Projects
Sue The Bastards. Towards European rules on ‘responsible’ litigation funding. KU Leuven
The Economics of Science – Random Selection in the Awarding of Research Funding KU Leuven
A primary objective of the economics of science is to advance the scientific basis of science and innovation policy. Assessing the impact and the achievements of research is a complex and a multifaceted endeavor requiring a nuanced understanding of what producing good research means and an appreciation of what the outcomes of good research look like. It also entails a better understanding of how research evaluation processes work – the so ...
Operational support for building a research agenda based on industry cooperation and external funding Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Escaping gridlock through financial instruments? Analyzing change in EU funding for migration and asylum Vrije Universiteit Brussel
second existential crisis in the space of five years after the Eurozone
crisis. In contrast to a stalemated policy-making process in the realm
of migration and asylum, the financial responses have been
remarkable. The EU substantially increased the budget allocated to
migration, launched new instruments such as the EU Trust Fund for
...
Post-translational modification of SAA1 in rheumatoid arthritis, fueling or dampening inflammation? KU Leuven
Levels of the acute phase protein serum amyloid A1 (SAA1) rise dramatically in serum and synovial fluid (SF) from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). As biological characterization of SAA1 has been hampered by low-quality commercial SAA preparations, the exact role of SAA1 in RA joints is not yet known. Moreover, both pro- and anti-inflammatory actions have been ascribed to SAA1. Interestingly, post-translational modification (PTM) of ...
Funding Request for Starting Up the Core Facility for Advanced Spectroscopy (CFAS). KU Leuven
The core facility consists of a 19 highly complex experimental setups empowered with a web-based tool for proposals submission, description of techniques and communication with users. As such, an incubation funding is essential to allow the employment of a research scientist, acting as 'core facility manager', in order to complete the first but critical steps like designing the aforementioned web-based platform, resolving the administrative ...
Providing for the long-term funding of ex situ collections of germplasm held at Bioversity. KU Leuven
The scope of this project is to cover the supplies and services costs of the KUL International Musa Genebank in 2021-2022