KU Leuven

KU Leuven Research Projects (Onderzoeksprojecten) API

ICTS Data Services index over the KU Leuven research database, the richest surface in the estate. Beyond free search it publishes three stored search templates — projectsbyou (by organigram unit code), projectsbyuid (by one or more u-numbers) and projectsbyquery (free text) — with documented from, size, startDate, endDate, sort and `all` parameters. Confirmed live 2026-08-19. The physical index name returned on each hit was onderzoeksproject_2025-04-09, meaning the data had not been rebuilt in over sixteen months.

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https://admin.kuleuven.be/icts/services/dataservices/onderzoeksdatabank/onderzoeksprojecten-api-elasticsearch-versie-6.x

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Lifecycle
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ku-leuven/refs/heads/main/lifecycle/ku-leuven-lifecycle.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: ku-leuven:research-projects
x-operator: institution
x-surface-class: OpenData
x-surface: ku-leuven-data-services
name: KU Leuven Research Projects (Onderzoeksprojecten) API
description: ICTS Data Services index over the KU Leuven research database, the richest surface in the
  estate. Beyond free search it publishes three stored search templates — projectsbyou (by organigram
  unit code), projectsbyuid (by one or more u-numbers) and projectsbyquery (free text) — with documented
  from, size, startDate, endDate, sort and `all` parameters. Confirmed live 2026-08-19. The physical index
  name returned on each hit was onderzoeksproject_2025-04-09, meaning the data had not been rebuilt in
  over sixteen months.
humanURL: https://admin.kuleuven.be/icts/services/dataservices/onderzoeksdatabank/onderzoeksprojecten-api-elasticsearch-versie-6.x
baseURL: https://dataservice.kuleuven.be/onderzoeksproject
tags:
- Research
- Project
- Open Data
- Education
tags_raw:
- Research
- Projects
- Open Data
- Education
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://admin.kuleuven.be/icts/services/dataservices/onderzoeksdatabank/onderzoeksprojecten-api-elasticsearch-versie-6.x
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/ku-leuven-lifecycle.yml