Skip to main content

Extra menu

  • My application
  • nl
  • fr
  • de
  • en
  • KBF Africa
  • KBF CANADA
  • KBFUS
  • Give2Asia
  • Myriad
  • Transnationalgivingeurope
  • BELvue
  • Fund Dr. Daniël De Coninck
  • Heritage
  • Queen Mathilde Fund
  • Prince Albert Fund
  • Prince Philip Fund
See our other websites
King Baudouin Foundation logo

Main navigation

    • Overview
    • Answer a call for projects
    • Fundraising
    • Overview
    • Centre for Philanthropy
    • Make a donation
    • Donations and bequests
    • Overview
    • Press releases
    • Publications and data
    • Stories
    • Events
    • Overview
    • Programmes
    • Financial management
    • Mission, vision, values
    • Measure impact
    • Governance
    • Working methods
    • Contact
    • Staff
    • KBF worldwide

Extra menu

  • My application
  • nl
  • fr
  • de
  • en
KBF in Belgium
  • BELvue
  • Fund Dr. Daniël De Coninck
  • Heritage
  • Queen Mathilde Fund
  • Prince Albert Fund
  • Prince Philip Fund
KBF worldwide
  • KBF Africa
  • KBF CANADA
  • KBFUS
  • Give2Asia
  • Myriad
  • Transnationalgivingeurope
See our other websites

Welcome to the search

Main navigation

    • Overview
    • Answer a call for projects
    • Fundraising
    • Overview
    • Centre for Philanthropy
    • Make a donation
    • Donations and bequests
    • Overview
    • Press releases
    • Publications and data
    • Stories
    • Events
    • Overview
    • Programmes
    • Financial management
    • Mission, vision, values
    • Measure impact
    • Governance
    • Working methods
    • Contact
    • Staff
    • KBF worldwide
Funds and philanthropic tools

Ernest du Bois (Fund)

Education and development of talentsSocial justice & poverty

Support for students whose studies have applications in the water sector and food industry, as well as for projects combatting water poverty.

What is it about?

The Ernest du Bois Fund is active and provides support in 2 areas.

In the academic field, it grants fellowships to young doctoral students who are interested in the challenges of water availability in Belgium and in the world. To this end, a call for applications is launched each year in June by the King Baudouin Foundation. The Fund also awards a fellowship through the Belgian American Educational Foundation to a young academic who wants to complete his or her education in the United States and whose project meets the needs of Belgian industry, primarily in the water or food industry. The Fund chooses its fellow from the selection of young people made by BAEF following its annual call for applications.

Since 2019, the Fund has also focused on the fight against water stress in Belgium. In particular, it has supported projects in 2019 and 2020 that help Belgian households in water poverty to identify and repair water leaks in their homes. These projects are analyzed in 2021 as part of the work of the Platform for the Fight against Energy and Water Poverty, coordinated by the Foundation.

Have benefited from support

Wouter Deleersnyder

Better typing/mapping of groundwater salinization in coastal areas

PhD research on improved processing of electromagnetic data and addition of uncertainty quantification, to produce a more accurate salinity map.

Read more

Albert Nkwasa

Impact of global changes on diffuse pollution of water resources in Africa

PhD research on diffuse source pollution (NPS pollution from agriculture, climate change) in Africa, to better predict this form of water pollution.

Read more

Belgian American Educational Foundation

Ernest du Bois Fonds: steun voor watersector en voedingsindustrie / Fonds Ernest du Bois : soutien au secteur de l'eau et à l'industrie alimentaire

Grant a scholarship to a Belgian student or researcher for studies or research related to the water sector or the food industry

Read more

Additional information

BAEF-scholarship
Laureates-Prize doctoral students

More info

2022 Ernest du Bois Prize for doctoral students

Support of a doctoral research on the theme of water

Read more

2021 Ernest du Bois Prize for doctoral students

Support of a doctoral research on the theme of water

Read more

Contact

For general information

KBF Contact Center
info@kbs-frb.be +32 2 500 4 555

For specific details

Patricia Van Houtte
vanhoutte.p@mandate.kbs-frb.be +32 2 549 61 55
Share
  • Facebook
  • Linkedin
  • Twitter

Stay informed about new Funds and philanthropic tools

Subscribe for e-news

Other calls

Prince Albert Fund

The Fund offers a grant to young university graduates to manage a one-year business development project outside Europe for a Belgian company.

See the call
Selection announced

Strandschelp Fund - Special Talent

The Strandschelp Fund supports initiatives by talented young people who leave Special Youth Care and/or related organisations or institutions in West Flanders.

See the call
Selection announced

Prince Albert Fund

The Fund offers a grant to young university graduates to manage a one-year business development project outside Europe for a Belgian company.

See the call
Selection announced
See all calls

Other publications

Census of Homeless People - Guide for local authorities

Guide for local authorities on how to organise a census in their area.

ZOOM La précarité énergétique en Belgique 2009-2018 / ZOOM Energiearmoede in België 2009-2018

In Belgium today, one in five households lives in energy poverty. New figures, facts and analyses.

Ere Numérique: le temps du débat / Het Digitale tijdperk: tijd voor een debat

Report of the Friday Group to the King Baudouin Foundation: to further enrich public debate, the thoughts of ten researchers on the place of digital technology in our society.
See all publications and figures

Other philantrophy

Superstar

Windvision (Fund)

Social justice & poverty

Support to projects for the protection of the environment and/or for the development of social cohesion in Belgium and France.

Read more

College of Europe (Fund Friends of)

Education and development of talents

Philanthropists provide a full or partial scholarship for a student studying diplomacy, economics, politics or law at the Europa College.

Read more

Ashoka Belgium (Friends of Fund)

Education and development of talents

Philanthropists support the projects of the aisbl Ashoka Belgium which promotes and supports the realisation of a world in which everyone is an agent of change.

Read more
See all Funds or philanthropic tools

Other press releases

Homelessness: establishing numbers to better fight the problem

17 03 2022
Social justice & poverty

Results of homelessness counts, organised at the end of 2021 on the initiative of the KBF in Charleroi, Namur, the southern part of West Flanders and the Vilvoorde area.

Read more

Counting the number of homeless people in order to come up with effective solutions

26 07 2021
Social justice & poverty

Read more

Other stories
Inspiring engagement!

More than a roof over your head

Housing Migration, Integration & Inclusion

In late 2019 Zinab, from Syria, moved with her children into a home in Boechout. A good reason for a festive diner.
Read more

The search for somewhere to live: yes, but not alone!

Migration, Integration & Inclusion Housing

This photo was taken before the COVID-19 crisis. "The ‘sliding tenancy’ reassures owners and increases the opportunities for vulnerable people to find somewhere to live."
Amancay Egas Torres
Collectif de Femmes
Read more

From the Ardennes to Taiwan: an assignment that changed a life

Talented individuals

"Being outside my comfort zone, I was able to discover a new sector and develop new skills."
Justine Thiry
Prince Albert Fund grantee
Read more

Working together for a better society

More about KBF

FAQ

Social justice & poverty
Health
Heritage and culture
Social engagement
International
Education and development of talents
Europe
Climate, the environment and biodiversity

Footer

Go to

  • Jobs at KBF
  • FAQ
  • Privacy
  • Contact

KBF Websites

Worldwide and in Belgium

SEE OUR OTHER WEBSITES

Stay in touch

Subscribe for e-news
Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Youtube Instagram