Biology postdoc resources
  • About
  • Fellowships
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • Australasia
    • Central/South America
    • Europe
    • North America
  • Grants
    • Ecology
    • Evolution
    • Herpetology
    • Mammalogy
    • Ornithology
    • Plant Sciences
  • ANU Applicants

EUROPEAN FELLOWSHIPS

Postdoctoral Fellowships available from European
countries to work in Europe and/or abroad.

If you know about a fellowship that is not present here or if you notice incorrect information, please contact me.

European Union

European Molecular Biology Organization Long-Term Fellowships

Open to Europeans to work anywhere or to non-Europeans to work in Europe (<2yr post-PhD). Project must be in a different country than where PhD was done. Up to 2 years of funding (salary depending on host country) + allowances to work in any field of evolutionary, molecular and cellular biology.

FEBS Fellowships

The Federation of European Biochemical Studies has a range of fellowships (e.g. short-term, long-term, return to Europe...) that are open to members of its constituent societies.

Human Frontiers Science Program Long-Term Fellowship

Open to all nationalities (<3yr post-PhD) to work in a member country (or for citizens from member countries to work anywhere). Three years of funding to broaden expertise by proposing a project in life sciences which is significantly different from previous work.

Marie Curie Individual Fellowship (European)

Marie Curie Individual Fellowship (Global)

Open to all nationalities to come to Europe or move within Europe in any discipline (<5yr post-PhD). Up to 2 years of funding (salary + research expenses).
Open to European (and associated countries) citizens to work outside of Europe in any discipline (<5yr post-PhD). Up to 3 years of funding (including a mandatory 1-year return period), salary and research expenses are included.

United Kingdom

BBSRC Future Leader Fellowship

Open to all nationalities (<5yr post-PhD) to work in a host institution in the UK. Three years of funding + research support (£300,000 total) in agriculture, biotechnology, bioscience.

Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship

Open to European women (<6 yr post-PhD) in need for flexible support due to personal circumstances. Up to 5 years of funding to work in a UK institution in life or physical sciences. 80% salary costs + research expenses (£11,000/yr).

Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship

Open to people hold a PhD from the UK or a current position in the UK (>5yr post-PhD). The Trust will contribute 50% of the Fellow's salary (max £24,000) to work in any field (except medical and clinical) . Research expenses up to £6,000 may be requested.

NERC Independent Research Fellowship

Royal Commission Research Fellowship

Royal Society Newton International Fellowship

Open to all nationalities to work in an eligible UK institution (<8 yr post-PhD). Five years of funding to work in any field of environmental sciences. Salary + research expenses.
Open to all nationalities (<3 yr post-PhD) and to all fields of science. Up to 3 years of funding to work in a UK institution. Salary costs (£30,000/yr) + £3,000/yr additional costs.
Open to non-UK scientists (<7 yr post-PhD) to work in an UK institution. Two years of funding to work in life or physical sciences. Salary (£24,000/yr) + research expenses (£8,000/yr).

Royal Society University Research Fellowship

Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellowship

Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowships

Open to European citizens having between 3 and 8 yr post-PhD research experience in life or physical sciences. Five years of funding (+ 3yr possible extension). 80% salary costs + research expenses (£11,000/yr).
Open to Europeans (or people having worked in the UK for 3yr) to build their independent research career in biomedical sciences (<7yr post-PhD).  Five years of funding (+possible 3yr extension). Salary + research expenses.
Open to Europeans (or people having a PhD from the UK) to work in a UK biomedical institution (<2yr post-PhD). Four years of funding: salary + research expenses (total £250,000).

France

AXA Junior Research Fellowship

Fyssen Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship

Open to all nationalities to work in an institution of a AXA partner country (<5yr post-PhD). The project need to deal with environmental, life or socio-economic risks. Two years of funding (salary + research expenses: max 120,000€).
Open to all nationalities to work in France or to people with a frend PhD to work abroad. It has to be the first post-doctoral fellowship of the applicant. Two years of funding (salary only: 25,000€/yr) to work in Ethology, Paleontology, Archaeology, Anthropology, Psychology, Neurobiology.

Germany

German Research Foundation Research Fellowships

Humbolt Research Fellowships for Postdocs

Open to Germans (or people having done their PhD in Germany) to work abroad with the goal to come to Germany. Up to 2 years of funding (minimum salary 1,750€/month + 250€/month for project costs).
Open to non-Germans to work in a German institution in any discipline (<4yr post-PhD). Between 6 and 24 months of funding. Salary (2,650€/month) + research expenses (equivalent of 800€/month paid to the institution).

Belgium / Netherlands

Mandate for Postdocs from the Fund of National Research

"MOVE-IN" Louvain Incoming Fellowships

Open to all nationalities to work in the french part of Belgium in any discipline (<5yr post-PhD). Three years of funding (salary only), with a possible extension of 1 year.
Open to all nationalities to work in Louvain, Namur or Saint-Louis University in any discipline (<6yr post-PhD). Up to two years of funding: salary (2,300€/month) + research expenses (5,000€/yr).

Netherlands Organization for Scientific research VENI fellowship

Open to all nationalities to work in a Dutch institution in any scientific discipline (<3yr post-PhD). Three years of funding: salary + research expenses (total: 250,000€)

Research Foundation Flanders Postdoctoral Fellowship

Open to all nationalities to work in a Flemish institution in any scientific discipline (<3yr post-PhD). Three years of funding (renewable once). Salary only (~30,000€/yr).

Switzerland

ETH Zurich Postdoctoral fellowships

SNF Advanced Postdoc Mobility Fellowship

SNF Early Postdoc Mobility Fellowship

Open to all nationalities to work at the ETH Zurich (<2yr post-PhD). Two years of funding (salary + consumables money for a total amount of 200,000 CHF).
Open to Swiss citizens to work abroad in any discipline (between 1 and 5yr post-PhD). Up to 3 years of funding (salary + travel money + research expenses). Possibility to request a return grant to go back to Switzerland (3 to 12 months).
Open to Swiss citizens to work abroad in any discipline (<2yr post-PhD). Eighteen months of funding (salary + travel money + possibility of research expenses)
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.