The joint ERS | EMBO Fellowships Programme is a new collaboration between EMBO and the European Respiratory Society (ERS) started in December 2012. The goal of this joint programme is to encourage collaboration between clinicians and basic researchers and to bring more clinicians into basic science. Building European expertise in the area of respiratory health and promoting excellence in molecular biology research is key for both organisations.

ERS | EMBO joint fellowships are basic science fellowships in respiratory science with a research project in molecular biology.

Applicants - Eligibility criteria:  The ERS is interested in offering such fellowships particularly to clinicians working in the field of respiratory medicine.

- Candidates should be actively engaged in research/science/practice that is relevant to respiratory medicine, and have appropriate scientific or medical qualifications.

- Applicants must be postgraduates holding a university degree in medicine/science (MD, MSc, PhD, MD-PhD). As a minimum requirement, applicants need to have graduated with an MD, MSc or equivalent at the time of application. Candidates may also be qualified healthcare professionals (non-MD) working in respiratory medicine/health (nurses, physiotherapists, respiratory function technologists, allied respiratory professionals).

- As the purpose of the fellowship is to bring clinicians into the field of basic science, candidates who have a strong clinical background (MDs and MDs-PhDs) will be favoured and prioritized during the selection process.

- All applications must involve intra-European exchange with either home or host country being an EMBC Member State.

- Candidates should not have been already at the host institute for more than 7 months at the time of application.

- Candidates must be ERS members (membership fee is free for members under 35 years).

Note: When applying, the applications must already involve an agreement with the hosting/receiving Institute where the fellowship will be carried out. Supplementary reference forms by the Home Supervisor and by a referee in their home country should be provided during the application process.

Duration: Four short-term fellowships for one to three months will be granted.

Funding Scheme: Grants are funded according to the personal (number of children under 16 years of age) and professional circumstances of the Fellow and the Host country. They will include:

- A fixed amount per month per fellow to provide the recipient with a subsistence allowance to cover the Fellow’s living costs, and

- A flat rate for travelling expenses of the fellow to the Host Institute: €200 for distances below 5,000km and 700€ for distances above 5,000km.

Subsistence rates for each Country are specified in the Fellowship Program Rules and Regulations.

Deadlines:

- Internal deadline for proposals at VHIR: April 04, 2014.

- Official deadline: April 15, 2014.

Further information: ERS / EMBO fellowships