ESPID Call for Applications: Fellowship Award

The European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) offers up to three Fellowship Awards annually. The fellowships can take place outside or within applicants’ own institutions and countries subject to criteria. The goal of the fellowship award is to stimulate basic or clinical research that utilizes advanced techniques and methods to improve the health of children by prevention or management of infectious diseases.

Eligibility: 

• Applicants must be good standing ESPID members  at the time of the deadline (click here to download the ESPID “good standing” member criteria) and membership fees must be paid up in full before the application.
• On the day of the application deadline, you must be within maximum 16 years of your Medical qualification, or, if you are not medically qualified, your PhD or the highest degree you hold. A scanned copy of relevant degree certificate showing the date it was awarded must be submitted with the application. Time tolerance is given for those individuals who have taken a career break for maternity, adoption or any other personal reasons. In such case, the 16 years limit will be extended by the total length of time taken out of work. A written confirmation, signed by the department head, will be requested. Applications will be considered on an individual basis where a supporting letter explaining special circumstances is received and special leave will still be taken into consideration and discussed with the ESPID Board.
• Applications from individuals who have previously received an ESPID fellowship of this kind will not be considered. (Previous recipients of other ESPID awards, including small grant and travel awards and training fellowships are not excluded).
• Candidates must possess a medical qualification (MD or equivalent) and\or PhD – selection preference will be given to physician scientists.
• Applicants must be progressing towards a career combining research and clinical work in paediatric infectious diseases. At the time of application, applicants must provide evidence that they are on this trajectory.
• The award will provide support for a minimum of 18 months and a maximum of four years of training, during which time the applicant will be expected to devote a major proportion (at least 50% of time) working on the research project described in the application. It is expected that candidates will spend the agreed period of the fellowship, and absolute minimum of 18 months, working in and living near the host centre.
• Other funding may be required to cover the costs of the research project as a whole and the applicant is expected to present a full funding scheme including potential other resources as part of the project plan
• At least one out of the mentor supervising the fellow at the host institution (if applicable) or the fellow’s supervisor at their home institution must be a member of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases in “good standing” (click here to download the ESPID “good standing” member criteria). The former must directly and personally supervise the fellow during the visit to the host institution. For fellowships being undertaken at the home institution, it is understood that there is only one supervisor who must comply with these regulations.
• The fellowship training can take place anywhere in the world, including own country or institution provided the regulation regarding European region (above) is met.

The maximum total support offered is 100,000 EUR. Applications for any sum up to this maximum will be considered. This support will be paid in instalments annually in advance over the agreed duration of the award (18 months to 4 years, subject to approval of annual progress reports). The support is intended to help provide personal support for the fellow (salary, tuition fees and other direct personal costs including travel costs for the fellow +/- her/his family between home and the host institution if required).

Read more here. 

Proposals deadline December 1, 2022.