliated as a researcher). You are required to comply with the applicable guidelines and procedures of the institution concerned.