EMBL Call for Applications: EIPOD-LinC Fellowship Programme

EMBL is calling for application for the EIPOD-LinC Fellowship Programme, a Postdoctoral fellowship programme supporting promising researchers from around the world who are passionate about interdisciplinary research. 

Fellows work on self-designed interdisciplinary research projects in the context of the EMBL research programme: Molecules to Ecosystems. The overarching goal of the research programme is to drive our understanding of life on earth and inform potential solutions to society’s biggest challenges such as irreversible loss of biodiversity, antimicrobial resistance, pollution, climate change, food security and emergent pathogens. A detailed summary of the individual themes are available on the EMBL webpages 

Eligibility requirements: 

• Prior association (including visitor contracts) of a postdoctoral candidate with EMBL and/or a Member State partner is compatible with application to the programme but cannot exceed 12 months within the last 3 years prior to the submission deadline. Prior association relates to having worked with a person/group. It can include having done a Ph.D. or Postdoc with the supervisor or having been a visitor in their lab/group. Any previous association must be indicated on the application form.
• All applicants must include a partner lab from an EMBL MS who will participate in the research project as a co-supervisor. The partner can be from an academic institute, industry or clinic. Successful applicants will spend between 3 months to 1 year in the MS lab on research secondment.

Funding details:

• EIPOD-LinC fellows receive 3 year fully funded contracts based on the EMBL site at which they are based. The 2025 Postdoctoral Fellowship rates are available here. Fellows with a Member State (MS) partner can request a 6-month extension of their contract provided that they spend 1 year of their 3-year fellowship in the MS partner lab.
• The EMBL HR pages provide an overview of the Laboratory’s conditions of employment. Positions come with:
  • Social securities including health insurance, unemployment insurance and pension scheme
  • Travel and accommodation support to visit partner labs (EMBL and external if relevant)
  • Allowances: family allowance for fellows in a union and children’s allowance if relevant

Read more here.

Application deadline, 2nd of February 2026.