Deadline: 31 March 2024
UNESCO and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) are launching their second call for applications from young female scientists working on infection biology in Africa.
The successful candidates will conduct a short-term research project at one of EMBL’s European sites later this year. The call targets PhD students and postdoctoral fellows, as well as early-career faculty whose primary affiliation is with a research group based in Africa.
This year’s successful candidates will be funded through EMBL’s Scientific Visitor Programme Office under its Infection Biology Transversal Theme.
Each of the successful candidates will be hosted by one of the five participating group leaders for this theme, based in Heidelberg (Germany), Barcelona (Spain), Grenoble (France) or Cambridge (Hinxton, UK).
Each research group at these sites is addressing a diverse set of research questions related to infection and host–pathogen interaction.
Each successful candidate will work on a project proposed by the selected group leader, as advertised on the fellowship website, and will be mentored in order to give her new skills to strengthen her own research project at home. In addition, the candidate will have the opportunity to participate in progress meetings, weekly seminars and social activities involving her research group and the wider institute, thereby expanding her professional network.
Criteria
- Applications are especially welcome from eligible candidates who have already been recipients of endowments from the L’Oréal–UNESCO For Women in Science programme or who are involved in the work of the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World, a UNESCO programme unit.
For more information, visit UNESCO.
