EMBO Call for Applications: Young Investigator Programme
Through the Young Investigator Programme, EMBO identifies and supports some of the best young researchers in the life sciences. EMBO Young Investigators are group leaders in the early stages of setting up an independent laboratory in the European Molecular Biology Conference (EMBC) Member or Associate Member States. They receive financial and practical support for a period of four years to help them develop skills and connections that will help them during this career stage.
EMBO Young Investigators receive a financial award of 15,000 euros in their second year. They can also apply for additional small grants of up to 10,000 euros per year.
Networking is a key aspect of the programme, and Young Investigators benefit from extensive practical support, including:
- Networking
- Support for Young Investigators
- Support for Young Investigators laboratories
Eligibility:
- Applicants should have been an independent group leader for at least one year and less than four years at the pre-application deadline (no earlier than 01.04.2017 and no later than 01.04.2020).
- Applicants should have an excellent track record.
- Candidates must do research in the life sciences (see EMBO subject areas) in an EMBC Member State or an EMBC Associate Member State (currently India and Singapore) or countries / territories covered by a cooperation agreement (currently Chile and Taiwan).
- Medical scientists working in the fields related to general EMBO subject areas are eligible to apply.
- Applicants are expected to have obtained sufficient funding to run their laboratory (consumables, lab space, salary for themselves and their staff).
- Applicants must have published at least one last author research paper in an international peer reviewed journal from independent work carried out in their own laboratory. EMBO will consider papers published on preprint servers (arXiv, BioRxiv, PeerJ., etc.) but a last author publication in an international peer reviewed journal is still a requirement. Your last author paper should have “accepted” status by the time of the interview (9 or 10 November, 2021). If your PhD or postdoc supervisor is included as an author on the paper, please explain their contribution to the work.
- Applicants must be able to attend an interview in Heidelberg, Germany, or optionally online, on 9 or 10 November 2021.
Read more here.
Pre-applications deadline April 1, 2021.
