Innovation Mandates — Call 2026A (Innovatiemandaten)
Supports postdoctoral research mandates bridging basic research into industrial applications with Flemish valorisation.
Innovatiemandaten is a VLAIO programme that co-finances postdoctoral research mandates aimed at bridging basic research results — often from prior doctoral work — into business applications, with valorisation required in Flanders. The programme is analogous to Baekeland-mandaten but operates at the postdoctoral level. Each mandate involves a minimum of four parties: VLAIO as grantor, a company wit…
Postdoc-bridge research that turns basic research results into industrial applications, with valorisation in Flanders.
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