Open calls for funding

The amai! Impact Booster aims to strengthen public participation, technology adoption and societal impact within Flemish AI research and innovation programmes.

Budget: 30.000 euro
Deadline: Open on an ongoing basis

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BELSPO will launch a new call in the frame of the Science 4 Policy research programme which will open 11 June.

This call for proposals relates to the “policy-driven projects” of the S4Policy programme. These projects are submitted by the federal departments and call for a scientific support from the Belgian academic community. These projects aim either at an academic support to reinforce analytical capacities within federal departments or provide scientific evidence to inform federal policies. These policy-focused projects are based on a co-funding mechanism under which BELSPO finances a large proportion of the total project budget (sometimes up to 90%).

Deadline: 25 June 2026 (pre-submission); 1 October 2026 (final submission)

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The European Partnership for Pandemic Preparedness (BE READY Partnership) aims to establish a European research and innovation ecosystem that is optimally prepared for future health crises caused by infectious diseases. This ecosystem will be capable of responding swiftly and efficiently to such crises and will be fully integrated into the broader European institutional framework for health security.

Deadline: 13 April 2026 (pre-proposal); 20 August 2026 (full proposal)

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The Transcan-4 - European network on Translational Cancer Research co-funded call has been launched: "Translational Research on Cancer Metabolism: Multidisciplinary Approaches for Diagnosis and Treatment”

This first call focuses on translational research on cancer metabolism, more specifically on multidisciplinary approaches for diagnosis and treatment, to improve both diagnosis and treatment. The call aims to bring together researchers and clinicians to foster innovative collaborations and support high-quality projects with strong translational potential.

Applicants for FWO funding must submit an administrative application via the FWO e-loket:

• For fundamental research projects (FO): application type: ‘Research projects – European programme fundamental research’;
• For strategic basis research projects (SBO): application type: ‘Research projects – European programme strategic basic research’.

Researchers are strongly advised to contact the FWO before submission regarding the eligibility criteria. This to avoid the ineligibility of a researcher individually, and the project consortium as a whole.

Deadline: 21 July 2026 (pre-submission); 13 January 2027 (final submission)

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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. 

It is a joint call by the Belgian Heart Fund, the Fund Walckiers-Van Dessel and the Fund Fernand Léonard.

Budget: 20.000 euro
Deadline: 07 September 2026

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The 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.

This is a joint call by the Belgian Heart Fund and the Fund Fernand Léonard.

Budget: 20.000 euro
Deadline: 07 September 2026

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The 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 euro
Deadline: 07 September 2026

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SBO projects: FWO-Flanders launches call for 2026 with deadline Friday 25 September 2026 (17:00).

The emphasis of strategic basic research is on high-risk, inventive and innovative research, where the (strategic) importance and scope of long-term valorization prospects in Flanders are clearly present. The SBO program has 2 finality parts: economic or societal finality.

NEW: SBO strategic basic research projects security and defence

This call follows the same guidelines as the regular call.

The new call Strategic Basic Research was launched last month.

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On 23 June 2026 (9:30-11:30), FWO will explain the new call through an online information session. You can participate via this BlackBoard link.

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• The information session will be given in English

Budget: Around 1.7 million (excl. OH)
Deadline: 11 September 2026 (presubmission) - 25 September 2026 (funal submission)

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In 2026 the Baillet Latour Biomedical Award is awarded to an independent researcher to conduct biomedical research on cardiovascular and pulmonary systems and to consolidate a research team and programme. The research project must be carried out in Belgium and involve basic, translational or clinical biomedical research.

Budget: €1.000.000 spread over 5 years
Deadline: 14 September 2026

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KCE Trials 2026 - Comparative effectiveness call
In this call, studies comparing two treatment options (with ‘no treatment’ being one of the possible treatment options) that are already in use in clinical practice for a given indication, but are not yet sufficiently directly compared (i.e. which of the two treatment options works best in daily practice) are funded. Accepted study interventions are not limited to drugs or medical devices, but also include a broad range of interventions, such as psychotherapy, dietary interventions, diagnostic tests, surgery, or ways to deliver health care.
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KCE Trials 2026 - Drug repurposing call
In this call, drug repurposing studies investigating a new indication for an off-patent drug are funded.
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KCE Trials 2026 - Themed call 'care for addiction' - NEW
A call for study proposals that address clinical research questions in this area.
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KCE Trials 2026 - Themed call on palliative care - NEW
This call for proposals offers funding for clinical trials in palliative care.
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KCE Trials
KCE Trials is a national funding programme focusing on pragmatic, randomized, multicentric clinical studies that are of high societal importance in Belgium and have no direct commercial purpose. The studies should contribute to better patient care, show clear value for money, and should have the potential for return on investment.

Info session (online)
An online information session will be organised by KCE on Thursday, the 4th of June 2026, 10:00-12:00. You can register via trials@kce.fgov.be.

Support of HIRUZ
Investigators from U(Z)Gent with a research proposal will have the support of the Clinical Trial Unit (CTU) of Health, Innovation and Research Institute (HIRUZ) to submit and perform the proposed clinical trial. For more information and support, please contact HIRUZ CTU via hiruz.ctu@uzgent.be or contact Joke Tommelein (Joke.Tommelein@uzgent.be 09/332.09.08) or Hélène De Naeyer (Helene.DeNaeyer@uzgent.be, 09/332.05.05) directly.

Deadline for submission
22^nd September 2026, at 13:00