Some funding agencies offer possibilities for pre- or postdoctoral researchers to apply for a scholarship or fellowship at Ghent University on an individual basis. Before applying, candidates should always seek approval of a professor at Ghent University (contact details of all research groups).

Opportunities for international PhD students

• General information on applying for a PhD at Ghent University
• BOF - Doctoral scholarships for candidates from developing countries
• BOF - Cofunding for Chinese candidates holding a CSC-grant
• Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) - doctoral scholarships for EU-citizens
• BOF - Funding for candidates for a joint doctorate
  
• IWT - doctoral scholarships for EU-citizens
• VLIR-ICP - PhD Scholarships for candidates from developing countries
• Flemish Government cultural agreements: Exchange programmes
• BAEF - Fellowships for study or PhD-research of US-citizens in Belgium
• BOF - Doctoral scholarships
• BOF - Finalizing PhD grants
• BOF - Mobility Grant
  

Postdoctoral opportunities

• BOF - full time positions in the rank of (senior) lecturer with a focus on scientific research: no call in 2011
  
• BOF - Postdoctoral Fellowships
  
• BOF - Visiting Postdocs
• FWO - support for individual postdoctoral researchers
• FWO - Odysseus initiative
• FWO - Pegasus Marie Curie Fellowships
  
• IWT - postdoctoral fellowships
• Japan: JSPS and Canon Foundation
• Federal Science Policy Office: Postdoctoral fellowships to non-EU researchers
• FP7 - People: Marie Curie-fellowships
• FP7 - Ideas: ERC Grants
  
• BAEF: Fellowships for postdoc research of US-citizens in Belgium

Institutional cooperation

Several funding possibilities are available for joint research projects between researchers from Ghent University and from outside the university.

• Research Foundation Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen): Bilateral Agreements
• Belgian Federal Science Policy (Federaal Wetenschapsbeleid): Bilateral Agreements
• Belgian Federal Science Policy (Federaal Wetenschapsbeleid): Interuniversity Attraction Poles (IUAP)
• Flemish Government Cooperation Programme with France: Tournesol
• Royal Flemish Academy for Science and the Arts (VLAC)
• FWO research networks
• UNESCO Trust Fund
• NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme
• International Foundation for Science (IFS)
  
• European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technological research (COST)