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What makes Europe an attractive place to pursue a research career? The answer lies in the European Charter for Researchers, a framework that defines rights, responsibilities, and working conditions for researchers and their institutions.

How can recruitment in research be made fairer, more transparent, and more inclusive? The OTMeR project brings practical answers with new tools now available to the research community.The universities of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles – Université libre de Bruxelles, Université de Liège...

The ERA Talent Platform is a novel solution for researchers and research performing organisations that was launched yesterday. This comprehensive online gateway offers seamless access to a range of services, including EURAXESS service centres and portals, the HR Excellence in Research initiative...

The Biennial Conference is the landmark event of EURAXESS. It brings together its national representatives to strengthen the network’s cohesion, give visibility to its achievements and to further discuss how to improve the attractiveness of the research profession and careers. This year’s edition...

The next Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Presidency Conference 2024 will explore the multiple pathways of researchers’ careers. It is organized under the Belgian presidency of the Council of the European Union in cooperation with the European Commission. Save the dates for this two-day event...

Solomon Ehosioke just finished his PhD in Applied Sciences at the University of Liège, in the Research Unit of Urban and Environmental Engineering under the supervision of Professor Frédéric Nguyen and Professor Sarah Garré. He first did a Bachelor in Geology in Nigeria, worked for a few years, and...

The United Kingdom's departure from the European Union also has implications for scientific research(ers). For more information on the main changes, please visit the websites of the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) and of the NCP – FNRS. Researchers travelling to the United Kingdom can check...

Francesca Rapino is a F.R.S.-FNRS research associate at the Stem Cells-Cancer Signaling Laboratory (GIGA Institute / Faculty of Medicine) at the University of Liège. She has been recently awarded an ERC Starting Grant from the European Research Council for her project tRNAtoGO. Endowed with 1.5...

Hi, my name is Alessia Pancaro and I am from Santa Maria Capua Vetere in Italy. Last March I started my PhD on the development of a biosensing platform for lectin detection related to cerebrovascular disease using nanoplasmonics in the unit Health. In the last period I have been overwhelmed by COVID...

Link between theory and practice  A few times a year, VITO launches a number of topics for doctoral studies within the organisation, topics that can support ongoing VITO research. PhD students can apply for this. More than seventy students from home and abroad are currently continuing their...