FWO - Scientific Mobility projects South Korea 2026

Research, Internationalization

Funding organisation:

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen

What?

To promote scientific collaboration between South Korea and Flanders, the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) organizes the program 'Joint Scientific Mobility projects with South Korea' in cooperation with the Korean National Research Foundation (NRF). This program focuses on collaboration between the two countries and the exchange of junior researchers.
In each cooperation project on the Flemish side, at least one junior scientist with no more than 12 years of postdoctoral experience should perform an exchange to South Korea.

Within these joint cooperation projects, FWO and NRF cover the travel, accommodation, and living expenses of their own researchers:

• FWO offers researchers from Flanders a daily living allowance of € 66 (max. € 1,650/month) and covers travel expenses to/from South Korea (to be booked via OMNIA Travel).
• NRF pays the South Korean researchers an annual amount (about € 11.500) to cover their travel and living expenses.

Who?

Projects must be submitted by a Flemish and a South Korean Principal Investigator. All PIs are required to have a PhD degree and to hold an appointment of at least 50% at UHasselt throughout the entire period of the project. 
It is essential to update your E-loket profile before submitting your application. 

New! In the framework of this call with NRF, you can only act once as a supervisor-spokesperson or a co-supervisor at the Flemish (FWO) side.

Application?

Proposals must be submitted simultaneously to FWO and NRF.

For FWO, you submit your application through the FWO E-portal by using the specific digital application form under ‘International collaboration / Mobility projects’. Please also check the "Specific points of attention FWO application" you can find in the "Guide for applicants" on the FWO webpage.

Deadline of submission: June 30^th, 2026 (at FWO:17:00 Belgian time).

The online FWO application form contains a specific tab, 'Research Security'. Applicants are required, based on the topic of their research proposal, involved countries, and foreign partners, to complete a set of questions regarding unwanted knowledge transfer, misuse of research results, and/or interference. If, as a result of this, your project proposal requires research security approval, please contact the dedicated contact persons at UHasselt immediately via rri@uhasselt.be, preferably before submitting your proposal.
  

More information?

You can find the necessary documents and the regulations on the FWO website.

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

Deadline

30.06.2026

Contact Hasselt University?

E-mail ilse.das@uhasselt.be

Tel. +3211268098