2026 Call for FWO Review College Fundamental Research

The Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) is looking for international experts in different scientific fields to strengthen its expert panels. These panels meet once or twice a year in Brussels or online to evaluate research proposals submitted by researchers in Flanders. The panels are made up of 10 to 20 members who are top experts in their discipline(s) as well as generalists able to evaluate research proposals in their wider field of study. The majority of panel members in each panel is not affiliated to a Flemish research institution.

FWO is currently looking for candidates to populate its Review College. The Review College is made up of highly qualified and experienced research experts who may be called upon to join an expert panel. Membership of the Review College does not commit you to serving in the panel, but enables FWO to contact you with an invitation to join a panel. FWO expects to appoint at least 100 new panel members in this call (start date: 1/1/2027).

FWO is looking for a wide variety of experts in each of its 30+ expert panels. While experts in all scientific areas are welcome to apply, this year, we are specifically looking for experts in the following disciplines:

• Linguistics

• Theology and Religious Studies

• Philosophy and Ethics

• Sciences of Law and Criminology

• ENT medicine, Ophthalmology, Psychiatry

• Respiratory System, Cardiovascular System, Hematology, Nephrology

• Reproduction, Urogenital System

• Movement & Sports Sciences, Dermatology, Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Sciences, Dentistry and Maxillofacial Medicine, Orthopedics & Musculoskeletal Sciences, Rheumatology

• Physics

• Sciences of the Earth and Space

Furthermore, the Specific Interdisciplinary Panel evaluates interdisciplinary research applications. For this panel we are seeking new members with broad expertise profiles who have experience with both the practice and the assessment of interdisciplinary research across the traditional boundaries of disciplines, research topics, paradigms and research traditions. These experts should have a broad take on science and research as a whole and be able to assess applications from a holistic perspective.

An overview of the scientific scopes of all panels can be found here.

If you have a truly interdisciplinary and international profile and are interested in evaluating proposals about international networking opportunities, collaborations etc. (not only focusing on core research fellowships and projects), we warmly invite you to apply for the Cross-Domain panel (CDP panel). Here, we are explicitly looking for experts with a broad profile who are willing to evaluate across different scientific domains.

FWO strongly encourages women to apply.

Application deadline: 29 March 2026