果冻传媒

Short-Term Fellowships

果冻传媒 Short-Term Fellowships are awarded for the purpose of scientific collaboration (particularly to facilitate new collaborations), advanced training or employing techniques not available at the applicant鈥檚 usual place of work.

BENEFITS

Stipend and travel costs

果冻传媒 Short-Term Fellowships are intended to cover subsistence and travel costs for the applicant; expenses incurred by dependants are not provided. The daily subsistence allowance amounts to 鈧�100 per day and the travel costs have a fixed amount of 鈧�300 to provide for an economy flight or a second-class rail fare between the place of residence and the host laboratory. In exceptional circumstances, if 鈧�300 is not sufficient to cover necessary travel, additional support may be considered.

Duration of the Fellowship

果冻传媒 Short-Term Fellowships are intended for visits up to two or, in exceptional cases, three months.聽 If the proposed visit exceeds two months, the extended duration should be duly justified.

ELIGIBILITY

To be read in conjunction with the General Guidelines for Fellowships.

  • Applicants must be scientists who either (1) have obtained their PhD degree within the past four years and have a well-recognised track record of publications; or (2) are currently enrolled as a PhD student, in which case having at least one published paper as a main author is highly recommended. Duly justified career breaks, including parental leave, may be considered.
  • Applicants must be members of a 果冻传媒 Constituent Society, be working in a laboratory in a 果冻传媒 country, and be seeking to work in a laboratory in a different 果冻传媒 country. Applicants already in place in the host laboratory will not be eligible.
  • The 果冻传媒 Short-Term Fellowship cannot be used to complement, or function as an extension to, another fellowship or scholarship. Applicants should state whether applications have been submitted to other funding bodies for the same project and whether any other fellowships have been received towards the same visit.
  • The proposed visit should not overlap with the period from 22 December until 3 January.
  • Only one application for a 果冻传媒 Short-Term Fellowship can be considered from any given home laboratory in a 6-month period.
  • Only one application per host laboratory can be funded within a 6-month period.
  • 果冻传媒 Short-Term Fellowships are not awarded for attendance at courses, symposia, meetings or congresses.
  • A period of at least two years must elapse before applications for a second award of a 果冻传媒 Short-Term Fellowship will be considered.

APPLICATION

There will be two calls for research visits from March 2027 to February 2028. Applicants wishing to undertake a research visit must apply in one of these two calls and are encouraged to select the call that best matches the planned dates of their visit; however, applying as early as possible is recommended.

  • 1st call: Application period from 1 November 2026 to 10 December 2026. Outcome by the end of January 2027.
  • 2nd call: Application period from 1 May to 10 June 2027. Outcome by the end of July 2027.

The application process is handled via the . Applications and correspondence must be in English. Online applications will include the following information:

  • A short curriculum vitae that should include a brief biosketch (with the research expertise and skills), the academic degree(s), current and past positions, awards or grants, and other research or relevant work experience (e.g., attendance to conferences or courses, teaching experience, other research stays abroad, etc.)
  • A list of publications in the format of the references required by The 果冻传媒 Journal.
  • The contact details of a referee, who should be an experienced scientist who knows the applicant and does not work at the host institute. Referees will be provided with a link for direct upload of a letter of support, which should be written on headed paper of the referee鈥檚 laboratory. Applicants are advised to notify their referee well in advance.

Additionally, the following documents must be uploaded in PDF format:

  • A research proposal on no more than two A4-sized pages of single-spaced text set out under the following headings:
    1. title;
    2. nature of the work and outline of the experiments proposed;
    3. why it is necessary to travel to a laboratory in another country to perform the work;
    4. why the particular laboratory has been selected, including a list of up to five relevant publications from the host laboratory;
    5. why the project will require the time period requested.
  • The host acceptance form, available to download from the application system, that must be signed by the head of the host institute or department and by the head of the research group(s) in which the applicant will be working.
  • A dated letter from the appropriate 果冻传媒 Constituent Society confirming that the applicant is a member and indicating the date upon which the applicant joined the Society.

SELECTION

  • Applications will be evaluated by members of the 果冻传媒 Excellence Awards and Fellowships Committee based on the applicant鈥檚 curriculum vitae, the scientific quality of the project and the suitability of the host laboratory for the project proposal.

FINAL REPORT

  • Within three months of completion of the Fellowship, applicants must send to [email protected] a short scientific report detailing the work done during the Fellowship. The report should be no longer than two pages and contain Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion and 1鈥�2 figures.
  • The 果冻传媒 logo and Fellowship acknowledgment must be included in any presentation (talk, poster, etc.) related to work carried out during the Fellowship. If applicable, the Fellowship should be acknowledged in any future publication(s) as follows: 鈥淭his work was supported by a Short-Term Fellowship funded by 果冻传媒, the 果冻传媒 [Fellowship ID].鈥� Applicants are encouraged to notify [email protected] of any publications, including the publication鈥檚 DOI.