Medical research
Support for scientific medical research that addresses major needs in society.
Medical progress does not fall from the sky; it comes after long and costly years of research. It is work that opens the door to new therapeutic treatments for the benefit of patients and those near and dear to them. Thanks to the means made available by philanthropists, the King Baudouin Foundation supports research in healthcare at Belgian and European levels, complementing public investment and working alongside partners in the public and private sectors.
Our activities
- supporting medical research projects and providing grants to top level researchers in various fields of health, including rare diseases, cancer, neurology, cardiology and rheumatology
- notable research on rare diseases, thanks to significant resources allocated by the Generet Fund, which awards a Prize of one million euros to a leading researcher each year
- developing ‘niche approaches’ that are not financed by others but focus on innovation.
Medical research is part of the programme Health
Calls for projects
Transdisciplinary research on patient value in cancer research
Call for a transdisciplinary research team to develop the concept of patient value and stimulate actors in cancer research to put it central in their research efforts
Research on epilepsy & autism
Fund Victoria: Innovative research on shared underlying pathophysiological mechanisms in epilepsy and autism
Ongoing
Research on rare genetic neuromuscular diseases
Funds Cremers-Opdebeeck & Walter Pyleman : support to research on rare genetic neuromuscular diseases
OngoingGrantees
Fonds Erasme de l’ULB
Project of Marie Delhaye supported by the Fund Jeanne & Alice Van de Voorde : 'The incidence of eating disorders in adolescence has been increasing since 2020. Many very frag…
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Project of Kris Baetens supported by the Fund Jeanne & Alice Van de Voorde : Self-report measures employed in the assessment of EDs are prone to problems of non-disclosure an…
KU Leuven
Project of Aernout Luttun (KU Leuven) : "Cardiomyopathies (CMs) are diseases of the heart with a heterogeneous origin. Despite this diversity, all CMs are treated with general sy…
Publications & data
Partnerships, missions, specific initiatives
Funds and philanthropic tools
Press Releases
Stories
From asthma research to better treatment for cystic fibrosis complications?
Medical research
"When we see a patient whose cystic fibrosis is deteriorating, it is often hard to identify the cause. There is a need for better diagnosis of allergic reactions to fungi."
Pancreatic cancer: gradually untangling a complex knot
Medical research
“In families where there are more cases of pancreatic cancer, we are also seeing an association with colon and breast cancer.”
New perspective on DNA variations leads to explanation for rare disease
Medical research
“We have shown that it is also worthwhile to look at the variants just before and just after genes.”