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Background and aims

The Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ 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 Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ area to move to and carry out a period of research in a lab in a different Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ country, thus broadening their experience and training, giving access to additional research techniques and expertise, and facilitating international collaboration.

Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Fellowship types

Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ currently offers Short-Term Fellowships and Ukrainian Short-Term Fellowships to scientists in the Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ 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 Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Fellowships are stipends from Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ for researchers studying or working in a Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ country and wishing to move to a different country in the Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ area for the duration of the Fellowship. Candidates for Short-Term Fellowships also need to be a member of one of the Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Constituent Societies. The research stay is arranged by the applicant in collaboration with the host lab.

General Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Fellowships application information

• For general information about Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ 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 Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Constituent Societies, go to the Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Societies section of the website.

The Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Fellowships programme is overseen by the Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Excellence Awards and Fellowships Committee.

If you have an outstanding query on Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Fellowships after consulting the guidelines, please contact the Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ 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 Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ-supported conferences and courses.)

PROBio-Africa Fellowships

PROBio-Africa Fellowships are a new Fellowship type that started in 2023, funded jointly by Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ 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 Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ 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 Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ (Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ), 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 Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ country (a member of a Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Constituent Society). For details, follow the link to PROBio-LatAm Fellowships – Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ.