More than 6,000 new projectsannually in FRIS
FRIS comprises a growing number of research projects of the Flemish knowledge institutions. In 2024 nearly 7000 newly started projects were reported. Most of them are situated in the fields of Natural sciences and Medical and health sciences (each 23%). The Social sciences and Engineering and technology are equally strongly represented (20%). The Humanities and the arts (10%) and Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences (4%) account for the remainder of the projects. About 1% of the projects had no science disciplines assigned to them. The figures for 2025 are interim results (31/10/2025). Look in detail...
Annually more than 40,000 new publications in FRIS
Every year, more than 40,000 new publications are published in FRIS. These are mainly (about 73%) publications in scientific journals, book contributions (about 16%), books (9%) and patents (2%). The figures for 2024 and 2025 are preliminary results (as of 31/10/2025). Look in detail...
Projects in FRIS are mainly financed by the Flemish government
Institutions provide information to FRIS on publicly funded research. The projects listed in FRIS are mainly financed by the Flemish government (63%). 28% of the budget comes from Europe, about 8% comes from the federal government. Altogether these projects represent a yearly budget of more than 1,5 billion euros in 2024. Look in detail...
Each institution has its own specializations
Between the individual institutions, there is a certain variation in the distribution across the various disciplines. The data displayed are those of projects started during the last five years (till 31/10/2025. Only institutions with at least 10 projects in the selected time period are shown. Look in detail...
The publication profile of research in Flanders
The profile of research disciplines Flemish researchers are publishing in changes with time. The relative importance of some of the research disciplines has been increasing during the last 8 years such as Engineering and to a lesser extent also Geosciences & Space Sciences and Mathematics. For other research disciplines, the relative importance has been decreasing such as biology, biosciences and chemistry. The accompanying figure is based on publications in Web of Science Journals. The figure indicates the relative importance of the research disciplines for the FRIS dataproviders (within Flanders) and thus does not reflect the specialisation of research in Flanders compared to the world standard. Look in detail...