KOTK - Emmanuel van der Schueren (EvdS) completer scholarship
Research
Funding organisation:
Kom op tegen Kanker vzw
What?
With the Emmanuel van der Schueren completer scholarship, Kom op tegen Kanker wants to offer researchers undertaking doctoral research, both clinicians and non-clinicians, the opportunity to complete their patient/citizen oriented research (prevention, psychosocial, translational or clinical) and obtain their PhD, via a scholarship of six months or one year.Type of research
Prevention, as well as psychosocial, translational and clinical research that contributes to the prevention and/or early detection of cancer (prevention), mitigating the effects of cancer (psychosocial) or to a better diagnosis or treatment of cancer in applied research (translational and clinical) is eligible for this call.
Fundamental research will not be eligible for this call.
Duration
A scholarship can be awarded for maximum 6 or 12 months. In principle, the commencement date of the scholarship is 1 November. At the request of the candidate, the start date of the scholarship can be deferred for a maximum of three months, i.e. to 31 January of the calendar year subsequent to the scholarship being awarded. In principle, the scholarship ends when the candidate is awarded his/her PhD. Divergence from this is possible, subject to the approval of the biomedical expert committee (via projecten.biomed.prev@komoptegenkanker.be).
Budget
The scholarship amount for a completer scholarship is maximum €85,000 for an employment of 100% for 12 months, €42,500 for an employment of 100% for 6 months. For an employment at a lower percentage, the maximum scholarship amount will be equalized pro rata.
The scholarship can only be used to cover the salary of the awardee at predoctoral level and may under no circumstances be used for operating costs or other costs associated with the research project.
Who?
The candidate- must be linked to a Flemish university as a researcher. If the research takes place in collaboration with a research institution (other than a Flemish university), the scholarship should be conducted under the guidance and responsibility of a Flemish university.
- must complete his/her doctoral research project and the accompanying PhD thesis. This means that, on the standard commencement date of the scholarship (1 November), the candidate has been employed by the university for three years for the execution of the doctoral research project, that is mentioned as the topic of the application. By submitting an application for an EvdS completer scholarship, the
candidate commits to completing his/her doctoral research project and the accompanying PhD thesis within the year. This means that a candidate can only submit an application for an EvdS completer scholarship once.
The PhD promoter bears end responsibility for the project subject to the scholarship application, for the allocated budget, for achieving the objectives and for the relevant reports. He/she acts as contact person vis-à-vis Kom op tegen Kanker and has a coordinating role, in consultation with any co-promoters.
The PhD promotor is a member of the tenured academic personnel (ZAP) at a Flemish university and meets the internal conditions formulated by the institution to act as a promotor of a doctoral student.
Each year, a PhD promoter can only supervise one candidate for an EvdS scholarship: either a candidate for a starter scholarship or a candidate for a completer scholarship.
All co-promoters must be researchers at least at post-doctoral level. The co-promoters must be linked to a Flemish university, a Flemish research institution or a Flemish academic hospital.
An individual can act as co-promoter for multiple candidates. The role of PhD promoter and co-promoter can be combined.
Application?
The application must be submitted on or before the deadline via the website (http://expro.komoptegenkanker.be) using the standard application form.Deadline submission: 24 April 2025 (midnight)
Announcement of the results: July 2025
Start of the scholarship: possible as of 1 November 2025
More information?
More information about the Regulations, Guidelines and Assessment procedure can be found on the website of Kom op tegen Kanker.Please contact research@uhasselt.be if you want to apply.
Deadline
24.04.2025
Contact Hasselt University?
E-mail brecht.vanhoof@uhasselt.be
Tel. +3211268744