SEA-EU-NET 2017
Southeast Asia – Europe Joint Funding Scheme for Research and Innovation
Belgium (FNRS) – Fédération Wallonie - Bruxelles

Project duration

The maximum amount of requested funding per project is 50.000 EUR for a total period of three years.

Eligibility of the proposal

Additional national eligibility criteria for the proposal beyond the general criteria in the Terms of Reference of the joint call

• Basic research (low Technology Readiness Level) carried out in a research institution from the “Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles”
• The FNRS will not fund industrial partners or any activity related to the private sector.
• FNRS will only fund proposals submitted to the topics:
• Health : Emerging infectious diseases
• Environment/ Climate Change (Adaptation/Resilience of food production systems, Impacts of Climate Change on Ecosystems/Biodiversity)

Eligibility of applying scientists

The applicant must be affiliated to a research institution from the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles. The applicant should also:

• be a permanent researcher of F.R.S. - FNRS (Chercheur qualifié, Maître de recherches or Directeur de recherches),
• or hold a tenure track position (or an assimilated position including pending tenure track) within a research institution from the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles,
• or be a permanent research staff member in the ‘Ecole Royale Militaire’,
• or be a permanent research staff member of a federal scientific institution in which case he can act as a co-promotor only.

The applicant should not have reached retirement at the starting date of the project. If the applicant reaches the age of retirement in the course of the project, he should precisely describe in the proposal how the handover will be managed.
A single applicant may only participate once in a consortium applying to this call.

Eligible cost items

The maximum amount allocated per project is 50.000 EUR. The following costs are eligible:

• Equipment (max. 10.000 EUR/year)

• Running costs:  travel expenses; organisation of small scientific events in Belgium; consumables and the following support costs:
• Conception d’ouvrage
• Réalisation de dictionnaire
• Achat de livre
• Encodage
• Location de licence de logiciel
• Inscription à un congrès
• Ordinateur
• Scannage

“Overhead” is not an eligible cost. If the project is selected for funding, these costs will be subject to a separate agreement between the institution of the beneficiary and the F.R.S.-FNRS. General rules and regulations of FNRS apply: www.frs-fnrs.be

Contact persons:

Please contact one of the persons below if you have questions regarding the above:
Joel Groeneveld, joel.groeneveld(at)frs-fnrs.be, 02 504 92 70
Florence Quist: florence.quist(at)frs-fnrs.be, 02 504 93 51

For more info on the call, click here: https://sea-eu.net/object/document/282