Research
News
- Having some R or Rstudio related issues? Come to the RSO and “walk in” with your questions, every Thursday between 3pm and 4pm (online or on campus). Info
Services
FPPW researchers can contact the Faculty Research Support Office (RSO) for the following topics:
- Data analysis
Mainly focused on answering individual questions related to data processing, statistics, mixed methods, psychometrics and/or statistical computing (e.g. R, SPSS, Nvivo). Both quantitative and qualitative research is covered. - Technical support
For research equipment and devices, providing solutions to practical problems in the use of experimental set-ups and in research equipment that needs to be adapted to make it work in specific settings. - Assessment
Advice on the selection, use, adaptation, translation and development of quality assessment instruments. - Research practices
Advice on questions relating to research practices, such as project or mandate applications, pre-registration, open and fair science, scientific integrity, GDPR, ethical aspects, data management, data storage & sharing, pseudonymisation/anonymisation .... - And more
- Feedback on grant proposals
- Examples, Tips and tricks for researchers
Contact us via rso.pp@ugent.be
Practical
- Tips and tricks for Web-based Research
- Available research equipment and devices
- In "De Krook" you can find flexible workplaces (reservation) and research rooms for innovative research. For more information, contact the UGent coordinator in "De Krook".
- Onderzoekslokalen reserveren
Doctoral research
- Faculty instruction manual for doctoral students and supervisor
- Doctoral regulations of the FPPW
- Registration of new PhD candidates through OASIS
- Template for the doctoral thesis cover [English][Dutch]
- Submit a doctoral thesis through Plato
- Research days
- Grant proposal feedback service
Publishing
Authorship
- Authorship in scientific articles
- Policy on authorship and recognition of contributions to scholarly publishing
Open Access
Belgian law gives authors the right to make scholarly publications available in Open Access with a maximum embargo period of 12 months for Social Science & Humanities (SSH), if the publication is a result of research funded for at least 50% by public funds. More info here.
Publications
- Publications of faculty members
- Flemish Academic Bibliographic Database for the Social Sciences and Humanities (VABB-SHW)
Research funding
Faculty Mobility and Sabbatical Fund (FMS)
| Aim | Next deadline |
| Congress participation |
Applications can be submitted at any given time via this website. |
| Research Stays |
Monthly, 8 days before the CWO meeting |
| Research stays of foreign researchers |
- 8 days before the CWO-meeting of April - 8 days before the CWO-meeting of October |
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Research sabbaticals for ZAP staff members |
- 8 days before the CWO-meeting of April - 8 days before the CWO-meeting of October |
Faculty Research Fund (FOF)
| Aim | Next deadline |
| Financing of equipment and devices |
- 8 days before the CWO-meeting of June - 8 days before the CWO-meeting of December |
| Financing for organising a conference |
- 8 days before the CWO-meeting of April - 8 days before the CWO-meeting of June - 8 days before the CWO-meeting of October - 8 days before the CWO-meeting of December |
| Exceptional transitional financing of personnel | Applications can be submitted at any given time |
.You can find the exact deadlines in this overview, or in the faculty calendar.
FWO funding
- Support for grant proposals
- Examples of successful funding applications (e.g. Phd Fellowships, Postdoc Fellowships, Research Projects, congress organization,...) can be found here.
Research Data Management
- Research Data Management
- Faculty guidelines with regard to Research Data Management
- The Data Management Plan
- Data Storage Fact Sheets
- Faculty Archive for Research Material