Open calls for funding

KOTK funds psychosocial research and implementation projects that introduce something new in the care of (ex-)cancer patients or substantially improve existing care. Funding can be in the form of seed money or project money.

Deadlines: 13 January 2025, 10 March 2025, 26 May 2025, 25 August 2025, 9 October 2025

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The Special Research Fund (BOF) has launched a call for the purchase of basic infrastructure. 

Through this call Ghent University supports the purchase of basic research infrastructure with a maximum value of € 250.000 (VAT incl.), of which up to a maximum of € 150.000 can be funded through the Special Research Fund. The applicant(s) must demonstrate that the infrastructure is essential for their research (‘basic’) and that a large part of the applicants (and their research groups) will use/rely upon the availability of the infrastructure (‘widely used’).

(Research)Infrastructure is an overarching term that includes equipment, (e-)resources such as databases, archives & software, as well as facilities.

Budget: 250.000 euro
Deadline: 3 June 2025

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De G.S.K.E. zal voor een nieuwe drie jaarlijkse cyclus, 2026–2029, kredieten ter beschikking stellen van: 

– Belgische interuniversitaire onderzoeksploegen voor een bedrag van max. € 180.000 gespreid over 3 jaar

– Belgische universitaire onderzoeksploegen voor een bedrag van max. € 120.000 gespreid over 3 jaar

– Jonge Belgische onderzoekers voor een bedrag van max. € 60.000 gespreid over 3 jaar

Deadline: 15 Juni 2025

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The Fund for scientific research in rheumatology launches a call for research into rheumatic diseases. The research should focus especially on clinical and multidisciplinary or multicenter programs, either in academic or non-academic Belgian institutions, that respond to a clearly identified need of patients and/or caregivers. 

Projects that are open to collaborations with other interested centers and which cannot easily be supported through other existing national or international programs are especially invited. For clinical research, the relevance of the project and the potential impact of the results on diagnosis/treatment/quality of care have to be clearly defined.

Seeding money for innovative translational or basic research can also be requested, in a preparative phase for more established funding opportunities. 

Budget: 150.000 euro
Deadline: 24 June 2025

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The Fund for scientific research in rheumatology launches a call for research into rheumatic diseases. The research should focus especially on clinical and multidisciplinary or multicenter programs, either in academic or non-academic Belgian institutions, that respond to a clearly identified need of patients and/or caregivers. 

Projects that are open to collaborations with other interested centers and which cannot easily be supported through other existing national or international programs are especially invited. For clinical research, the relevance of the project and the potential impact of the results on diagnosis/treatment/quality of care have to be clearly defined.

Seeding money for innovative translational or basic research can also be requested, in a preparative phase for more established funding opportunities. 

Budget: 150.000 euro
Deadline: 24 June 2025

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Voor UZ Gent medewerkers die betrokken zijn bij de patiëntenzorg in de brede zin, die wetenschappelijk onderzoek willen verrichten, en die binnen de projectduur van maximaal vier jaar een doctoraat in de medische wetenschappen willen afronden.

Deadline: Intake HIRUZ: vóór 18 juli; Indiening project: uiterlijk op 01 augustus om 17u

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Springboard grant to help talented postdoctoral researchers in applied research in primary care to launch their research career.

Budget: 88.000 euro
Deadline: 13 August 2025

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In 2025, the Foundation against Cancer makes a total budget of 2 million euros available to support Cancer Prevention through its Grants Cancer Prevention. Next to research projects regarding cancer prevention, operational projects linked to the 12 known recommendations of the European Code
Against Cancer can be submitted in this type of Grant.

There are 2 types of projects:

• Grants Cancer prevention – Research: between 100.000 euros and 400.000 euros
• Grants Cancer Prevention – Operational Projects: between 10.000 euros and 50.000 euros

Applications must be submitted online no later than 1 pm on August 19, 2025.

For more information about this call for projects, please visit our webpage https://www.kanker.be/preventie-projectoproep (Dutch) or https://www.cancer.be/appel-a-projets-prevention (French). 

Deadline: 19 August 2025 (13h)

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Support for scientific research in the field of insurance medicine and medical expertise within the framework of private insurance.

Budget: 45.000 euro
Deadline: 26 August 2025

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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: 08 September 2025

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