Central bilateral agreements

Categories

There are two categories:

1. Priority agreements, receiving institutional funding: with partners from all regions
K.U.Leuven has priority agreements with institutions in Europe, Asia, North America and South Africa. Each agreement has its own budget to be spent and includes a fixed number of exchanges/year.

2. Agreements in the pool system: with European partners
To some agreements with European partner institutions a pool system applies. Applications are selected on a competitive basis by a K.U.Leuven selection committee. The more solid a project proposal, the bigger the chance that it will be selected and receive funding.

Conditions

1. Participants

• academic staff
• PhD students with at least 2 years of research experience at their home university
• postdoctoral researchers

2. Duration of the visit

• academic staff: a minimum of 2 weeks and a maximum of 1 month
• PhD students and postdoctoral researchers: a minimum of 3 weeks and a maximum of 3 months

3. K.U.Leuven financing

• K.U.Leuven covers the travelling expenses of its own participants.
• Participants from the partner university receive a per diem from K.U.Leuven. K.U.Leuven also provides suitable accommodation.
• Amount of the grant:
  • K.U.Leuven participants:
    travelling expenses: EU participants: max € 500 (economy class)
    non-EU participants: max € 1,000 (economy class)
    
  • Participants from partner universities:
    per diem: € 50/day in the first month and € 30/day from the second month onwards
    accommodation
    insurance

4. Selection criteria

All applications will be evaluated by a K.U.Leuven selection committee. Preference will be given to:

• applicants whose projects demonstrate the greatest potential for ongoing research and collaboration with K.U.Leuven faculty members.
• project proposals that cannot receive any funding through other programmes (National Research Council, European programmes, Research Funding...).

Partner universities

• Europe

  • Priority agreements
    • Convenant with Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen (The Netherlands)
    • Warsaw University (Poland)
  • Pool system
    • John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (Poland)
    • European agreements at faculty level
      

• North America

  • Priority agreements
    • University of Pennsylvania (USA)
    • University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign (USA)
      

• Asia

  • Priority agreements
    • University of Kansai (Japan)
    • Waseda University (Japan)
    • Tsinghua University (China)
      

• South Africa

  • Priority agreements
    • Stellenbosch University
    • University of the Western Cape (Belville)
    • University of Pretoria
    • University of the Freestate - Bloemfontein
    • University of Cape Town

 

Application Procedure

There are two deadlines per academic year:

• 15 March
• 15 October

For the agreements with European partners, there is an extra deadline on 15 January.

All applications should be sent to the International Office of the candidate's home university.