Starting credit for doctor-assistants during their first term
Aim
The Scientific Research Committee (CWO) grants financial support to new postdoctoral researchers who do not receive a working budget from other funding bodies. The grant supports early-career academics in developing their independent research and research groups.
Who can apply?
- All Doctor-assistants at the FBE in their first term (= 3 years)
- Postdoctoral researchers with a grant do not qualify for this support, as they receive a bench fee.
- Researchers who do not have the formal position of doctor-assistant but who are functional doctor-assistants (originating from the integration with the university colleges) are also eligible.
- Doctor-assistants who are appointed as substitutes for a member of the ZAP, meaning that they take over part of the activities of this professor (mostly educational activities), are not eligible for a starting credit for doctor-assistants. If this researcher, later on, acquires his own position as doctor-assistant, he or she will be eligible for this starting credit.
Grant
- A one-time starting credit of 10.500 euro.
Should a doctor-assistant interrupt his or her appointment, part of the support will be re-claimed from the supervisor. This part is calculated proportionally in accordance with the number of months by which the duration of the postdoctoral mandate has been reduced. For example: if the mandate is interrupted after precisely one year, the amount that will be reclaimed is 24/36 or 1/3 of 10,500 euro, i.e. 7,000 euro.
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Procedure of decision making
- The applicant is invited to the next CWO meeting to present the purpose of the grant in the context of his research goals.
- The Committee formulates an opinion on the approval or disapproval of the application.
- After the meeting the applicant will be informed of the decision by e-mail.