Researchers strongly rely on funding from national and international funding agencies. Identifying the best matching opportunity and writing a winning grant application is a difficult and very time-consuming task for many researchers. The centrally organized and specialized International Grants Office of VIB assists its researchers in all aspects of this process. Together with experts in each of the VIB centers, the Grants Office provides support at each and every step of the grant application process and running grant.

The team members proactively scout for funding opportunities for the researchers in their lab, they assist them in putting together the strongest possible application, and they support researchers to navigate through the – sometimes - complex administrative processes.