SBO
Source: https://www.ugent.be/en/research/funding/national/fwo/sbo.htm Parent: https://www.ugent.be/en/research/funding
What?
The focus of strategic basic research is on innovative research which, if successful, will create prospects for economic or societal applications.
The SBO programme breaks down into two finality parts
- Economic finality: The goal is economic valorisation where the research results are to be transferred to economic stakeholders.
- Societal finality: The goal is societal valorisation where the research results are to be transferred to societal stakeholders (departments of the government, social profit sector, ...).
The funding percentage is 100%. As a guideline the budget of an SBO project is around 1,7 million euro.
Duration is 4 years.
Conditions
- At least one Flemish research center (university college, university, strategic research centers, Flemish scientific institutions,...)
- Non Flemish research centers: possible if necessary for the project
- Demonstrate the interaction with the user group (before, during and after the project)
Economic finality:
- The user group consists of companies
- When transfer of valorisation to existing companies: a user group, with the commitment to pay a user fee
Societal finality:
- The user group consists of societal actors, without financial contribution
- Part of the budget can be used for personnel with a primary valorisation task for the research results
Submission
- Presubmission: 12 September, with at least:
- “General” tab: project title and duration
- “Summary” tab: non-confidential summary and detailed scientific and valorisation innovation objectives
- “Applicants” tab: full composition of the project consortium
- “Peer Review” tab: specification of the research topic, selection of the thematic SBO expert panel and experts to be avoided (optional, max. 3)
- “Consent” tab: consent should be given by accepting the declaration
- Final submission: 26 September (17:00)
Digitally: via FWO e-portal
The language of the proposal is English.
The evaluation will be on two levels:
- On the scientific quality
- On the valorisation potential, the valorisation strategy and the utilisation perspectives.
The applications are submitted to a number of international experts for a written evaluation. Afterwards the applicants will have the chance to formulate a written rebuttal, which will be added to the proposal as an addendum. This rebuttal phase takes place in January and the applicants have 7 working days to rebut.
The different score grids are available at the bottom of this web page.
Submit with Ghent University?
Contact Karen Curé from TechTransfer (karen.cure@ugent.be) for an intake.
Budget
- Send us the SBO budget file with your budget (to be downloaded from the FWO e-loket)
- Or contact us (vlaams-federaal@ugent.be) for advice on the budget, staff costs, costs for equipment, ...
Results
A list of approved projects is published on the website of FWO in May. Approved projects will start on 1 October.
Every year 15-20 projects get funded.
More information
Contact
Team Flemish, Federal & BOF Projects
- vlaams-federaal@ugent.be
- Fien Elderweirdt, 09 264 98 44 or MS Teams
- Nina De Wilde, 09 264 32 74
TechTransfer Office
- Karen Curé, 09 264 99 64