Scope
The purpose of this grant is to broaden and deepen the collaboration between staff at the University of California, Berkeley and Ghent University (UGent). This grant aims to support new or ongoing research or educational partnerships in 2025 and beyond. Examples of grant activities include, but are not limited to:
- Initiate a jointly organised seminar, webinar, workshop, conference, or another academic event
- Foster research collaboration of a UGent PhD student or post-doctoral researcher with peers at University of California, Berkeley
- Support the mobility of UGent PhD students, post-doctoral researchers, or professors to the University of California, Berkeley
Funding
You can apply for up to 2.800 EUR. The funding must be spent before December 31st, 2025.
Application form
Available here. Applications must be sent via email to partnership_ucberkeley@ugent.be (to Elise Meerburg and Luc Martens).
Deadline
Call 1: application deadline - March 16th, 2025.
Call 2: application deadline - June 1st, 2025.
Do you want to get a view on the experiente of previous beneficiaries of the seed fundings? Read their testimonials here: Joyce De Coninck (UGent, 2024)