ESCMID Call for Applications: ESCMID CAREer Grant 2023 (for ESCMID members)
The ESCMID CAREer Grant is aimed at ESCMID members working in the fields of clinical microbiology, infectious diseases and infection control who need support to advance their scientific careers whilst looking after their children.
The ESCMID CAREer Grant, by paying a support person (scientific/technical staff member or assistant), allows the recipient to reduce his/her work-time percentage from 100% to 80% or from 80% to 60%. The grant contributes to the salary of a support person by financing him/her with the 20% of the gross salary (full-time, 100%) of the recipient for a maximum of 2 consecutive years. However, the entire grant may not exceed EURO 20’000/year.
Eligibility criteria:
- You have a valid Young Scientist or Full ESCMID membership.
- You are a postdoc (or equivalent) or a doctoral student leading a research project in the field of basic/clinical microbiology, infectious diseases, infection control.
- You work in a public research Institute or in a public or private hospital. Applications from employees of companies/start-up research firms will not be considered.
- You intend to reduce your working time by 20%.
- You and your supervisor agreed that a support person would work on your research project.
- You have at least one child below 5 years of age or suffer from an unexpected situation (disease, ill parents care, …) that impedes you to work fulltime / go on with your training.
Read more here.
Application deadline January 15, 2023.
