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Bridging Excellence Postdoctoral Fellowships

Offered by EMBL | Stanford Life Science Alliance

Make your mark as a transatlantic scientist! The EMBL | Stanford Life Science Alliance invites researchers to submit an application to the Bridging Excellence Postdoctoral Program. With a network of over 50 labs from across EMBL and Stanford University, we believe in working together to leverage the know-how, technologies and opportunities at both leading institutions to accelerate biological research. Our Bridging Excellence Fellowships support ambitious and creative joint projects, defined by postdoctoral applicants. The fellowships provide funding for a 3-year EMBL stipend, lab consumables, a generous travel and accommodation supplement for visit(s) to Stanford, and funds for presenting at an international conference. Your role We invite all eligible researchers to submit a proposal describing a collaboration between at least one lab at EMBL and one faculty member from the Stanford University School of Medicine or the Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences. This collaboration should build on the strengths of the partner laboratories, as well as the researchers own expertise. Fellowships will be awarded to researchers, who take up a position as a postdoctoral fellow at EMBL for 3 years. During this time, fellows will spend up to one year visiting their collaborators in Stanford to work on the joint research project (multiple visits totalling 1 year are permitted). In addition to benefitting from the mentorship from two expert supervisors, fellows will also be able to take advantage of postdoctoral training opportunities from both institutions. Funding Successful postdoctoral researchers will be awarded three-year fellowships from the EMBL | Stanford Life Science Alliance. Postdocs will be employed at EMBL for the duration of their fellowship and spend up to one year visiting their collaborators at Stanford University. The visits to Stanford can be distributed throughout the duration of the fellowship (i.e. multiple visits totaling up to 1 year are possible). The fellowship includes funding for: • A standard 3 year EMBL stipend (including family allowances and social security benefits: more information here). • A contribution towards lab consumables. • A travel and accommodation supplement for visit(s) to Stanford. • Funds for attending an international conference. Eligibility We invite applications in all fields, from any eligible researcher regardless of nationality, gender, or scientific background. Postdocs who have held their PhD degree no more than 2 years before the application are eligible for a fellowship. Students who are currently pursuing their PhD are able to apply, provided you have been awarded your PhD before taking up the fellowship. Please read the applicant guideline provided on our website for full eligibility criteria.

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