If you do not hold your PhD Degree before the call deadline, you are still eligible for the call as long as you have at least four years of full-time equivalent research experience.

Researchers without a doctorate at the call deadline must clearly explain how the full-time equivalent research experience* is calculated. A table is added in the CV template.

* Research Experience is a period of activity in research proven by e.g. a work contract, a scholarship, a study certificate. Full-Time Equivalent Research Experience is measured from the date when a researcher obtained the degree entitling him/her to embark on a doctorate (either in the country in which the degree was obtained or in the country in which the researcher is recruited).

Each fellowship will be granted for 2 years.

Your research project, if selected, will start between September and November 2024 (3rdcall).

No. C2W programme is accessible to researchers of all ages.

Yes. Secondment are part of the research project and should add an intersectoral and/or interdisciplinary dimension. They may be undertaken to academic and non-academic partners.

Applicants must include a Letter of Support from their secondment host. The organisation of secondment must be described in detail. There is no geographical restrictions.

Yes, living allowance includes social security. The fellowship contract is fully subjected and party to the provisions of the Belgian social security system. The social security regime covers: health insurance, maternity leave, sick pay in case of hospitalisation, disability insurance, national pension system (depending on the nationality), national unemployment system (depending on the nationality), insurance against workplace Accidents, family benefits, and provisions towards occupational diseases.

Proposals from all areas of scientific and technological research are accepted.

C2W is a European programme dedicated to international researchers. That’s why the general communication is in English. Your application file must be submitted in English, as it will be evaluated by international experts. For the communication with the C2W management team, privileged language will be English.

UMONS and UNamur are French-speaking university, but due to its international dimension, most of the research centres are used to communicate in English. Ask your supervisor which language could facilitate your integration in the research team.

Furthermore, as C2W fellows, you will benefit from the career development programme which includes languages courses adapted to your needs.

No, each candidate can apply with only one research project.

You can submit your official documents (PhD Degree, certificates, etc.) in any languages of the European Union. There is no need to translate them. For non-EU languages, please provide a certified translation.

Yes, if you apply to the first or 2nd call, you can still apply to the 3rd call as long as you still meet all the eligibility criteria.

No reference letter is required for the application file. However, you must include a letter of acceptance from a supervisor and co-supervisor at UMONS/UNamur who should be identified before you apply to C2W.

No. The candidate who satisfy the conditions of the F.R.S.-FNRS are strongly encouraged to apply in parallel.

Yes, there will be a remote interview. The 5 stages of the evaluation are:

1. Eligibility check
2. Remote experts evaluation
3. Ethical check
4. Remote interview
5. Panel review

The experts will evaluate the proposal based on an evaluation sheet. Three main aspects will be considered: excellence, impact and implementation.

External experts are chosen by using existing databases of experts (FNRS, UNamur, UMONS, previous calls, Région wallonne etc.).

The selection of the experts is based on the following criteria:

• The external expert has an active publication track-record in the specific field with several peer reviewed publications and citations per publication (excluding self-citations) during the last ten years.
• The external experts have to confirm that they (i) never co-published with the candidate (ii) did not co-publish neither with the candidate’s PhD advisor nor with the local host at UNamur/UMONS in the five years prior to the evaluation process.

Yes, there is a reserve list.

Applicants above threshold of the combined final ranked lists will be placed on the reserve list for each panel. They will be informed thereof and of following procedures. They will be offered a fellowship in case an applicant on the Main list decides not to accept the fellowship. There will be one Reserve List per panel per call, which will be kept until 6 months after the funding decision for that call.

Yes, you may have 2 supervisors from different universities (for call 3, the main supervisor must be from UMONS, Co-PI could be from UNamur). Both supervisors must sign the letter of support.

Yes. But the candidates must have different research projects.

To supervise an application, you must be a permanent scientific or academic at UMONS or UNamur.