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Cleantech 4
Wallonia & Vaasa

C4W is a joint postdoctoral fellowship programme run by the University of Mons (Belgium) and the University of Vaasa (Finland), co-funded by the European Union through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA-COFUND N°101261746).

Over 60 months, C4W will fund 25 postdoctoral fellowships of 30 months each, recruited through two open, competitive calls. Fellows will carry out ambitious research projects across the full scope of cleantech while benefiting from structured career development, international mobility, and direct industry engagement.

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Beyond the research grant

Scientific excellence

Access two research ecosystems in one fellowship — UMONS’s industrial decarbonisation expertise and UVAASA’s energy-sector powerhouse — with possible joint supervision, shared infrastructure, and a fast-track to European networks like EUNICE.

Built for real-world impact

Every fellow completes a secondment within a partner company or university. This isn’t research in isolation; it’s research that lands directly where it’s needed: in the labs, plants, and boardrooms driving the energy transition.

A launchpad for your career

From a dedicated entrepreneurial pathway to seed funding for spin-offs, C4W doesn’t just fund your research. It invests in what comes next, whether that’s academia, industry, or your own start-up.

Kuvaaja: Christoffer Björklund.

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C4W in numbers

A €6.27M investment — co-funded by the European Union — built on two decades of research excellence in Wallonia and Finland.

The Programme

25

postodoctoral fellowships

15 UMONS

10 UVAASA

30

months/fellowship

2

calls for applications

The research power behind

14+

Research Institutes

1500

senior researchers

950

PhD candidates

9

EUNICE alliance countries

Timeline

The road to C4W

Launching

  • November 2025 : EU Funding decision
  • August 2026 : Partnership Agreement Signature
  • September 2026 : Official Launching

1st Call

  • November 05 2026 : Opening Call 1
  • February 05 2027: Deadline Call 1
  • End May 2027 : Funding Decision Call 1
  • July-Sept. 2027 : Starting individual projects

2nd Call

  • September 15 2027 : Opening Call 2
  • December 15 2027: Deadline Call 2
  • Mid April 2028 : Funding Decision Call 2
  • June-August 2028 : Starting individual projects

End of the project

  • August 31 2031

News

Our latest news

  • The C4W Website is live !

    Your gateway to the first C4W call for postdoctoral fellowships is open. Guides, deadlines, PIs and more — all in…