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We invite you to check out the offer of EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships, awarded for up to two years and supporting outstanding scientists with a doctoral degree in laboratories all over Europe and the world.

Programme description

EMBO funds basic research in the (molecular) life sciences. Information on the EMBO subject areas is available on our website at: http://www.embo.org/about-embo/subject-areas .

Fellowships are awarded for a period of 24 months although shorter durations can be requested. The minimum fellowship duration that can be requested is 12 months. Fellowships must be started within one calendar year from the relevant evaluation cutoff.

Main eligibility criteria:

  • Applicants must hold a doctorate degree or equivalent at the start of the fellowship.
  • Applicants who already hold a PhD at the time of application are eligible to apply only if they obtained it during the two years prior to the date the application is complete.
  • Applicants must have at least one first author publication accepted in or published in an international peer reviewed journal at the time of application.
  • All applications must involve movement between countries.
  • Applications to go to the country in which the PhD was obtained will not be considered.
  • Applications to return to a laboratory where the candidate has worked in the past for more than six months, either in one or in several visits will not be considered.
  • Applications for an EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship to be held in the laboratory, institute or department in which the candidate worked to obtain the PhD, or to work again with the candidate’s supervisor, no matter where the latter is located, will not be considered.
  • Candidates who have already started working in the host laboratory can apply only if they have been working in the host laboratory for less than six months at the time the application is complete.
  • Candidates can only submit one application for one project at one host laboratory at each round of selection.
  • Reapplication is permissible only once.

There are TWO ANNUAL EVALUATION DEADLINES for EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships:

Second Friday of February, 14:00 Central European Time: First evaluation deadline. Complete applications up to this deadline will enter the evaluation process. Results for this round will be announced at the end of May or beginning of June.

Second Friday of August, 14:00 Central European Summer Time: Second evaluation deadline. Complete applications up to this deadline will enter the evaluation process. Results for this round will be announced at the end of November or beginning of December.

Source: www.embo.org

Deadline

11.02.2021 14:00:00

Timeline

0-5 weeks after cutoff date. First stage of evaluation: pre-screening

6-14 weeks after cutoff date. Second stage of evaluation: interview

14-17 weeks after cutoff date. Third stage of evaluation: selection

 

Research discipline

Exact and environmental sciences

Amount of contribution

The grant rate depends on the country being visited

Types of eligible costs

  1. Contract: kwota uzależniona od kraju: LINK
  2. Child care allowance: W przypadku dzieci poniżej szóstego roku życia stypendyści mogą ubiegać się o zasiłek z tytułu poniesionych kosztów opieki nad dzieckiem do kwoty 2500 EUR na rok stypendialny i na dziecko.
  3. Relocation allowance: przeznaczony na pokrycie kosztów podróży do kwoty 5 000 euro dla współmałżonka i jego rodziny
    do instytutu przyjmującego.

Call / programme recipient

Post-doc

Update date

11.12.2020

Contact

International Cooperation Center:
tel. 81 537 54 58/54 98
e-mail: cwm@umcs.pl