EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026

The EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship Program supports outstanding postdoctoral researchers in the life sciences, promoting international exchange across EMBC Member States and global partner countries.

🌟 About EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships

The EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship Program aims to:

• Provide advanced training opportunities for postdoctoral researchers in the life sciences.
• Foster international collaboration and exchange among researchers.

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 countries outside EMBC Member States will receive a stipend.

✅ Eligibility Criteria

To apply for the EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships, applicants must meet the following requirements:

1. Doctorate Requirement:

   • Applicants must hold a doctorate or equivalent at the start of the fellowship.
   • Applicants who already hold a PhD are eligible only if they obtained it within two years prior to the application submission date.

2. Publication Requirement:

   • Applicants must have at least one first-author publication (research paper) accepted or published in an international peer-reviewed journal at the time of application.

3. Mobility Requirement:

   • All applications must involve movement between countries (detailed mobility requirements are available in the EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships guidelines).
   • Applications to the country where the PhD was obtained will not be considered.
   • Applications to return to a laboratory where the candidate has worked for more than six months will not be considered.
   • Applications to work in the laboratory, institute, or department where the PhD was obtained, or with the PhD supervisor, will not be considered.

4. Host Laboratory Requirement:

   • Candidates who have already started working in the host laboratory can apply only if they have been working there for less than six months at the time of application.
   • Candidates can submit only one application for one project at one host laboratory per selection round.
   • Reapplication is permissible only once.

5. Project Requirement:

   • Projects that are a direct continuation of the PhD work are not eligible.

📅 Application Date and Process

• Application Deadline: 23 January 2026
• To apply, visit the EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships application portal.

🔗 Additional Information

For more details about the fellowship, visit the EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships page.

• 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.