Applied PhD

 Are you eligible?

• Your research organisation, which must apply for the research funding on your behalf (university, Higher education institution or collective research centre), has at least one research site in the Brussels-Capital Region.
• The partner entity (company, public institution, not-for-profit organisation, ..) has a legal personality and at least one exploitation site in the territory of the Brussels-Capital Region
• The candidate's degree allows him/her to carry out a PhD. He/she must not have already enrolled for a PhD prior to the project’s submission.
• While conducting the PhD, the researcher must spend at least 50% of his/her time at the partner entity. He/she shall be supervised by a professor or researcher (promotor) of the research organisation, and a supervisor of the partner entity.

Find out more about the criteria for eligibility in the guidelines (Reglement) of the Applied PhD program.

All the documents (form, guidelines, ...) are available in French and Dutch (at the bottom of the associated webpages). 

The procedure in 3 steps

1. Applications must be drawn up using the form available in the bottom of this webpage. Note that the appendices are only available (see associated web page and see below).
   The applications are submitted by the applicant research organisation via its Knowledge Transfer Office (KTO). They can be submitted until 4 December 2024 at 12:00. They are sent to the following e-mail addresses: funding-request@innoviris.brussels and jverstraeten@innoviris.brussels
2. After confirmation by Innoviris of the admissibility of the application, a jury of scientific experts will evaluate the application, based on the submitted documents, an interview and according to the criteria defined in the guidelines (Reglement).
3. If your application is evaluated positively, the grant will be awarded and paid in several tranches during the project.

The procedure is explained in the guidelines (Reglement), available hereunder.

Other information

The research funding covers 100% of the researcher’s grant or salary, as well as operating, equipment and possibly  subcontracting expenses relating to the work conducted within the research organisation as well as general expenses. The researcher is thus hired (100%) by the beneficiary research organisation for the whole period of the PhD project.

The PhD project may last no more than four years.

The Interface Department (TTO/KTO) of your research organisation can assist with the project set-up and the partners relations. It coordinates the submission of funding applications to Innoviris.

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