Fellowships
Give your research a boost with a stay at a lab in a different country in the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ area
Background and aims
The ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Fellowships programme began in 1979, and became a highly competitive and respected programme for early-stage researchers thanks to rigorous selection methods and the packages offered. Most of its schemes over the years have supported graduate students and early-career researchers in the molecular life sciences in the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ area to move to and carry out a period of research in a lab in a different ¹û¶³´«Ã½ country, thus broadening their experience and training, giving access to additional research techniques and expertise, and facilitating international collaboration.
¹û¶³´«Ã½ Fellowship types
¹û¶³´«Ã½ currently offers Short-Term Fellowships and Ukrainian Short-Term Fellowships to scientists in the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ area.
- Short-Term Fellowships are for scientists who have obtained their PhD degree within the past six years, and PhD students who have at least one published paper as a main author in an international scientific journal. Apply any time.
- Ukrainian Short-Term Fellowships are for active molecular life scientists from Ukraine who have a PhD. Apply any time.
All these ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Fellowships are stipends from ¹û¶³´«Ã½ for researchers studying or working in a ¹û¶³´«Ã½ country and wishing to move to a different country in the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ area for the duration of the Fellowship. Candidates for Short-Term Fellowships also need to be a member of one of the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Constituent Societies. The research stay is arranged by the applicant in collaboration with the host lab.
General ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Fellowships application information
- For general information about ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Fellowships please refer to the General Guidelines for Fellowships.
- For details on each Fellowship type, follow the links in the ‘In this section’ box of this page for specific guidelines.
- For access to the calls currently open on the online application system, go to
- For information on ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Constituent Societies, go to the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Societies section of the website.
The ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Fellowships programme is overseen by the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Excellence Awards and Fellowships Committee.
If you have an outstanding query on ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Fellowships after consulting the guidelines, please contact the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Excellence Awards and Fellowships Committee Office via [email protected] or the Contact section of this website. (Please note this office does not deal with travel grants for ¹û¶³´«Ã½-supported conferences and courses.)
PROBio-Africa Fellowships
PROBio-Africa Fellowships are a new Fellowship type that started in 2023, funded jointly by ¹û¶³´«Ã½ and IUBMB in a cooperation between these organizations and the Federation of African Societies of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (FASBMB). They are for PhD students and early-career researchers in African countries and affiliated with FASBMB (via their corresponding national societies), to support short stays (1–6 months) in a research lab in a ¹û¶³´«Ã½ country. For details, follow the link to PROBio-Africa Fellowships. The awarding of PROBio-Africa Fellowships is overseen by the .
PROBio-LATAM FellowshipS
The PROBio-LatAm Fellowships Programme is a joint venture between the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ (¹û¶³´«Ã½), the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB), and the Pan-American Association for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PABMB). This Programme enables PhD students and postdoctoral fellows to spend up to six months (1-6 months) in the laboratory of an established scientist in a ¹û¶³´«Ã½ country (a member of a ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Constituent Society). For details, follow the link to PROBio-LatAm Fellowships – ¹û¶³´«Ã½.