The Foundation awards postdoctoral grants of maximum 24 months to researchers who have obtained their PhD from Cambridge or their DPhil from Oxford and who wish to carry out research at the ULB, as well as to researchers who have obtained their Doctorate from the ULB and who wish to carry out research at the University of Cambridge or Oxford.
These fellowships are granted in line with the Foundation’s objective, which is to promote and strengthen the ties between the Université libre de Bruxelles and the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford.
They are open to researchers in all fields of research.
The call for applications for 2024-2026 will be launched in December 2023, but you will find below some preliminary information. Please note that the frequency of our call for applications is annual (December 2024 for the period 2025-2027, December 2025 for 2026-2028…).
If you have any question, please contact Andréanne Lafrance (02 650 27 16 / fwa@ulb.be).
To be eligible, applicants must:
- Have fully completed all requirements for a PhD or DPhil no later than the 31 October 2024 and not before the 1 October 2019
- Not have resided, worked or studied in Belgium for more than 24 months in the 3 years prior to the beginning of the grant period
Please note that, to take up our fellowship, selected applicants must have received their leave to supplicate.
The fellowship must start between 1 October 2024 and 1 January 2025.
The fellowship is for minimum 12 and maximum 24 months. It can be granted only once.
Fellows are selected by the Scientific Committee of the Foundation.
HOW TO APPLY
The call for the 2024-2025 academic year will be published on our website at in December 2023. Applications will have to be received by Monday 11 March 2024 (noon Belgian time).
You will be required to submit:
1. A personal statement
2. A summary of your research project
3. A description of your research project
4. A detailed CV
5. A copy of the PhD/DPhil Examination report (if already available)
6. A copy of your university transcripts and of your diplomas
And three letters of reference signed by:
1. Your current research supervisor
2. Your host promoter who must hold a permanent full-time academic position at the ULB
3. A member of the academic staff at your university (if your current research supervisor did not supervise your thesis, this person must be your thesis supervisor).
FUNDING
The fellowship is a “bourse postdoctorale de mobilité” (approximately 2,400 euros net/month), which entitles the recipient to social and medical cover.
To be eligible, applicants must have fully completed all requirements for a PhD at the Université libre de Bruxelles no later than the 31 October 2024 and not before the 1 October 2019
The fellowship is for minimum 12 and maximum 24 months. It can be granted only once.
The fellowship must start between 1 October 2024 and 1 January 2025.
Fellows are selected by the Scientific Committee of the Foundation.
HOW TO APPLY
The call for the 2024-2025 academic year will be published on our website at in December 2023. Applications will have to be received by Monday 11 March 2024 (noon Belgian time).
You will be required to submit:
1. A personal statement
2. An acceptance letter from your host department in Cambridge or Oxford
3. A summary of your research project
4. A description of your research project
5. A detailed CV
6. A copy of the PhD Examination report (if already available)
7. A copy of your university transcripts and of your diplomas
And three letters of reference signed by:
1. Your current research supervisor
2. Your host promoter who must hold a permanent full-time academic position, or an equivalent long-term position, at the ULB
3. A member of the academic staff at your university (if your current research supervisor did not supervise your thesis, this person must be your thesis supervisor).
FUNDING
The fellowship is a “subside à savant” (£2 .450/month) , i.e. a non-taxable research grant which does not entitle the recipient to social and medical cover in Belgium (no contributions will be paid during the fellowship period).
2024-2025 ACADEMIC YEAR
Wiener-Anspach fellows who were granted a first postdoctoral fellowship to work at the Université libre de Bruxelles during the 2023-2024 academic year will have the opportunity to apply for an extension of the fellowship running until 30 September 2025 at the latest.
The call for applications will be launched in December 2023.