Call 2021 for selection of BOF postdoctoral fellowships
Duration and starting date
The positions start on 1 October 2021 at the earliest and last for a period of maximum 3 years.
How to apply
The application for a BOF mandate of Postdoctoral Researcher is done through the FWO Flanders. Unsuccesfull FWO applications for a Junior or Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship are automatically submitted to the Special Research Fund. To be considered for a BOF postdoctoral fellowship the following admissibility requirements must be met.
Who can apply
Admissibility requirements for a BOF fellowship
- Candidates must still be able to submit an admissible application for a Junior or Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship at the FWO Flanders in a next application round. Candidates for a Junior Postdoctoral Fellowship who can no longer apply for a junior fellowship in a next application round, but who can apply for a senior fellowship , are still eligible for a BOF Postdoctoral Fellowship.
- Candidates can obtain a BOF Postdoctoral Fellowship only once in their career, either after applying for an FWO Junior Postdoctoral Fellowship, or after applying for an FWO Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship. If a candidate has obtained a BOF Postdoctoral Fellowship after applying for an FWO Junior Postdoctoral Fellowship, this candidate can no longer obtain a BOF Postdoctoral Fellowship after applying for an FWO Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship.
- The BOF selection is limited to those candidates that are preselected by the FWO for the second application round (with interview). Applications that are not preselected by the FWO are not eligible for a BOF Postdoctoral Fellowship.
- Exception: FWO Postdoctoral Researchers who, due to special circumstances, have been granted an exceptional extension of 1 year of their 1st term as a Postdoctoral Researcher do not need to be pre-selected by the FWO in order to be eligible for a BOF fellowship. If they apply for a prolongation of their FWO fellowship by 1 December 2020 following their 1st term as a Postdoctoral Researcher, they will automatically be eligible for a BOF fellowship provided that they can still submit an eligible application for an FWO fellowship in a subsequent application round and they were not awarded a BOF fellowship before.
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Exception: FWO Postdoctoral Researchers who, as a result of an interruption because of a scientific assignment during their 1st term as a Postdoctoral Researcher, had to submit the application for renewal of their FWO mandate on 1 December 2020, are also automatically eligible for a BOF mandate, provided that they can still submit an admissible application for an FWO mandate in a subsequent submission round.
Funding
The fellowship holder will be appointed as dr. assistant with research assignment for the duration of the fellowship. The fellowship holder will receive a bench fee of €4.000/ year.
Selection
The results of the selection will be published on the website on 7 July 2021 at the latest.
Deadline
The deadline for submission to the FWO is 1 December 2020.
FWO resubmission
- Current call with deadline 1 December 2020: candidates who acquire a BOF fellowship are required to submit a new application to the FWO no later than 1 December 2022.
- For persons who already have a BOF fellowship, the following deadlines apply:
- BOF fellowship holders who have obtained their BOF fellowship after the FWO call with deadline 1/2/2018 are obliged to submit a new application to the FWO no later than 1/12/2020.
- BOF fellowship holders who have obtained their BOF fellowship after the FWO call with deadline 3/12/2018 are obliged to submit a new application to the FWO no later than 1/12/2020.
- BOF fellowship holders who have obtained their BOF fellowship after the FWO call with deadline 2/12/2019 are obliged to submit a new application to the FWO no later than 1/12/2021.
Final report
Within three months following upon the end of the fellowship a final scientific report has to be sent electronically to BOFapplication@UGent.be.
More information
- contact BOF: Ms. Griet De Geyter, BOF@UGent.be
- contact FWO: Ms. Jodie Bernaerdt, vlaams-federaal@ugent.be
- website FWO Dutch / English
- Regulations BOF postdoctoral researcher
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