Funder: European Molecular Biology Organization
Due Dates: January 22, 2027, 14:00 CET (Spring cutoff) | July 9, 2027, 14:00 CEST (Autumn cutoff) | Rolling (Submissions)
Funding Amounts: Country-specific salary or stipend for 12–24 months, plus eligible relocation and child-related support
Summary: Supports excellent, internationally mobile postdoctoral researchers pursuing biological research in Europe and worldwide.
Key Information: Each host laboratory may support only one candidate per selection round.
Description
EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships support excellent postdoctoral researchers throughout Europe and around the world, with international mobility central to the programme. Proposals must address a biological question, explore mechanisms behind biological phenomena and produce biological insight, rather than remain purely descriptive or observational. Mechanistic research may concern molecules, cells, tissues, organisms, populations or ecosystems.
The fellowship combines salary or stipend support with assistance for eligible relocation and fellows with children. Awardees join the global EMBO Fellows’ Network and can access laboratory leadership training. Basic biological research in industrial or for-profit laboratories can qualify, but work intended to develop commercial products or procedures without a fundamental biological question does not.
