La Caixa Banking Foundation is offering 35 fellowships for early-stage researchers of any nationality to pursue their PhD studies in the best Spanish and Portuguese research centres and units with excellence distinction. This frame is addressed exclusively to PhD research projects on STEM disciplines: life sciences and health, experimental sciences, physics, chemistry and mathematics. Application deadline January 25, 2023.

The GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Africa Open Lab’s next call for research proposals focused on funding innovative high-quality infectious disease research is now open with up to £75,000 available per award. The aim is to fund projects whilst supporting the professional development of future African research leaders based in sub–Saharan Africa (SSA). Proposal deadline February 17, 2023.

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. Application deadline January 15, 2023.

For a number of years, the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) has acted as the nomination body for the Postdoctoral Fellowships of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). In 2023, the SNSF can propose two researchers to the JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 for research in Japan which enables researchers in Switzerland to stay in Japan for 12 to 24 months. Application deadline January 12, 2023. 

The Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet DTP (SSCP DTP) of the Imperial College London calls for PhD applicants. The SSCP DTP will award 16 fully funded NERC studentships in 2023-24.  Applicants can choose from projects which have been proposed by various Imperial academics and researchers from our partner institutions. Application deadline January 6, 2023.