Belgium

Name of the programme

Funding organisation

Countries

Research Actions

Limitations

Belgian “Polar Platform”

Belgian Science Policy Office

Belgium

The major Antarctica research themes include: Climate and atmosphere Biodiversity Geology and geophysics Astrophysics Data- and collection management

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Belgian North Sea research and the oceanographic research vessel Belgica

Belgian Science Policy Office

International

Two kinds of multi-annual projects are financed:

- Strategic research actions: to explore the complex nature of the phenomena which govern and influence the marine environment, longer term and more basic research is essential;

- Targeted research actions: the research can have to do with biological, physical and chemical aspects and socioeconomic and legal issues.

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AGORA: Research infrastructure for social sciences

Belgian Science Policy Office

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BRAIN-be: Belgian Research Action through Interdisciplinary Networks

Belgian Science Policy Office

Belgium

The framework programme is structured around 6 thematic areas: Ecosystems, biodiversity, evolution; Geosystems, universe and climate; Cultural, historical and scientific heritage; Federal public strategies; Major societal challenges; Management of collections.

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IAP: Interuniversity Attraction Poles

Belgian Science Policy Office

International

An IAP is an interuniversity network of scientific teams conducting basic research in any scientific domain. Each network comprises at least four partners belonging to different Belgian institutions (universities or federal scientific institutions). Each network includes at least one partner belonging to each of the two main Belgium’s linguistic communities (the Flemish and the French-speaking Community).

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Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Microorganisms (BCCM)

Belgian Science Policy Office

International

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Biodiversity

Belgian Science Policy Office

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