P4Science Call
Funds scientific excellence projects in Belgian federal institutions across strategic domains.
The P4Science Call 2026-2027 is an open competitive call for scientific excellence projects at Belgium's ten Federal Scientific Institutions (FSIs), launched on 7 May 2026 by the Belgian Science Policy Office (Belspo). Belspo is the federal institution responsible for preparing, implementing, and evaluating Belgian federal science policy across areas ranging from Antarctic research to satellite technology, heritage conservation, North Sea monitoring, and environmental management. The P4Science programme specifically reinforces scientific excellence at the FSIs across six defined priority areas: FAIR data principles and AI models; innovative methods for heritage collection conservation; present and past societies; ecosystems, climate, and environmental health; earth-system processes and natural hazard risk assessment; and astronomy, earth, and planetary science.
The call follows a two-stage selection process. Expressions of Interest (EoI) are due by 25 June 2026 at 14:00, with a concurrent DG institution confirmation to be emailed to P4Science@belspo.be on the same deadline. Full proposals are due 1 October 2026 at 14:00. Awarded projects are scheduled to start on 15 March 2027. Both EoIs and full proposals are submitted through the dedicated online platform at belspo.aimsgrants.com. Only the ten Belgian Federal Scientific Institutions can apply; universities, companies, and independent researchers are not eligible to lead applications under this call.
The programme provides a toolbox allowing FSIs to select research instruments matched to their specific project needs. Supporting documents — guidelines, templates, budget rules, and evaluation criteria — are available on the submission platform. Award amounts per project and the total call budget are contained within the downloadable guidelines rather than published on the call homepage. Applicants preparing competitive submissions should note that the two-stage process is sequential and that the EoI deadline leaves approximately seven weeks from the call's opening date.
Scientific excellence projects at Belgium's ten Federal Scientific Institutions across six priority areas: FAIR data and AI models, heritage conservation, present and past societies, ecosystems and climate, natural hazard risk, and astronomy and planetary science.
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