Applications are currently being accepted for the EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it
About EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships
The EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship Program provides support to outstanding postdoctoral researchers to pursue advanced training in the life sciences and promotes international exchange across EMBC Member States and global partner countries
- Sponsor Organisation: EMBO
Benefits of EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships
- EMBO provides grants for host institutions in EMBC Member States to issue employment contracts to EMBO Fellows.
- Fellows working in other countries than EMBC Member States will receive a stipend.
EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships Requirements
- Applicants must hold a doctorate or equivalent at the start of the fellowship.
- Applicants who already hold a PhD at the time of application are eligible to apply only if they obtained it during the two years prior to the date the application is submitted.
- Applicants must have at least one first author publication (research paper) accepted in or published in an international peer reviewed journal at the time of application.
- All applications must involve movement between countries (detailed information about mobility requirements is listed in the EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships guidelines).
- Applications to go to the country in which the PhD was obtained will not be considered.
- Applications to return to a laboratory where the candidate has worked in the past for more than six months, either in one or in several visits will not be considered.
- Applications for an EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship to be held in the laboratory, institute or department in which the candidate worked to obtain the PhD, or to work again with the candidate’s supervisor, no matter where the latter is located, will not be considered.
- Candidates who have already started working in the host laboratory can apply only if they have been working in the host laboratory for less than six months at the time the application is submitted.
- Candidates can only submit one application for one project at one host laboratory at each round of selection.
- Reapplication is permissible only once.
- Projects that are a direct continuation of the PhD work are not eligible.
Application Date and Process
- Click on the link to the application website to apply.
Application Deadline
23 January, 2026
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