2024 - BOF INCENTIVE FUND - Bridging grant

Research

Funding organisation:

Bijzonder OnderzoeksFonds

What?

The BOF PhD bridging grant programme aims to accommodate applications for a maximum of one year of additional funding by means of a co-financing of 50% personnel costs and € 2,500 operating funds (in alignment with the incentive for co-funding for the fourth grant year for grantees within the EU Framework Program, vide infra). This co-financing can be requested on the condition that at least 3 years of funding are guaranteed, of which at least part of the funding is acquired externally through a selection procedure.

The BOF bridging grant is awarded on the condition that the fellow has a positive report from the doctoral committee after 2 years. The BOF co-financing of 50% is granted for the last year as PhD. In case of a negative report from the doctoral committee, the award from the BOF is cancelled.

This programme is aligned with the BOF budget and takes effect as of 2022. There is no retroactive adjustment of acquired past grants.

Each selection round (per quarter), the candidates will be short-listed to the Research Council, who will award a grant to 1 candidate based on a lottery system. A PI cannot receive a bridging grant for more than one PhD candidate, to whom the PI wishes to act as supervisor for the doctorate, in two consecutive years.

Applications related to co-financing of external mandate funding have priority over project funding applications.

Who?

This programme is open to promoters that seek funding for appointing candidate PhDs at the start of their PhD trajectory (the PhD can start at the earliest within the quarter in which the application has been submitted). Applications regarding a PhD that has already started the PhD research before the start of the quarter the call applies to, are excluded from this call.

• Applications related to co-financing of external mandate funding have priority over those under project funding.
• The candidate has already at least 3 years of funding guaranteed, of which at least part of the funding is acquired externally through a selection procedure.

Application?

The promoter of the candidate-PhD can send a motivated request to BOF@uhasselt.be. Proof of the externally acquired funding through a selection procedure must be added.

Financial
The BOF bridging grant is awarded on the condition that the fellow has a positive report from the doctoral committee after 2 years. The BOF co-financing of 50% is granted for the last year as PhD. In case of a negative report from the doctoral committee, the award from the BOF is cancelled.
This programme is aligned with the BOF budget and takes effect as of 2022. There is no retroactive adjustment of acquired past grants.

Timing
The selection of candidates will take place at the beginning of every quarter.

Regulations?

• BOF Bridging Grant (intranet)
• BOF internal guidelines (intranet)

Deadline intern

30.06.2024

Contact Hasselt University?

E-mail elke.bos@uhasselt.be

Tel. +3211269053