[INDOLOGY] 3–6 year FWO Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities at the Ghent Centre for Buddhist Studies from Fall 2026

[Charles DiSimone]

With apologies for cross-posting. I'm especially pleased to support
projects dealing with Indic or Tibetan Buddhist topics.

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. Those who have successfully obtained a
Junior Fellowship are automatically eligible to apply for a Senior
Fellowship after thus potentially bringing the total fellowship length to
six years.

The GCBS is a thriving community for Buddhist Studies and 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 favoring textual methodologies in the primary
sources of the traditional languages of Buddhist Transmission (Sanskrit,
Pali, Chinese, Tibetan, Japanese, etc.). We are pleased to support projects
focussed on South/Southeast/Central Asian, Tibetan/Himalayan, and East
Asian 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 and generously compensated 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 and GCBS has a track record of supporting
positive Buddhist Studies applications for multiple years. 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
although teaching is always possible for those who wish to do so. 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 will open on September 18, 2025 with a
deadline of November 17, 2025 at 17.00 CET. After the initial deadline,
positively reviewed applicants are invited to participate in an interview
process in the spring. Results will be announced on May 21, 2026 with
successful applicants able to choose a starting date of either *October 1*
 or *November 1, 2026*. Due to the rigor of the application process, we
wish to stress the importance of connecting early with us as all
applications must be supported by a professor. The application is somewhat
lengthy and demands greater detail than many other postdoctoral
applications, but the rewards are also highly attractive, and we can
potentially help navigate the application process more efficiently. Anyone
interested in applying may contact me directly, please include a CV and a
brief description of a potential project topic.

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/>.

Friendly Greetings,

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