Pharma & Life Sciences
Securing your own research funding
This interactive workshop provides practical tools for VIB PhD students and postdocs planning to submit a life sciences research grant proposal. It focuses on structuring and writing applications and addressing reviewer expectations, including risk, ethics and impact.
The essentials
Event details
- Dates
- 5 October 2026
- Organiser
- VIB
- Tickets
- EUR 50
- Industry
- Pharma & Life Sciences
On stage
Speakers
- Lieve OngenaSenior Science Policy and Grants Manager, VIB Headquarters, BE
- Elien VandermarliereInternational Grants Office Manager, VIB Headquarters, BE
Plan the spend
Tickets
Ticket tiers, as published by the organiser:
| VIB | EUR 50 |
| Flemish Academics & Research | EUR 50 |
| Non-Flemish Academics & Research | EUR 50 |
Logistics
Where to stay
Places to stay near the venue.
Novotel
Best Western
75 Hoogpoort
NH Gent Belfort
63 Hoogpoort, Gent, 9000
Ibis Gent Centrum St Baafs Kathedraal
2 Limburgstraat
B&B Hotel Gent Centrum
1898 The Post
16 Graslei, Gent, 9000
Hotel Flandria
Hotel Cathedral
87 Sint-Jacobsnieuwstraat
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