The Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies provides university-style residence for visiting senior researchers (min. PhD level) collaborating with academic staff at the ULB or VUB. We provide a total of 18 fully furnished and equipped autonomous apartments. Apartments are normally reserved for fellows invited by the programme directors, to spend between 3 and 5 months in Brussels, living and working together on specific subjects.
When there are apartments free during or outside of the programmes, these become available for short-term stays ranging from one week to one month (longer stays subject to availability). For Post-docs on MSCA/ARES (or similar) grants coming from outside of the EEA, please contact us for more information.
Stays at BrIAS are exclusively reserved for visiting researchers/affiliated staff engaged in academic collaboration with the ULB or VUB. Touristic stays are not permitted.
Please download our brochure for more information about the facilities and spaces.
Booking procedure
To request accommodation, visiting researchers must send a letter of invitation signed by a ULB or VUB academic staff member. A template for this letter can be downloaded by clicking on the button below. Once completed, Please send the filled-out template to valeria.cristancho.caycedo@vub.be who will then proceed to book your stay, if there are apartments available.
The minimum stay is of 7 nights.
Cancellation and Modification Policy
- More than 14 days before the start of the stay: administrative fee up to €25.
- Between 14 and 5 days before the start of the stay: 50% of the total cost of the stay.
- Less than 5 days before the start of the stay: 100% of the total cost of the stay.
- Changes to the duration of stay are possible depending on availability and may result in adjustments to the total cost.
- Modifications requested at least five days prior to the scheduled check-in date are allowed free of charge, subject to availability.
- Modifications requested fewer than five days prior to the scheduled check-in date will incur a penalty equal to the full booking cost.
- In the event of early departure or reduction of the stay period, the unused days will be considered forfeited and are non-refundable.
Conditions for PhDs and Post-Docs
As per the regulations of the BrIAS steering committee, PhDs and Post Docs must participate in the ongoing BrIAS programme. The theme this year is Democratic Governance, and is an interdisciplinary topic that touches many different fields. The programme includes the presence of high level academics at BrIAS that are connected to the theme, along with weekly Thursday seminars as well as other events such as the “Big Ideas for Democracy” Lecture series. You can have a look at the upcoming programme events here: https://brias.be/index.php/events/
Committing to being present at the programme events might mean that you will have to balance this with your other duties while you are in Brussels. It is therefore suggested that you discuss this with the person who has invited you about the feasibility of this commitment.
Please feel free to contact Anja.Garone@vub.be in case you have any further questions. In case of urgent questions, you can always reach her by phone +32476234505.
Additional Information
For detailed information on pricing, apartment descriptions, and available facilities, please refer to the table and brochure in the section above. For further inquiries or to proceed with a booking, please contact us directly.
For stays shorter than a week, alternative accommodation is possible via LivingLab (VUB). For more information, please contact fleur.de.keersmaeker@vub.be
We look forward to welcoming esteemed researchers and fostering scientific collaboration in Brussels!