Institute for Advanced Study is currently accepting applications for its College for Life Sciences Fellowship for Early-Career Researchers 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About Institute for Advanced Study - College for Life Sciences Fellowship for Early-Career Researchers
The College for Life Sciences Fellowship is a professional development and academic fellowship program for early-career postdoctoral researchers working in life sciences and medicine.
The program provides fellows with the opportunity to temporarily step away from daily laboratory work and teaching responsibilities to focus on intellectual development, research planning, academic writing, and collaboration in an international scientific environment.
Based in Berlin, Germany, the fellowship brings together researchers from diverse life science disciplines to encourage interdisciplinary exchange and scientific innovation.
Benefits of Institute for Advanced Study - College for Life Sciences Fellowship for Early-Career Researchers
- A full stipend based on your previous salary
- on-campus studio accommodation in Berlin, mainly institute financed, a negotiable amount self-financed
- access to its library and IT services
- daily meetings and lively discussions with all Fellows
- weekly colloquia
- annually changing focus groups on contemporary scientific questions
- scientific exchange with the research community of Berlin, Germany, and beyond
- the possibility to invite your scientists of interest to the Wissenschaftskolleg
- the possibility to organize workshops on scientific topics you are interested in and to invite relevant scientists
- replacement or substitution costs (Rotationsstellen)
Institute for Advanced Study - College for Life Sciences Fellowship for Early-Career Researchers Requirements
- They invite applications from all life scientists who have obtained their Ph.D., MD, or Dr. med. and we foster postdoctoral fellows up to the level of lecturer, junior/assistant professors, and junior principal investigators working in all life science disciplines.
- They require that you have at least one lead-author publication in a peer-reviewed journal. There are no restrictions as to which life science discipline, nationality, or age. If you have been a principal investigator for longer than five years, though, you are advised to apply for a regular fellowship at the Wissenschaftskolleg. Applications from scientists working at institutions in Berlin cannot be taken into consideration.
Application Date and Process
- Click on the link to the application website to apply.
Application Deadline
01 November, 2026
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