Partnership University of Adelaide - Ghent University
About
Ghent University and the University of Adelaide have established a bilateral agreement to explore and deepen academic collaborations. This partnership leverages the complementary research strengths in both academic communities to offer sustained and high-impact scientific outcomes in all fields. The universities work towards initiating, deepening and widening collaborations with a long-term high-quality collaborations.
To realize these goals, the research board has allocated funds to support both junior and senior researchers who wish to enter such collaborations.
What do we do?
The partnership aims to be an active radar to initiate activities that may include:
- Joint research collaborations, or the joint publication of scientific papers and educational materials
- Joint summer courses or graduate and post-doctoral mobility
- Exchange of faculty, trainees and staff
- Participation in, and the co-hosting of lectures, meetings, seminars, symposia, exhibitions and conferences
- Joint applications for funding for future or ongoing collaborative projects
- Collaboration in other areas that foster research cooperation
Call for seed funding - open
With funding from the Ghent University Special Research Fund, the preferential partnership between the University of Adelaide and Ghent University has launched a call for seed grant funding.
Purpose
Seed grants serve to broaden and deepen research collaboration between faculty and staff at the University of Adelaide and Ghent University. This seed grant aims to support new or ongoing research or educational partnerships in 2026. Examples of seed grant activities include but are not limited to:
- Initiating a jointly organised seminar, webinar, workshop, conference, or another academic event
- Fostering research collaboration between a Ghent University PhD student or post-doctoral researcher with peers at the University of Adelaide
- Supporting the mobility of a Ghent University Masters or PhD student, post-doctoral researcher, or professor to the University of Adelaide
Funding
Applicants can apply for up to 5.000€. Projects requiring additional funding are also welcomed. However, applicants need to provide a clear justification for the additional funding required.
Eligibility criteria
Professors and post-doctoral researchers at Ghent University may submit a seed grant. All areas of research are welcome to apply. The beneficiaries can also be PhD students. Beneficiaries should always be Ghent University researchers.
Deadline
The upcoming deadline for application submissions is 15 September 2026.
Applicants can expect the selection outcome 3 weeks after the deadline.
Call text and application form
The application form must be sent via email to Marieke Merckx
Steering group
The steering group at Ghent University for this partnership consists of Professor Patrick Bultinck (chair), Professor Kim Calders (co-chair) and Professor Marieke De Craemer (co-chair).
Contact
Do you have questions/remarks/ideas/…? Feel free to contact marieke.merckx@ugent.be (coordinator).