The Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) announces the launch of a new call for joint collaboration projects with the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS).

The FWO is strongly committed to international cooperation as a lever for scientific excellence. In this context, FWO and CAS are going to finance two-year cooperation projects in all scientific research fields. This cooperation agreement aims to offer young researchers the possibility to realize their mobility towards and from the Czech Republic. Therefore, in each scientific cooperation project at Flemish side at least one young scientist, with no more than 6 years of postdoctoral experience, should be engaged.

Within these joint collaboration projects between Flanders and the Czech Republic travel expenses to and from the host country are covered by the sending country. The host country also foresees a daily allowance that can be used to cover the accommodation and meal expenses.

Project proposals have to be submitted simultaneously at FWO by a research group from Flanders and at CAS by a research group from the Czech Republic, in order to jointly increase and develop their scientific collaboration and expertise.

Deadline for submission at FWO is the 30^th of June 2018 (5 pm Belgian time). Projects will start the 1^st of January 2019.

More information can be found on http://www.fwo.be/en/fellowships-funding/international-collaboration/scientific-cooperation/cooperation-with-the-czech-republic/ .