Interdisciplinary Research In Societal challenges

IRIS is an MSCA postdoctoral programme COFUNDed by the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), and the European Commission under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (Horizon Europe). Running from 2025 to 2030, IRIS will recruit 36 international postdoctoral researchers—24 at ULB and 12 at VUB—through two open calls, each for a period of 30 months.

IRIS has a bottom-up approach, welcoming applications from all research fields with a focus on interdisciplinarity and regional priorities, aligned with the Brussels-Capital Region’s six societal challenges.

The 2nd call will be launched on March 1, 2026.

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  • Narrative CV session (provided by Chaperone)

    31 March 2026
    Join us for an online Narrative CV session to guide you on how to create a clear and well-structured narrative CV for IRIS. The session will last 1h30 minutes including Q&A.
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  • 2nd March Infosession - video and presentation available!

    26 March 2026
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  • Second Call 2 IRIS Info session 23rd of March

    11 March 2026
    Interested in a postdoc in Brussels? Join our IRIS Info Session!
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