The Prix Jean van Beneden is one of the associated-foundation prizes offered through the Fondation Léon Fredericq’s yearly call in Liège. It aims to advance social medicine in Belgium.
It rewards original work, done alone or in a research team, or backs a planned research project in public health and/or social medicine.
Benefits & funding
- €2,500, awarded once a year.
- If no suitable application comes in, the money rolls over to the next year.
- Winners must attend the awards ceremony in Liège, credit the funder in publications and file an activity report.
Eligibility
- Under 35 on the application deadline.
- The prize rules ask for a researcher attached, now or formerly, to the University of Liège; the call’s general rules for associated-foundation prizes ask for attachment to a CHU de Liège and/or ULiège department both when applying and when funds are released (1 January 2027 in the last round).
- Research in public health and/or social medicine, with a medical aim.
- Projects that need ethics approval are funded only after a favourable committee opinion.
- No nationality or residence rule is stated.
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Here's who can apply
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“Le prix, d’un montant de 2 500 € est attribué chaque année à un chercheur, âgé de moins de 35 ans, attaché ou ayant été attaché à l’Université de Liège … Etre attaché à un service du CHU de Liège et/ou de l’ULiège au moment du dépôt de la candidature (soit le 21 avril 2026) ET de la mise à disposition de la bourse (càd le 1er janvier 2027).” Eligibility
Age requirement
≤ 34 yrs
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Application process
- 1Prepare a motivation letter, CV, photo and ORBI publication report; incomplete files are not assessed.
- 2Submit through the foundation’s OPTIMY platform before the noon deadline; late files are refused.
- 3Forms may be completed in French or English.
Program timeline
21 April 2026, noon
Application deadline (2026 round, closed)
Results published
September 2026
Awards ceremony at CHU de Liège
7 October 2026
Next call expected
March 2027