This Chair, granted on the initiative of the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, is awarded to an eminent researcher in the domaine of nuclear sciences and their applications.

Main features  

• The research career to be awarded should include substantial and original contribution to the field of nuclear energy and/or nuclear radiation. Both technically oriented research and socio-economic research can be considered.
• The selection criteria are:
• Scientific quality of the research during the career in fundamental or applied aspects of nuclear sciences.
• A proven track record of education in this field.
• Potential for setting up scientific collaboration with SCK CEN. 
• Amount: 12.500 € (for personnal use).

Eligible topics

• Innovative nuclear systems
• Sustainable nuclear waste management and decommissioning
• Nuclear medicine
• Safety of nuclear installations and nuclear material sciences
• Radiation protection
• Any other area in nuclear sciences and applications, including social sciences

Eligible applicants

• Candidates must be of postdoctoral level at least.
• Candidates must be affiliated to a recognized research institute or university from the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland.
• Previous laureates of the SCK CEN Chair are not eligible.
• Laureates of the previous SCK CEN Award, organised until 2015, are eligible.

Laureate duties

• Following a positive research security appraisal by SCK CEN, the recipient of the Chair is expected to give an inauguration lecture and a series of lectures during a scientific stay at the SCK CEN Research Centre in Belgium.
• The series of lectures will be organised in interaction with the SCK CEN Academy.
• All related costs will be reimbursed.

Call timeline

• Opening of the call: June 4^th, 2025
• Deadline of the call: September 15^th, 2025
• Jury meeting: Fall 2025

How to apply ?

Candidates must be nominated by a senior scientist who is not affiliated to SCK CEN.

Applications, written in English, must be sent electronically to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. on September 15^th, 2025 at the latest.

The requested documents are:

• The nomination form.
• A curriculum vitae of the candidate.
• A complete list of publications of the candidate
• A letter of recommendation by the senior scientist who nominates the candidate.

The complete regulations are available here.

The list of the previous laureates is available here.

Questions about the Chair should be addressed via email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

On the initiative of the Lambertine Lacroix Foundation, the Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS will grant, in 2025, an Award in the field of oncology to a researcher affiliated to a university of the Federation Wallonia-Brussels.

Main features

• Reward a particularly deserving researcher for a fundamental research work in oncology, with translational implications.  
• Amount: 30.000 € for personnal use.

Eligible applicants

• Applicants must be affiliated, at the deadline of the call, to a University of the Federation Wallonia-Brussels, an eligible University Hospital or an eligible Research Institute (cf. annex to the regulations). 
• Applicants must hold a university degree and cannot have reached the age of 51 at the deadline of the call. This age limit can be extended by one year for each maternity leave since the first year of the PhD.
• Joint applications are not allowed. 
• Researchers who have already received a Lambertine Lacroix Award or a personal Award of equal or superior amount are not eligible.

Call timeline

• Opening of the call: June 2^nd, 2025
• Deadline of the call: October 6^th, 2025
• Jury meeting: Fall 2025

How to apply ?

Applications, written in English, must be sent electronically to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. on October 6^th, 2025 at the latest.
 
The requested documents are:

• The application form duly completed and signed.
• A detailled curriculum vitae.
• A complete list of publications.

The complete regulations are available here.

The list of the previous laureates is available here.

Questions about the Award should be adressed via email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The FNRS is launching a brand new call: an Audacious Medical Grant call in the field of paediatric diseases. This funding is made possible by private sponsorship.

Description of the instrument

• AMG-Pediatrics funding is intended for a single, eligible promoter from the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles to carry out a medical or biomedical research project that is original and daring in nature, but which does not find support in traditional funding channels due to a lack of preliminary data, the absence of previous work or an unusual methodology (inter-university projects will not be supported under this call).
• Duration of funding: 24 months maximum.
• Amount of funding: maximum 120,000 euros.
• Eligible costs: personnel, operating costs, equipment (flexibility will be allowed between these different categories of costs). 

Scientific scope

• The scientific scope will take into consideration all pathologies affecting paediatric or foetal patients/subjects, including infectious diseases and vaccinology, immune deficiencies, cardiovascular, respiratory and metabolic diseases, congenital, developmental, neurological and psychiatric disorders, cancers, etc.
• All approaches will be eligible (biomedical research, clinical research, translational research, epidemiological research, public health, modelling, etc.).
• The projects presented should lead to:
  • a better understanding of a paediatric disease,
  • and/or the development of new therapeutic approaches/tools/techniques,
  • and/or improved prevention or detection of paediatric diseases.

Closure of the call : Thursday 10th July at 2 p.m.

See the mini-guide.

The FNRS is launching a new Audacious Medical Grant call for proposals in the field of neuroscience. 

Description of the instrument

• AMG-Neuro funding is intended for a single, eligible promoter from the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles to carry out a medical or biomedical research project that is original and daring in nature but that does not find support in traditional funding channels due to a lack of preliminary data, the absence of previous work or an unusual methodology (inter-university projects will not be supported under this AMG-Neuro 2025 call).
• Duration of funding: 24 months maximum.
• Amount of funding: maximum 120,000 euros.
• Eligible costs: personnel, operating costs, equipment (flexibility will be allowed between these different categories of costs).

Scientific scope

• The AMG-Neuro 2025 call will focus on neuroscience: development of the nervous system, homeostasis and ageing, function and dysfunction of the nervous system, systems neuroscience and modelling, biological basis of cognitive and behavioural processes, neurological and mental disorders.
• All approaches will be eligible (biomedical research, clinical research, translational research, epidemiological research, public health, modelling, etc.).
• The project submitted should lead to:
  • a better understanding of the nervous system and its pathologies,  
  • and/or the development of new therapeutic approaches,
  • and/or improved prevention or detection of nervous system pathologies.

Closure of the call : Thursday 10th July at 2 p.m.

See the mini-guide

The call Credits & Projects which concerns the instruments CDR, PDR, EQP, MIS and IISN is open on e-space  and will close on July 10^th, 2025 at 2 pm (Brussels local time).

The documents useful for the preparation of your 2025 proposal are available below.

• Mini-guide Credits and Projects Call 2025
• Cumulative rules

Rules and Regulations of the instruments of the Credits and Projects Call

• Research Credit (CDR)
• Research Project (PDR)
• Equipment (EQP)
• Incentive Grant for Scientific Research (MIS)
• Credits of the Interuniversity Institute of Nuclear Sciences (IISN)