The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) launches its call for Long-Term Fellowships. EMBO Long-Term Fellowships are mobility fellowships intended to promote international exchange, co-financed by the European Union through the Marie Curie Action* "Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (COFUND)".

Three types of mobility are possible:

1) Applicants from an EMBC Member State (nationality) who wish to work in a laboratory in an EMBC Member State. The applicant can apply for an EMBO Long-Term Fellowship in any EMBC Member State provided there is movement between countries. International laboratories such as EMBL are technically extra-territorial and movement e.g. from Germany to EMBL Heidelberg is therefore permitted.

2) Applicants from a non-EMBC Member State (nationality) who wish to work in a laboratory in an EMBC Member State. These applications will be considered under the same criteria as above.

3) Applicants from an EMBC Member State (nationality) who wish to work in a laboratory in a non-EMBC Member State. Only 30% of fellowships can be awarded for this category, therefore generally higher scores are required for an award.

Applicants - Eligibility criteria:

- Applicants must hold a doctorate degree or equivalent at the start of the fellowship.

- Applicants who already hold a PhD degree at the time of application are eligible to apply only if they passed their PhD exam in the 2 years prior to the respective application deadline.

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

- All applications must involve movement between countries. The receiving institute or the applicant’s nationality must be from one of the EMBC Member States.

- Applications to go to the country in which the PhD was obtained will not be considered.

- Applications for a Long-Term Fellowship to be held in the laboratory, institute or department in which the candidate worked to obtain his or her PhD, or to work again with the candidate's PhD supervisor, no matter where the latter is located, will not be considered.

- Candidates can only submit one application for one project at one host laboratory at each round of selection. Reapplication is permissible only once.

* Fellows will be a Marie Curie fellow as well as an EMBO Long-Term Fellow. Individual researcher cannot benefit, at the same time, from more than one Marie Curie Action.

Duration: Fellowships may be awarded for a period of up to 24 months. Fellowship must be started from 01 July 2014 and before 14 February 2015. It is possible to apply when the applicant has already started at the host laboratory. But note that in that case, the fellowship must have started after 14 July 2013.

Funding Scheme: Fellowships are awarded for a specific research project in a particular host laboratory and include the following benefits:

- Stipend: subsistence allowance intended to cover the cost of living in the host country. Subsistence rates depend on the country being visited.

- Travel-allowance: intended to cover travel costs for the fellow and his family to and from the receiving institute. It includes half a month’s stipend to contribute to relocation costs.

- Dependent child allowance: EMBO provides additional allowances for dependent children (i.e. children under the age of 18). Those allowances depend on the country being visited.

- Child-care-allowance: For children under the age of 6, fellows can claim support for incurred child-care costs up to the amount of 2500 € per year.

- Parental leave (up to 3 months) and/or part-time work for child-care reasons.

Deadlines:

- Internal deadline for proposals at VHIR: 04 February 2014.

- Official deadline: 14 February 2014.

Further information: EMBO fellowships