Post-doctorate (R2)
The post-doctoral position corresponds to a key stage in a researcher’s career (R2 level). After obtaining the doctorate, this period allows you to consolidate your scientific expertise, expand your network of collaborations, strengthen your autonomy and develop a research profile likely to lead to a lasting academic or scientific career.
In order to support this development and encourage scientific excellence, the FNRS and its associated funds offer several postdoctoral funding instruments. These take the form of mandates and grants awarded on the basis of scientific evaluations, within the framework of specific calls (Grants & Fellowships, Télévie, etc.).
Discover the main postdoctoral funding opportunities at the R2 level below.
| Postdoctoral researcher - CR | Grants & Fellowships call |
| Postdoctoral specialist candidate - CSPD | Grants & Fellowships call |
| Postdoctoral specialist (SPD) | Grants & Fellowships call |
| Clinical researcher (CCL) | Grants & Fellowships call |
| Télévie postdoctoral researcher | Call Télévie |
Postdoctoral researcher - CR
The CR mandate is for a period of 3 years. Any CR representative has the possibility of using the 3 years of his mandate over a period of 6 years if external funding is found to carry out a postdoc outside the FWB.
Postdoctoral specialist candidate - CSPD
The part-time CSPD mandate is intended for a doctor who simultaneously undertakes a postdoctoral fellowship while following a specialized master's degree. The maximum duration is 2 years, possibly renewable twice (i.e. A maximum total duration of 6 years). The part-time CSPD mandate can begin at any time during the specialization but must end no later than 4 years after the end of the specialization.
Postdoctoral specialist – SPD
The SPD part-time mandate is reserved for clinical specialists approved postdoctoral fellows who wish to devote themselves to fundamental research while ensuring the continuity of a part-time hospital activity. It consists of a probationary period of 6 years, divided into three mandates of a duration of 2 years, followed by mandates of a duration of 4 years, renewable without limit. From the first renewal for a period of 4 years, the title of the mandate becomes clinical researcher (CCL).
Télévie postdoctoral researcher
F.R.S.-FNRS – Télévie research assistant
The F.R.S.-FNRS - Télévie research assistant is part of the category of Postdoctoral Scientific staff requested by a promoter of a Télévie funding application.