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Funding opportunities
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
- ICP PhD: PhD scholarships for researchers with ICP degree VLIR-UOS
- 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 (next deadline in 2015)
- 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)
