In recent years, the FWO has faced a sharp increase in the number of applications for an FWO research project. As this has a negative effect on the success rates, the FWO Board of Directors decided that from call 2025 only 1 project application can be submitted per (co)supervisor.
The rule that a maximum of 2 ongoing and/or applied projects in total are allowed for an applicant will be maintained. (Cross-institution projects for which a (co)supervisor has not applied for a budget for the entire duration of the project do not count towards this maximum).
Some concrete examples:
- You are supervisor of 2 projects with official start dates 1/1/2022 and 1/1/2023. The first project ends before 1/1/2026 (start date new awarded projects call 2025), so you can submit 1 new project application in April 2025.
- You have no ongoing projects. You can only submit 1 new project application in April 2025.
Important: This maximum also applies to Weave projects. So you have to choose to apply for a regular project OR a Weave project.
The FWO website will be updated later. If you have any questions, please contact vlaams-federaal@ugent.be