FWO - Excellence prizes

Research

Funding organisation:

Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen

What?

The prestigious FWO Excellence Prizes reward the scientific career of prominent researchers affiliated with a Flemish university or eligible research organisation. The Excellence Prizes are awarded every five years. The current call covers the period 2021-2025.

Two A. De Leeuw-Damry-Bourlart Prizes:

• 1 prize for exact sciences;
• 1 prize for applied sciences;

Two Ernest-John Solvay Prizes:

• 1 prize for humanities;
• 1 prize for social sciences;

Two Joseph Maisin Prizes:

• 1 prize for fundamental biomedical sciences;
• 1 prize for clinical biomedical sciences.

Each prize is worth 100,000 EURO
  

Who?

The prizes encompass all scientific domains and are to be awarded to researchers who have had a remunerated position for at least 5 years at:

• a university in the Flemish community;
• the Evangelic Theological Faculty in Leuven;
• the Faculty for Protestant Theology in Brussels for research related to religious studies or theology;
• the Maritime Academy for research related to nautical sciences;
• the Vlerick Business School and the Antwerp Management School for research related to management sciences;
• the Institute of Tropical Medicine for research related to tropical medicine, veterinary medicine or healthcare in developing countries.

The Excellence Prizes are intended to reward individual researchers; research groups are not eligible as candidates, nor can prizes be shared among multiple researchers. Candidates must not have previously received an Excellence Prize.

Candidates have to be nominated by an established researcher; one cannot put oneself forward as a candidate.
  

Application?

The nominator submits your candidacy using the appropriate form which is available on the FWO e-portal.

The candidacy includes an expose of maximum 5 pages illustrating the scientific achievements of the candidate, as well as a detailed CV and complete publication list of the candidate.

The FWO will submit the applications to 3 external experts for peer review, whose reviews will be added to the nomination file for the jury. FWO is responsible for finding and contacting reviewers who are experts in the relevant domains for each application.

The person nominating a candidate may include in the application form maximum 3 names of experts that should be excluded as external reviewers due to a demonstrable conflict of interest which might impede an objective and fair evaluation of the candidate or because of a demonstrable risk of abuse by the external reviewer of the information given in the nomination file. Each request to exclude an expert should be properly motivated. Only individual people can be excluded, not institutions or organisations or their separate entities.

Regulations?

You can find the regulations here.
  

More information?

More information on the FWO website.

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

Deadline

31.10.2024

Contact Hasselt University?

E-mail carine.ulenaers@uhasselt.be

Tel. +3211268950