Overview
FWO's open SBO call supports problem-oriented strategic basic research with potential economic or societal applications.
Complete grant details
Projects can run up to four years. The guideline project budget is about EUR 1.7 million excluding overhead; acceptable costs are funded at 100%, with 17% overhead for host institutions. The call budget is EUR 45.5 million.
Eligibility requirements
Eligible applicants are research teams at qualifying research institutions under FWO rules; project supervisors and co-supervisors must meet the specified appointment or equivalent senior-researcher conditions.
Tips for this grant
Practical Job and Scholarship guidance. These tips do not replace official rules or create new eligibility requirements.
- Check eligibility, funding coverage, study/project level and every required document before investing time in the application.
- Prepare transcripts, references, language tests, proposal/motivation statement and proof documents early.
- Separate the scholarship deadline from any university/program admission deadline; they may be different.
- Treat “fully funded” as a source fact only when the official provider explicitly confirms the covered costs.
Verification notes
Official FWO page verified open 2026-09-08 UTC. Source lists proposal transfer by 11 September at 17:00 and final host-institution submission 25 September 2026 at 17:00, but the displayed schedule does not explicitly label a timezone; final deadline stored date-only.
Job and Scholarship is the discovery and verification layer. Confirm eligibility, dates, salary/funding and application instructions on the original source before submitting anything.
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