EMBO Call for Applications: Young Investigator Programme

  • EMBO_logo

Through the Young Investigator Programme, EMBO identifies and supports some of the best young researchers in the life sciences. The EMBO Young Investigator Programme supports life scientists who have been group leaders for less than four years at the time of application in setting up their laboratories. Young Investigators receive financial support for networking for four years and benefit from training opportunities, support for their lab members and mentoring. They become part of an international network of more than 700 current and former EMBO Young Investigators, Installation Grantees and Global Investigators.

Networking is a key aspect of the programme, and Young Investigators benefit from extensive practical support, including:

  1. Networking
  2. Support for Young Investigators
  3. Support for Young Investigators laboratories

Eligibility:

  • Applicants must have been an independent group leader for at least one year and for less than four years at the pre-application deadline (i.e having started no earlier than 1 April 2020 and no later than 1 April 2023), for the application round 2024.
  • Applicants must have an excellent track record.
  • Applicants must carry out research in the life sciences (please see EMBO Subject Areas)  in an EMBC Member State, an EMBC Associate Member State (currently India and Singapore) or in countries or territories covered by a co-operation agreement (currently Taiwan and Chile).
  • For the application round 2024, current PIs or Co-PIs (as of 21st of February 2024) of the following programmes of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) are eligible to apply: ASPIRE, FOREST (in Japanese known as “創発的研究支援事業”), PRESTO (in Japanese known as “さきがけ”), ACT-X.
  • Applicants must have sufficient funding to run their laboratory.
  • Applicants must have published at least one senior author research paper* in an international peer-reviewed journal from independent work carried out in their own laboratory.
  • Applicants must be able to attend an online interview, in November 2024 (date TBC).

Funding details:

  • 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

Read more here. 

Important dates:

  1. Pre-application deadline – April 1, 2024.
  2. Full application deadline –  July 17, 2024.
  • EMBO_logo
SHARE

Upcoming opportunities