FLANDERS PROJECT FUNDING 2020: VUB received € 10,2M funding from FWO and VLAIO for strategic basic and applied research # of VUB projects € VUB budget
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Cluster (VLAIO) € 3,088,854
Baekeland mandates (VLAIO) € 643,596
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R&D (VLAIO) € 581,250
Tetra (VLAIO) € 272,338
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CS-ICON (VLAIO) € 237,500
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€ 2,411,298
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STEM (VLAIO)
SBO-E (FWO) COOCK-Corona (VLAIO) € 26,010
€ 76,127
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Call Circular Building (VLAIO) € 44,050
Applied Biomedical Research (TBM) (FWO) € 178,250
SBO-M (FWO) € 2,690,746
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In 2020 the Vrije Universiteit Brussel obtained funding for strategic basic and applied research from the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) and Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship (VLAIO) for a total budget of € 10.2M, which is an excellent result.
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) The Strategic Basic Research programme (SBO) concerns innovative research that offers prospects for later economic or social applications. It has been reformed in 2019 and resulted in 2020 in: • SBO-E (economic finality): 3 approved projects for a total of € 2,411,298 • Energy-efficient, Lightweight, safe Yet Strong manipulator Arm (ELYSA) for cobot applications – Bram Vanderborght • Biogas-MAMBO: Enhanced biogas valorization by membrane, adsorption and microbial technologies – Joeri Denayer • iPSC-based parenchymal and sinusoidal liver cell mimics for DILI and NAFLD studies (iPSC-LiMic) – Leo Van Grunsven • SBO-M (societal finality): 2 approved projects for a total of € 2,690,746 • Digital ageing: How seniors can appreciate the benefits and avoid the pitfalls of a digitalizing society – Ignace Glorieux • Towards efficient pillar II and III pension decisions in Belgium: Product innovations, customized goal-based pension planning and nudging – Steven Vanduffel The Applied Biomedical Research programme (TBM) wants to contribute to the long term implementation of new therapies, diagnostics and prevention methods for which there is not sufficient interest from industry. In 2020 this resulted in 1 approved partner project for VUB with a total budget of € 998,454 (VUB: € 178,250). • iVision-2 - Game-based adaptive therapy for children with cerebral visual impairment – Bart Jansen
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