VLAIO Baekeland Mandate
Funds VLAIO Baekeland Mandate to provide four year industry-linked doctoral support at Flemish companies and research institutes.
VLAIO's Baekeland Mandate is a Flemish innovation grant built around four years of salary support for a PhD candidate working on an industry-led project at a Flemish company and research institute. It sits inside VLAIO, the Flemish state agency for entrepreneurship and innovation, and is aimed at basic research that can be turned into use inside a business. The programme runs as an annual call and is listed with awards between EUR 18,800 and EUR 37,600. The collaboration is built around a company with legal personality, a postdoctoral researcher, and a scientific promoter at a Flemish knowledge institution. The best fit is a project where the company wants new knowledge created in Flanders and later valorised there, with the industrial and academic sides aligned from the start. The route is not for firms in difficulty, and it works best when the research question is specific enough to justify a mandate rather than a standard R&D project.
No upcoming rounds verified. Cadence: Annual.