Ghent University will henceforth automatically allocate a Starting Grant to ZAP-members

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On 21 February 2019, the Ghent University Research Council decided to discontinue with immediate effect the BOF Starting Grant competitive call, to be replaced by an automatically allocated start-up budget. With an automatically granted start-up budget Ghent University again chooses an appreciative approach in preference to a competitive one. Since 2010, Ghent University has granted competitive start-up funding to recently nominated or appointed ZAP-members. This financing facility supported early career academics by offering them the opportunity to develop an initial four-year research project using resources of the 'Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds' (BOF). From competitive to automatic Starting Grant . The Research Council has decided to replace this competitive system by an automatic start-up budget. Supported by the BOF-resources, Ghent University allocates this budget to all new ZAP-members with an assignment percentage of at least 50%.
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