Mission

Acting as the university's center of expertise on external funding, we facilitate researchers to attract projects with an impact on science and society, thereby supporting the university’s R&I policy.

DRIVERS

  • Development & training
    We guide and train researchers in attracting funding, through courses in the Dive-into-projects and the Dive-into-Phd programme
  • Reporting & analysis
    We analyse participation in strategic external channels and help developing new policy initiatives for R&I within the university
  • Information, advice and solutions 
    Contact point for questions about external financing and related internal and external policy. Our dedicated EU, FWO and VLAIO Teams are centers of expertise within the university.
  • Visibility & impact
    We take a role in EU policy influencing in YERUN and EUA, and in interuniversity consultation, capturing best practices and bringing the successes and experience of the UAntwerp to the fore.
  • Expand opportunities
    We assist in the design of competitive project proposals and offer indepth reading services. We do this in collaboration with R&I support staff in faculties and consortia.
  • Reach out
    Internally we join forces with intermediary R&I support staff. Externally, we collaborate with partner universities in the YUFE alliance.
  • Safeguarding compliance
    We manage the FWO, federal and EU Framework contracts, in partnership with the Legal Office. We develop university regulations relating to external funding.

Who is who?


Anne Adams
+32 3 265 30 28
- Head of Unit  







dr. Ann Aerts
+32 265 30 27
- Research Manager Exact & Applied Sciences
- FWO Strategic Basic Research Fellowships &
  FWO SBO-Projects Coordinator
- Spearhead Clusters Coordinator





Nesrin Avci
+32 3 265 30 39
- EU R&I Funding Office Manager
- EU Funding & Tenders Portal support






dr. Inneke Baatsen
+32 3 265 89 24
- Research Manager USI, seconded 








Irina Baraliuc 
+32 3 265 87 96
- EU R&I Funding Advisor
- MSCA & ERC expert






 dr. Rocio Canovas Martinez
+32 3 265 87 97
- EU R&I Funding Advisor
- FWO Co-funded Partnerships coordinator
- WIDERA coordinator







dr. ir. Liesbet Cockx
+32 3 265 31 98
- EU R&I Funding Advisor
- Research Manager Exact & Applied Sciences
- MSCA Coordinator






Kristof Geeraerts
+32 3 265 31 93
- EU R&I Funding Advisor
- ERC Coordinator






Greet Hellenbosch
+32 3 265 31 73
- General Coordinator Research Foundation Flanders (FWO)
- FWO Fundamental research projects & fellowships Coordinator
- Belspo projects Coordinator






dr. Bruno Hoste
+32 3 265 30 53
- Research Manager Biomedical Sciences & Medicine
- FWO TBM-projects Coordinator
- Dive-into programme & Dive-into-PhD Coordinator







  Katrien Jansen 
- Expert VLAIO Funding
- Tenders







 Karen Koolen 
+32 3 265 30 26
- Assistance for external funding
- Assistance for programmes Strategic Basic Research








Saskia Peersman
+32 3 265 31 05 
- Assistance for Research Foundation Flanders Fundamental Research
  (FWO)
- Assistance for Dive-into-Projects & Dive-into-PhD
- Coordinator website & communication





dr. Kate Reilly
+32 3 265 53 60
- Research Manager USI, seconded  







Jolien Van den Dries  
+32 3 265 91 59 
- EU R&I Funding Advisor
- Clusters, Missions & VLAIO Co-funded Partnerships coordinator
- EIC & EIT coordinator






dr. Frederik Verleysen
+32 3 265 30 35
- Research Manager Social Sciences & Humanities
- FWO & Horizon Europe Research Infrastructure Coordinator 
- Province of Antwerp Coordinator 







Hannah Whittle

- Projectcoordinator YUFE









Paz Yanez
+32 3 265 24 88 (Campus Drie Eiken)
- Projectmanager, seconded