Grant for a short study visit abroad

This grant supports researchers who wish to spend a short period abroad to perform research in a non-Belgian organisation, to specialize in specific research techniques, to perform archive research and/or fieldwork abroad, under the condition that it concerns (strategic) basic research. In this way, the FWO aims to encourage mobility and international contacts between research groups.

• Throughout the entire period of your stay abroad, you are affiliated to a university or university hospital in the Flemish Community or to a federal or Flemish scientific institute (see regulations for more detailed information).
• Predoctoral applicants must have obtained their master degree in one of the member states of the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland. Applicants with a master degree from outside the EEA or Switzerland must hold a master degree and have a declaration from the university administration confirming that it will permit the applicant to write a doctoral thesis. There are no degree requirements for candidates from postdoctoral level onwards. For more information see regulations.
• You have at least one peer-reviewed publication. Remark: in case you cannot comply with this requirement, you should clearly motivate this in the appropriate section in the online application form. In this case, you need to cleary indicate the reasons for not having at least one peer-reviewed publication, and outline why, based on other relevant achievements, you qualify for this travel grant.
• In case you already receive a bench fee within a granted mandate or fellowship, you cannot apply for a travel grant for a conference, short study visit or participation in a workshop/course in one of the member states of the EEA or Switzerland or the United Kingdom, since this bench fee can be used for these purposes.
• For short study visits, workshops/courses and conferences, a maximum of one grant per person and per civil year can be awarded.