[INDOLOGY] 3–6 year Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities at the Ghent Centre for Buddhist Studies from Fall 2025

[Charles DiSimone]

Dear Friends,

With all apologies for cross posting, I would like to bring these
postdoctoral opportunities at Ghent to your attention. Projects dealing
with Indology are especially encouraged.

The Ghent Centre for Buddhist Studies (GCBS) (*www.cbs.ugent.be*
<http://www.cbs.ugent.be/> ), located at Ghent University, Belgium, is
seeking candidates for postdoctoral fellowships which run between 3 and
potentially 6 years. This fellowship is open to scholars worldwide. There
are two fellowship opportunities: the Junior FWO Postdoctoral Fellowship
<https://www.fwo.be/en/support-programmes/all-calls/postdoctoral-researchers/junior-postdoctoral-fellowship/>,
which is open to those who have received their PhDs within the past three
years and the Senior FWO Postdoctoral Fellowship
<https://www.fwo.be/en/support-programmes/all-calls/postdoctoral-researchers/senior-postdoctoral-fellowship/>,
which is open to those who have received their PhD no earlier than three
years ago and no later than six.

The GCBS offers an international research environment with faculty and
staff from all over the world. Our research focus spans the historic
regions of Buddhist transmission from South and Central Asia and on to East
Asia across a number of historic periods and methodologies. We are pleased
to support projects focussed on Indic, Tibetan/Himalayan, Chinese,
Japanese, Korean, etc. Buddhist manifestations. Interested candidates do
not apply to the university itself, but instead use the portal of the
Flemish Research Foundation (FWO) to apply for a *postdoctoral fellowship*
<https://www.fwo.be/en/support-programmes/all-calls/?category=Postdoctoral+researchers>.
These prestigious fellowships represent international competitions within a
broad number of fields spanning the humanities and sciences. A number of
successful applicants have submitted Buddhist Studies projects. Funding for
each fellowship is up to 3 years for (with a renewal application possible
from junior to senior). Administrative and teaching duties are minimal.
Strong applications that are unsuccessful in obtaining FWO funding will
also be reviewed by the Special Research Fund (BOF) of
Ghent University proper.

This year's application cycle opened on September 18, 2024 with a deadline
of Dec 2, 2024. After the initial deadline, positively reviewed applicants
are invited to participate in an interview process in the spring. Results
are announced on May 22, 2025. Due to the rigor of the application process,
we wish to stress the importance of connecting early with us. The
application is lengthy and demands greater detail than many other
postdoctoral applications, but if you are interested we can potentially
help navigate it more efficiently.  Anyone interested in applying may
contact me directly.

In addition to the FWO postdoctoral fellowships, there are a number of
other funding opportunities for researchers as well as PhD funding schemes
details may be found on our page dedicated to funding resources here
<https://www.cbs.ugent.be/join-us/>.
All my best,
Charles

Prof. Dr. Charles DiSimone
Associate Professor of Buddhist Studies
Department of Languages and Cultures
Ghent University
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