FWO - Medium-scale research infrastructure 2025

Research

Funding organisation:

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen

What?

FWO launched the new call for medium-scale research infrastructure. Research infrastructure comprises all facilities and sources that promote the performance of cross-border and strategic basic research across all scientific disciplines. Besides scientific infrastructure, this includes collections, natural habitats, corpora, databases (including digital opening up), and connection to data platforms.

Participation in this call is only allowed through the combined BOF + FWO medium-scale infrastructure call, which follows an internal procedure (unless joining as a co-promoter for an external entity) :

• UHasselt launches a pre-call to get a full overview of all applications for medium-scale research infrastructure (FWO + BOF).
• Only applications that have been registered in this pre-call will be considered for FWO or BOF funding.
• After submission of the declaration of intent, bilateral interviews will be planned between OBI and all applicants to discuss the application in detail.
• Based on the FWO and BOF selection criteria and the requested budget, the Research Council will select applications that can be submitted within the FWO call for medium-scale research infrastructure.

All specific details about this call can be found on the BOF call page.

A medium-scale research infrastructure is defined as research infrastructure with a total financing cost (excl. co-funding) ranging from € 150.000 to € 1.000.000 (including the non-recoverable part of VAT).

In the context of the launch of the medium and large-scale infrastructure calls, an information session will be organised on 24 April 2025, 10:00 - 14:00, including examples of projects and a demonstration of the application platform. This information session will take place at the FWO offices in 1000 Brussels, HOEK 38, Leuvenseweg. Here, you can find the program and the link to register.

Project period: 4 years, renewable with a maximum of two years.
More information about the (new) regulations and acceptable costs can be found on the FWO website.

Who?

Eligible organisations:
A research group or research groups at a Flemish university, at higher education institutions in charge of scientific research, and a strategic research center (IMEC, VIB, Flanders Make, VITO, …):
A partnership agreement between the above bodies or a partnership agreement between at least one of the aforementioned bodies and one or more third parties.

Application?

• Deadline declaration of intent pre-call FWO/BOF: April 7, 2025 at 10 am
• Obligatory bilateral meetings, schedule a meeting via the link: April 10, 11, 25, or 28, 2025
• Deadline submission of adjusted applications: May 9, 2025
• BOZR for selection applications: May 27, 2025
• OZR for final selection applications BOF Research Infrastructure Fund call: June 19, 2025
• Submission of selected applications through the FWO e-portal
• Deadline pre-registration (if applicable): June 30, 2025 (only information on the title of the application (‘tab general’, summary, consortium partners (without financing), keywords, disciplines, suggestions for referees and forbidden referees))
• Internal FWO deadline is identical for all Flemish Universities: September 11, 2025. Please make sure that both budget issues and the consortium composition are settled.
• Deadline submission of final project proposal by UHasselt (OBI): September 18, 2025 at 5 PM
• Announcement of results: End of March 2026

Regulations?

FWO Regulations for medium-scale research infrastructure

More information?

Please contact research@uhasselt.be if you want to apply.

Deadline intern

07.04.2025, 07.04.2025

Contact Hasselt University?

E-mail ilse.das@uhasselt.be

Tel. +3211268098