Call Information

Call 2 opened on the 1st of March 2026. 

We have published a new Guide for Applicants Call 2 . In this document you will be able to find all the information you need to successfully submit your project proposal.

Guide for Applicants Call 2 

Timeline

Call opening: 1st March 2026 at 14.00 CET 
Call closing: 30th June 2026 at 17.00 CET 
Eligibility check: 1 - 18 July 2026 
Evaluation by external international experts:  Up to December 2026
Results to applicants: Beginning of February 2027
Start of projects: 1st May 2027 (earliest) to 15th September 2027 (latest) 

Eligibility criteria

  • Applicants of any age and any nationality are eligible to apply. 
  • Eligible applicants are in possession of a doctoral degree or have successfully defended the doctoral thesis by the deadline of the call.
  • Holders of a PhD degree with maximum 8 years of full-time research experience since obtaining the PhD (applicants can calculate research experience deducting periods of: maternity/parental leave, compulsory national military service, long term sick or family care leave, and procedures for obtaining refugee status)
  • Eligible applicants must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Belgium for more than 12 months during the last 3 years before the call deadline.

Requirements for IRIS

Confirmation of two supervisors who have the expertise, infrastructure, resources and capacity to supervise your fellowship.

Required documents

To apply for IRIS postdoctoral fellowship, you will need to prepare and upload the following documents in PDF format:

  • Research proposal 
  • Narrative CV
  • Ethics self-assessment
  • Reference letter
  • Research experience and Mobility Calculator 
  • Evidence of PhD (scanned document)
  • Passport/Identification document (scanned document)

Please use the following mandatory templates in your application file:

Research proposals are developed and written by the applicant.

Guide for evaluators

Please, find here the Guide for Evaluators

Rebuttal procedure Call 1

According to section 5.2 from the Guide for Applicants. Following the eligibility check and after the selection process, the applicant will have the opportunity to submit a written appeal , within five (5) working days of receiving the notification if procedural shortcomings are suspected.

The email must use the subject line “Redress_IRISCALL1_Surname_Firstname” and clearly state the grounds for the appeal using the redress template. The request for appeal will be evaluated by the IRIS Management Committee and the final decision will be communicated to the applicant within twenty (20) working days.

The scientific assessments made by expert evaluators cannot be contested. The appeal procedure will assess whether the administrative procedures during the selection process have been followed as described in this Guide for Applicants

Submission Platform

Applications can be edited and re-submitted until the call closes.  Applications sent via e-mail, post, etc. will not be considered. It is the responsibility of the applicant to submit the application on time. The submission platform will be automatically deactivated at precisely 17:00 CET on 30 June 2026 and will not be able to accept further submissions. No extension will be granted.

Please, check the step by step procedure in the Guide for Applicants.

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