International

ULB researchers take part in various international programmes, as coordinators or partners in research projects or as experts. 

These programmes are in addition to those of the European Commission.

 

European Space Agency (ESA)

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Ongoing projects: 

Sébastien Clesse Sciences	BESE: Belgium Euclid Science Exploitation (2024-2026)
Pierre-François Coheur Sciences	Ozone CCI+ Phase 2 (2022-2027) HIRS2 (2024-2026)
Pierre Colinet Polytechnique	ELECTED (2026) Evaporation (2026-2027) BLADES : Bio-inspired liquid acquisition device and entrapment structures for next generation propellant tanks (2026-2028)
Axel Cousssement Polytechnique	Heat Transfer (2026-2027)
Anne De Wit Sciences	CHYPI (2026-2028)
Vitalie Faoro Sciences de la Motricité humaine	B3D (2026-2027)
Patrick Hendrick Polytechnique	HYGUANE: Development & Qualification of a H2 electricity generator and its related test benches (2023-2026)
Carlo Iorio Polytechnique	OSIP: In Space demonstration of 3D bio-printed vascularisation techniques/Passive Protective Shields (2021-2030)

Finished projects:
- Lieven Clarisse : FORUM L2: Minutes of Forum L2 Spectral Fluxes (L2-SF) Breadboard Processor (2024-2025), GMVAD World-Emission (2022-2024), DINAR (2022-2024), 
- Pierre-François Coheur : EVAPORATION (2024-2025), LOLIPOP: CCI+ OTHER LONG-LIVED GREENHOUSE GASES ECV (2023-2025), Ozone CCI+ (2019-2024)
- Pierre Collinet : EVAPORATION (2024-2025), OSIP Electrolysis (2023-2025)
- Pierre Gaspard : Crystallo: Influence of mass transport and surface growth processes on protein crystal perfection (2021-2024)
- Carlo Iorio : Evaporation (2022-2025), 3DBio (2023-2025), Heat Transfer (2024-2025)
- Alain Jorissen : GAIA: Gaia mission Belgian consolidation (2023-2025)
- Benoît Scheid : TAMTAM (2023-2024)
- Karine Van Doninck ; Rise II: Bdelloid rotifer Adineta vaga: a new eukaryotic extremophile model organism to study the impact of radiation and micro-gravity on biological processes (2024-2025)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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Projects: 

Decio Eirizik Médecine	Implications of Changes in Islet Exosomal Cargo in Type 1 Diabetes (2022-2026) Generation of new anti-FXYD2a probes and preclinical validation for human beta cell imaging (2022-2025) The rector and visitors of the University of Virginia (2022-2025)
Arnaud Marchant Médecine	MADI: Maternal determinants of infant immunity (2019-2026) Towards a first-in-man trial for beta cell imaging using a single domain antibody (2025-2026)
Carine Truyens Médecine	Development of Improved Serological Diagnostic and Parasite Genotyping Tools for Congeni (2022-2025)
Carine Van Lint Médecine	Erase-HIV (2022-2025)

Foundations

Ongoing and recent projects:

Carine Van Lint Médecine	Foundation for AIDS research amfAR: Identification of the molecular mechanisms of CD8+ T cells HIV-1 prolatency activity (2026-2028)
Jean-Paul Belgrado Sciences de la Motricité humaine	Lipedema  Batolisa (2022-2025)
Alessandra Kupper Cardozo Médecine	Breaththrough T1D (anciennement JDRF) LACMETA - Manipulating lactate metabolism to regulate T cell responses in type 1 diabetes FY25 SRA Project Concept (2025-2027)
Axel Cleeremans Psychologie	Templeton World Charity  HOTTEST: Empirical tests of higher-order therories of consciousness (2023-2026)
Miriam Cnop Médecine	Helmsley Charitable Trust  Studying the selective β cell sensitivity to a homozygous PD-L1 mutation in neonatal diabetes (2024-2025) Breaththrough T1D (anciennement JDRF) Unveiling new targets to protect B-cells in type 1 diabetes via in-depth comparison between a- and b-cell features (2025-2028)
Decio Eizirik Médecine	Helmsley Charitable Trust  Generation of new anti-FXYD2γa probes and preclinical validation for human beta cell imaging (2022-2025) Breaththrough T1D (anciennement JDRF) Benaroya (2024-2026) LRH-1/NR5A2-mediated immune coupled islet remodelling: A wound healing disease modifying therapeutic approach for type 1 diabetes mellitus (2023-2025) The central role for NLRC5 in the dialog between β-cells and the immune system in type 1 diabetes (2022-2025)  OMICS - Mining the transcriptomic signatures of pancreatic beta-cells and the target tissues of other autoimmune and inflammatory endocrine or brain diseases to identify common mechanisms and novel therapies (2023-2027) Breakthrough T1D (2026-2029)
Cédric Govaerts Sciences	Cystic Fibrosis The CFTR Folding and Function SRC (2021-2025)
Esteban Gurzov Médecine	Breaththrough T1D (anciennement JDRF) Oxidative stress-induced dysregulation of protein tyrosine phosphatases contributes to beta cell demise in type 1 diabetes (2019-2025)  Smart Islets (2024-2026) EFSD Inhibition of receptor protein tyrosine phosphatases provides a novel strategy for the treatment of diabetes (2024-2026) FFRD - Fondation francophone pour la recherche Potentiel thérapeutique des protéines réceptrices tyrosine phosphatases dans le diabète (2026-2029) Foundation against Cancer HepatoSCRIPT Obesity-associated Hepatocellular Carcinoma at Single Cell Resolution for Risk Prediction and Novel Therapeutics (2022-2026)
Mariana Igoillo-Esteve Médecine	FFRD Étude de l’impact de la fragmentation des ARNt et la diminution en la méthylation m6A induite par une carence en TRMT10A sur pathogenèse du diabète de type 1 (2021-2025) EFSD  Impact de la fragmentation des ARNt (2022-2025) Be a tiger foundation Mapping the WFS1 Interactome in Wolfram Syndrome: From Mechanisms to Therapeutic Leads (2026-2027) The Snow Foundation Mapping the WFS1 Interactome in Wolfram Syndrome: From Mechanisms to Therapeutic Leads (2026-2027)
Chloé Martens Sciences	Danmarks Grundforskningfonds Plant Path - Membrane protein dynamics, lipid-protein interactions, mass spectrometry methods for characterization of dynamics, interactions and kinetics (2025-2031)
Ognyan Oreshkov Polytechnique	John Templeton QISS 2 (2022-2025) Centre pour la recherche sur l'espace, le temps et la physique quantique WOST : Without Spacetime (2026-2028)
Ievgenia Pastushenko Médecine	Fondation pour la recherche médicale  Epigenetic regulation of Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition (2025-2027)
Charlotte Van den Driessche Sciences psychologiques et de l'éducation	The Leakey Foundation Development of attention skills inchildren from small-scale societies in the Congo basin (2025-2027)

Others

Ongoing and recent projects: 

Manon Bayat Sciences	Antarctic Science Bursary  Antartic sciences international bursary 2024 (2024-2025)
Jean-Paul Belgrado Sciences de la Motricité humaine	SODIT / THUASNE A multicenter controlled randomised clinical trial to assess the Efficacy of the Dynamic Decongestive System during the intensive phase of lower limb lymphedema treatment (2025-2026) IRCCS AOU LEAFLET (2025-2027)
Fabienne Chetail Psychologie, Sciences de l’Education et Logopédie	LMU University Hospital Cognitive processes in reading across languages (2023-2026)
Lieven Clarisse Sciences	EUMETSAT Enhancing the IRS spatial resolution using successive shifted dwell acquisitions (2025-2027)
Stéphane Clemmen Sciences	FWO: Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek BeQnNet: Belgian Quantum Communication Testbed Network (2022-2026)
Cathy Clerbaux Sciences	Université de Sorbonne IASI (2024-2026)
Miriam Cnop Médecine	Société francophone du diabète BeCoop - Allocation excpetionnelle SFD (2024-2026) Etude de variants rares dans un nouveau gène potentiel du diabète de type 2 et leur impact sur la cellule B pancréatique (2025-2027)
Axel Coussement Polytechnique	NATO-OTAN MYP-ATHENA (2025-2028) Guardian (2026-2028)
Jean-Louis Deneubourg Sciences	France Filière Pêche ESCAPE (2022-2028)
David Domingo Lettres, Traduction et Communication	EFJ: European Federation of Journalists MCDA 4: Media Councils in the Digital Age (2023-2025)
Denis Fournier Sciences	Forest Research Genomics of the invastion of the forest pest bark beetle Ips typographys - Introduction routes, genes under selection, and transposable elements (2024-2026)
François Fripiat Sciences	HFSPO: International Human Frontier Science Program Organization Trapped in ice (2024-2027)
Stanislas Goriely Médecine	Université de Lille PROTECT (WILL chair) (2025-2029)
Olivier Gosselain Philosophie et Sciences sociales	The Arcadia Philantropic Trust ARCADIA (2024-2027)
Marius Gilbert Médecine	USAID: United States Agency for International Development Stop Spillover Project (2021-2025)
Cédric Govaerts Sciences	Cystic Fibrosis The CFTR Folding and Function SRC (2021-2025)
Jean-Claude Grégoire Sciences	Forest Research Aerial dispersal of Ips typographus over the English Channel: empirical validation for modeling and risk assessment (2024-2026)
Olivier Hardy Sciences	MBG: Missouri Botanical Garden Key Biodiveresity Areas-Establishing a blueprint for 30x30 (2023-2025)
Mariana Igoillo-Esteve Médecine	SFD: Société Francophone du Diabète Medtronic - Contribution de l'oxydation des miARN au stress des cellules B et à l'auto-immunité dans le diabète de type 1 (2026-2029)
Panagiotis Karras Médecine	MRA: Melanoma research alliance Mapping and characterizing cellular niches in melanoma metastasis (2026-2029)
Gauthier Lafruit Polytechnique	ETRI (2025-2026)
Arnaud Marchant Médecine	CEPI: Coalition for epidemic preparedness innovations Controlled Human Infection Models on SARS-CoV 2 and seasonal beta coronaviruses (2024-2029) Imperial college London technology MUSICC (2024-2029) ARIA: Advanced Research Invention Agency RESPIRE – Respiratory Setpoint reProgramming for Immune Resilience (2026-2030)
Nadine Mattielli Sciences	BAS: British Antarctic Survey Big Thaw (2025-2026)
Frank Pattyn Sciences	NWO: The Dutch Research Council HIRISE: State and fate of Antartica's gatekeepers: a High Resolution approach for Ice Shelf instalbility (2020-2025) Norsk Polarinstitutt Characterizing Oldest Ice in Dome Fuji near the base of the Antartic Ice Sheet (2021-2026)
Julien Pieret Droit et criminologie	CRSH: Conseil de la Recherche en Sciences Humaines Canadiennes LEXIS: Législation, Innovation et Société (2024-2029)
Nicolo Pini Philosophie et Sciences sociales	The Barakat Trust Living in Late Antique rural Sicily, between Byzantium and Islam: Archaeological investigations at Terravecchia di Caltavuturo (Palermo, Italy) (2024-2025)
Laurence Roudart Philosophie et Sciences sociales	ECVC: European Coordination via Campesina AGROECOLOGY - Shaping a common agricultural policy for agroecology through participatory action research (2026-2028)
Corinne Torrekens Philosophie et Sciences sociales	Campus France Supporting at-risk researchers with fellowships in Europe (2025-2027)
Sonia Vanderhoeven Sciences	IUCN Consultancy Technical and scientific support in relaion to the implementation of Regulation 1143/2014 on invasive alien species (2026)
Bram Vanhoutte Santé publique	The University of Liverpool ESRC: Understanging the varied experiences of frailty in older age with respect to ethnicity: a mixed methods approach (2011-2025)
David Zarka Sciences de la Motricité humaine	Mind & Life Europe Impact of mindfulness on sensorimotor control and learning: does meditation practice improve the integration of proprioceptive information? (2024-2027)

You are a researcher at ULB and would like to learn more about European and global programmes for research funding? Please contact the European and International Funding Service of the Research Department:

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