Research Foundation - Flanders

Bilateral scientific cooperation NSC Taiwan / FWO-Flanders

28th September 2005

Prof. Maurice PensaertSecretary General

Belgium

2 independent research foundations: Flanders + Brussels (part): FWO-Vlaanderen Wallonia + Brussels (part): FNRS

Different community governments

Different funding decisions

EUROPE

BELGIUMInhabitants: 10,1 mio (Flanders: 6 mio & Wallonia: 4,1 mio)

Personal funding to individual scientists

Fellowships1. PH. D. Fellowships2. Postdoctoral Fellowships/Mobility3. Special Doctoral Grants4. Clinical Doctoral Grants5. Senior Clinical Investigators

Small Personal Research Grants Travel Grants and International Contacts

Funding to Flemish research teams

Research Projects (generally 4 years, may be prolonged)

Flemish competition FWO evaluation FWO funding

European competition: European Science Foundation evaluation FWO

International Contacts

Scientific Research Networks Travel grants

Grants to attend international congresses Grants for short periods abroad Exchange of scientists

Sabbatical leaves Organisation of congresses in Belgium Visiting Postdoctoral Fellowships

Junior Senior

Bilateral scientific cooperation

Special board of referees: 15 professors all disciplines meets every month

Bilateral scientific cooperation

Joint exchange projects Exchange of scientists Organisation of seminars, workshops, … Other when agreed upon

Full research projects

Memorandum of UnderstandingJoint exchange projects

Two parties Basis of equality and mutual benefit Promote and support scientific cooperation

between scientists At postdoc level or higher Scientists affiliated with universities or research

institutes

Joint exchange projects

Fundamental research Project – based Bottom up Two possibilities:

One common call (eg. once per year) Individual initiatives throughout the year

Programme: Promotor identification, title, aims, type of collaboration, expected duration, results to be expected, …

Joint exchange projects

In principle: missions up to 6 weeks per person total of 30 weeks per year

Sending party covers travel costs Host party covers accommodation, daily

allowance, insurance,…

Joint exchange projects: procedure

Project proposal sent to both parties at the same time

Each party (council, academy, …) applies own selection and evaluation procedure

FWO-Flanders selection done by international contact referee board (meets 1x per month)

Evaluation procedure finished within 2 months will not exceed 4 months

Joint exchange projects: procedure

Once project accepted: visits Sending party provides (3 months prior to visit):

cv of visitor programme duration of visit

Host party accepts within 1 month If agreed, sending party notifies host party of

arrival of visitor 2 weeks prior to visit

Full research projects

Normal procedure for projects from Flanders universities

Bottom up, 1x per year Personnel, equipment, consumables Evaluation by internal discipline specific boards

of referees Ranking 1st order, 2nd order, 3rd order, not

ranked Approval by Senate and Board of Trustees;

Bilateral cooperations FWO / other parties

Argentina (CONICET & SECyT) Brazil (CNPq) Bulgaria (BAS) Czech Republic (AS) Great Britain (BA & RS) Hungary (HAS) Japan (JSPS) Korea (KOSEF) Mexico (CONACYT) People’s Republic of China (CAMS, CAS, CASS, NSFC) Poland (PAN) Romenia (SRA) Republic of China – Taiwan (NSC) Russia (Siberian branch) (AS) Slovak Republic (SAS) Slovenia (SSF) USA (NIH & NSF)

Bilateral cooperation activitiesFWO / Taiwan

Sept. 04: Prof. Liao (NSC): MoU with Flanders institute of Biotechnology

Sept. 04: 9 Taiwanese professors: IMEC-NSC workshop on nanotechnology

Nov. 04: President Chang (NCTU): agreement on scholar exchange programme

Nov. 04: Prof. Wu (NCTU) and Liu (NCKU)

Bilateral cooperation activitiesFWO / Taiwan

March 05: Agreement with IMEC

Director Nano device lab.

Director Chip implementation center

Co-investigator Chip nat. Sci. & Tech. March 05: Dr. Chen Industrial techn. Res. Inst. March 05: Prof. Ju (NCKU): lecture + joint research proposal April 05: Prof. De Keersmaeker and 4 delegates: visit the

Euro-Taiwan IT Cooperation event in Taipei May 05: Prof. Chi (NSC) & Dr. Huang: visit IMEC + joint

research activities June 05: Taiwan spatial planning team: visit and bilateral

workshop June 05: Dr. Lee, Dir. Gen. HsinChu Science Park + 9 delegates:

possible cooperation in biochips and vision center

Antwerp Diamonds

Bruges by night Brussels manneke pis

Belgian beer

French fries

Belgian chocolates

Tintin

Op 10 januari 2004 is het precies 75 jaar geleden dat in de katholieke krant 'Le Vingtième Siècle' voor het eerst een jonge reporter ten tonele werd gevoerd. Hij werd meteen op missie naar de toenmalige Stalinistische Sovjetunie gestuurd voor een vlammend anti-communistisch verslag. Dit gebeurde niet in de serieuze buitenlandkolommen van de krant, maar in de kinderpagina's en wel in de vorm van een stripverhaal. De reporter, vergezeld van een witte fox-terriër, kreeg de naam Tintin (later in het Nederlands Kuifje genoemd). 75 jaar later, ruim 20 jaar na de dood van Kuifjes geestelijke vader Hergé en 28 jaar na publicatie van het laatste album in de reeks, is Kuifje nog steeds springlevend. Meer nog: een papieren icoon geworden voor de Negende Kunst én zelfs voor België.

Toots Tielemans

ATOMIUM