Through the Faculty Research Fund, faculty staff are entitled to funding to help them with their research.

General conditions

• Applications must be submitted at least one week before the meeting of the CWO
• Applications can not be handled retroactively (i.e., the application can not relate to a period started before the meeting of the CWO)
• Please make sure that your file at flwresearch and in Biblio is always fully up-to-date

CWO-meeting Dates 2019-2020

• Wednesday, August 21 (9:00)
• Wednesday, September 18 (13:00)
• Wednesday, October 23 (13:00)
• Wednesday, November 27 (13:00)
• Wednesday, January 15 (13:00)
• Wednesday, February 12 (13:00)
• Wednesday, March 18 (13:00)
• Wednesday, April 22 (13:00)
• Wednesday, May 20 (13:00)
• Wednesday, June 17 (13:00)
• Wednesday, August 26 (13:00)

Contact

For applications and more information, please use cwo.lw@ugent.be

ZAP starting grant

Automatic and one-off financial assistance for all new Tenured Academic Staff

• Amount: appointment percentage * EUR 5,000
• Regulations (Art. 7-8)
• Application Form

AAP starting grant

Automatic and one-off financial assistance for all junior assistants, post-doctoral assistants, the faculty’s predoc and postdoc fellows subsidized by third parties, provided they do not have their own operating funds

• Amount: appointment percentage * EUR 3,000
• You can use this grant e.g. for translations, any publication costs, etc.
• Regulations (Art. 9-12)
• Application Form / Utilising AAP starting grant

Travel grant

Financial assistance for predocs, postdocs and ZAP to allow them to participate in academic conferences abroad, brief research stays abroad or international workshops

• PREDOC: max. 2 times a year / POSTDOC: max. 2 times a year / ZAP: max. once a year
• Amount: reimbursement of expenses (travel, lodgings, enrolment fee / no per diems)
• As a rule, you should first submit a corresponding application to the FWO (Research Foundation Flanders) (first FWO?)
  Only PhD students who do not yet meet the FWO publication requirements can receive a travel grant on the Faculty Research Fund (max. 2 times) without first submitting an application to the FWO
• Doctoral students who wish to use this grant for attending a workshop should request the registration fee part via the Doctoral School
• Regulations (Art. 13-19)
• Application Form

Extended stay

Financial assistance for predocs, postdocs and ZAP for longer stays in a foreign research institution (min. 3 weeks)

• PREDOC: once / POSTDOC: once / ZAP: once every five years
• Amount: travel cost / accommodation max. EUR 1,000 per month, max. EUR 6,000 / family allowance, if applicable
• As a rule, you should first submit a corresponding application to the FWO (Research Foundation Flanders) (first FWO?)
• Regulations (Art. 20-26)
• Application Form

Intersectoral stay

Financial assistance for predocs, postdocs and ZAP for a longer stay in another, private or public institution outside academia (min. 3 weeks)

• PREDOC: once / POSTDOC: once / ZAP: once every five years
• Amount: travel cost / accommodation max. EUR 1,000 per month, max. EUR 6,000 / family allowance, if applicable
• As a rule, for a stay abroad, you should first submit a corresponding application to the FWO (Research Foundation Flanders) (first FWO?)
• Regulations (Art. 27-33)
• Application Form

Incoming stay

Financial assistance for foreign researchers with a minimum of two years’ postdoctoral experience for an academic stay at the faculty (min. 1 month, max. 3 months), on the nomination of a member of the faculty

• Amount: EUR 1,700 per month (flat fee) / family allowance, if applicable
• Important: the visitor must have a valid visa
• Regulations (Art. 34-41)
• Application Form / information brochure

Sabbatical

Substitution for Tenured Academic Staff members who are looking for a sabbatical leave (ideally 6 months, min. 3 months, max. 12 months)

• Extent: substitution by a guest professor, limited to an appointment of maximum 50%
• Submission dates: applications will be dealt with at the CWO meeting in May (c.q. June) or November (c.q. December)
• As a rule, you should first submit a corresponding application to the FWO (Research Foundation Flanders)
• Regulations (Art. 42-50)
• Application Form

Organisational grant

Financial assistance for the organisation of an academic conference or a meeting of an academic society, at the request of a member of the faculty

• Amount: EUR 500 per day (EUR 250 per half day)
• Regulations (Art. 51-55)
• Application Form

Grant upon request

Financial assistance for fully reasoned requests for other research support

• Amount: depending on the request
• Applications are assessed in an ad-hoc manner depending on (1) the appropriateness of the application and (2) the resources available
• Regulations (Art. 56-60)
• Application Form