That high-quality research is paramount at BIRA-IASB as proven by the most recent list of accomplished projects. No fewer than 45 new projects were launched in the past two years (23 in 2021 and 22 in 2022). While some funding sources have disappeared (FNRS, FWO), a few new funders have appeared on the scene: FPS VVVL, LOTTO, EURAMET; a nice recognition of the efforts made.
Since quite a few projects already launched earlier also continued in 2021 and 2022, this makes for a record number of ongoing research projects (90 projects in 2021, 87 projects in 2022). BIRA-IASB is coordinator of about half of these projects and this remains stable over the years:
- 49% in 2020
- 53% in 2021
- 51% in 2022
The average total budget per project under implementation, is increasing. The number of small projects (<€100k) decreases:
- 25 in 2020
- 22 in 2021
- 21 in 2022
| Source of funding | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dotation | - | - | - |
| STCE | - | - | - |
| Commercial income | - | - | - |
| ESA | 33 | 31 | 32 |
| FNRS | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| PRODEX | 12 | 14 | 15 |
| Federal subvention | 16 | 17 | 15 |
| EU | 10 | 11 | 10 |
| EUMETSAT | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| ECMWF | 5 | 8 | 4 |
| FED-tWIN | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| FOD VVVL | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| LOTTO | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| EURAMET | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 82 | 90 | 87 |