KBS & Belgian Heart Fund - 3 calls for clinical research in cardiology 2026

Research

Funding organisation:

Fondation Roi Baudoin

What?

The King Baudouin Foundation (KBS) and the Belgian Heart Fund have opened a 3 joint calls:

Clinical research in cardiology: This call concerns non-commercial projects for clinical research in the field of cardiovascular pathology. The research must be centered on the patients and aimed to determine the role of medication, intervention, diagnosis, symptoms or prevention in the physiological or pathological processes of the cardiovascular system. Budget: 20.000 EUR

Multicentre randomised clinical trials in cardiology: This call concerns non-commercial projects for multicentre randomised clinical research in the field of cardiovascular research. The research must be centred on the patients and aimed to explore the benefit of interventions (medical or non-medical) in patients with cardiovascular disease. The research should have a multicentre study design with randomisation between intervention and control. The research has to be carried out in 2, or more Belgian institutions. Budget: 100.000 EUR

Basic research in cardiology: This call concerns non-commercial projects for basic research in the field of cardiovascular research. This research encompasses scientific disciplines such as biochemistry, physiology, and pharmacology and their interplay and involves laboratory studies with cell cultures, animal studies or physiological experiments. Patients are not in the centre of the study but biological samples (e.g. blood) can be used for this purpose. Budget: 20.000 EUR
  
  

Who?

The calls Clinical research in cardiology, Multicentre randomised clinical trials in cardiology and Basic research in cardiology are open to researchers employed for more than 2 years in an academic centre, a university hospital or non-university hospital in Belgium. Project leaders of selected project should be a Member of the Belgian Society of Cardiology.
  

Application?

Deadline submission: 07/09/2026

If you are interested, you need to submit an online application via the website of the King Baudouin Foundation, for the respective calls:
Clinical research in cardiology
Multicentre randomised clinical trials in cardiology
Basic research in cardiology

Applications should be submitted in English by 07/09/2026 at midnight at the latest. Candidates will receive an acknowledgement of receipt.
 

More information?

More information for each call you can be found on the website:
Clinical research in cardiology
Multicentre randomised clinical trials in cardiology
Basic research in cardiology

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

Deadline

07.09.2026

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