Research grants

Personal funding

For information on personal funding offers, please see the KU Leuven research webpage which provides detailed information concerning the following opportunities: Special doctoral grants for advanced KU Leuven doctoral students (BDM – Bijzondere doctoraatsmandaten voor gevorderde doctorandi van de KU Leuven); Doctoral scholarships for international co-operation with countries outside the EEA (DBOF); Doctoral scholarships for doctoral students from developing countries (in the framework of the Interfaculty Council for Development Co-operation (IRO)); Postdoctoral positions – short term (PDM-short term); Postdoctoral positions – long term (PDM-long term); and finally, Senior fellowships.

In addition, the FWO website (select ‘English’, then ‘applications’) offers information on Ph.D. fellowships (+ renewal), Postdoctoral fellowships (+ renewal), and Individual research budgets for specific purposes.

Funding for research projects

The KU Leuven research webpage provides information on funding that is available for specific group activities and initiatives: Concerted research actions (GOA) and Research projects (OT).

The FWO website (select ‘English’, then ‘applications’) offers information on Individual grants and Research grants.

Funding for travel and accommodation

The FWO website (select ‘English’, then ‘applications’) offers information on a number of possibilities regarding funds for international travel and accommodation: International mobility, International cooperation, and International contacts.

Deadlines for applications

The KU Leuven research webpage offers access to the website ‘Gedocumenteerd’ (select ‘financieringsmogelijkheden’, then log in). ‘Gedocumenteerd’ offers an overview of research deadlines. The deadlines (‘indiendatums’) for each subcategory can be found in the blue column on the left side of the page.