In addition to the long-term research programmes, BELSPO also funds a number of priority impulse research initiatives in support of federal policy.
A large part of these impulse actions in the period 2021-2026 is financed within the framework of the Restart and Transition Plan (RTP), one of the three components of the Federal Government's Recovery and Investment Plan. The aim of this plan is to oxygenate our economy and make the transition to a sustainable and digital society in the context of the pandemic.
In light of the RTP, 45.2 M€ was allocated to federal science policy to support research. With this funding, the federal government is paving the way for the development of innovative solutions to current and future societal challenges and enabling the Federal Science Policy to continue playing its role by contributing to decision-making and strengthening the research capacity of the Federal Scientific Institutes (FSIs).
End 2021 BELSPO secured funding for a number of priority impulse research initiatives in support of federal policy:
Research about the restitution of cultural heritage acquired during the Belgian colonial period (RMCA)
The Metis project on the role of the civil and church authorities in the treatment of the metis of Belgian colonial origin (ARA-AGR)
The feasibility study for the establishment of a centre of excellence on Barcoding for Organisms and Tissues of Policy Concern (RBINS & RMCA)
the project to develop a Hydrogen Test Facility for scientific and applied research, capable of housing the various facilities needed to carry out large-scale experimental tests with hydrogen technologies (VKI)
In the course of 2022, new impulse actions will be launched within the framework of the Restart and Transition Plan (RTP), one of the three components of the Federal Government's Recovery and Investment Plan.
To ensure the visibility of these actions, a special website has been created where the progress and results of the projects can be consulted.
IM/MB/21/BopCo-Ce: Barcoding Facility for Organisms and Tissues of Policy Concern - Centre of Excellence (BopCo-Ce)
IM/MB/21/Metissen: Metis-Resolution - phase 2
IM/MB/21/Restitution: Provenance research (PROCHE) (Restitution)
IM/MB/23/METIS1: Metis-Resolution - phase 1 (Prolongation)
IM/RT/22/BE-QCI: Belgian-QCI (BE-QCI)
IM/RT/22/Chrisis: Heritage in danger - Chrisis
IM/RT/22/ENFORCE: Expertise centre for Forensic Wood Research (ENFORCE)
IM/RT/22/MPVAQUA: Floating solar at sea (MPVAQUA)
IM/RT/22/ORCHESTRA: ecOsystem Responses to Constant offsHorE Sound specTRA (ORCHESTRA)
IM/RT/22/PUREWIND: Impact of sound on marine ecosystems from offshore wind energy generation (PURE WIND)
IM/RT/22/SURV-EMIS: Consolidating ship emission monitoring over the North Sea (SURV-EMIS)
IM/RT/23/ADVANCE: Antarctic bioDiVersity dAta iNfrastruCture (ADVANCE)
IM/RT/23/BOOSTED: Belgium Optical network for Optical frequency Standards and TimE Dissemination (BOOSTED)
IM/RT/23/BopCo-CE: Towards a Belgian Expert Centre for the Identification of Biological Specimens and Products of Policy Concern (BopCo-CE)
IM/RT/23/CANATHIST: The Natural History collections collected in central Africa by Belgian institutions (CANATHIST)
IM/RT/23/CoSo: Colonial Sources: Improve access, Share archives and Promote knowledge on the colonial past (Belgium, Burundi, the DRCongo and Rwanda) (CoSo)
IM/RT/23/DORA: Detection of Ozone Recovery in the Arctic (DORA)
IM/RT/23/DOT: Database on Offender Trajectories (DOT)
IM/RT/23/ExPoSoils: Climate change experiments in Arctic and Antarctic polar desert soils (ExPoSoils)
IM/RT/23/FROID: Finding the world’s oldest ice record around the Princess Elisabeth Station (FROID)
IM/RT/23/H-SEARCH: Heritage Science Elastic Archives (H-SEARCH)
IM/RT/23/infraFADA: Upgrading the taxonomic backbone of global freshwater animal biodiversity research infrastructures (infraFADA)
IM/RT/23/LATTITUDE: Sleep at extreme latitudes: examining the differences between Antarctic and arctic environments (LATTITUDE)
IM/RT/23/LEANI: Low Energy Astrophysical Neutrinos in the Ice (LEANI)
IM/RT/23/LIFTHAW: Nutrient lift upon permafrost thaw: sources and controlling processes (LIFTHAW)
IM/RT/23/LINAC-LNK: LINAC@LNK: from nuclear waste characterization to medical metrology (LINAC@LNK)
IM/RT/23/MAGSCREEN: Construction of a magnetically shielded room (MAGSCREEN)
IM/RT/23/MetaBelgica: A shared entity management infrastructure between Federal Scientific Institutions (MetaBelgica)
IM/RT/23/NAMSAT: Natural hAzards Monitoring from SATellites (NAMSAT)
IM/RT/23/NEED: Needs Examination, Evaluation and Dissemination: identifying unmet patient and societal needs for a more needs-driven health policy and product development (NEED)
IM/RT/23/PASPARTOUT: Pathways of particles, VOCs and moisture into East-Antarctica in a changing climate (PASPARTOUT)
IM/RT/23/RESIST: Recent Arctic and Antarctic sea ice lows: same causes, same impacts? (RESIST)
IM/RT/23/SORBET: Services and OpeRability of the BRAMS nETwork (SORBET)
IM/RT/23/SUNRISE: Sustained and UNified Research Infrastructure for Solar data sErvices (SUNRISE)
IM/RT/23/ULTIMO: UnLocking The scIentific potential of the Belgica MOuntains, East Antarctica (ULTIMO)
IM/RT/24/BlueBioBoost: Boosting seaweed farming through better utilization of geneticresources (BlueBioBoost)
IM/RT/24/DTO-TRACK: Digital Twin of the Ocean: Animal Tracking (DTO-TRACK)
IM/VKI-HYDROGEN: Hydrogen Test Facility for scientific and applied research
Barcoding Facility for Organisms and Tissues of Policy Concern - Centre of Excellence (BopCo-Ce) : final report
Vanderheyden, Ann - Smitz, Nathalie - Vanden Abeele, Samuel Brussels : Belgian Science policy, 2024 (SP3336)
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