ICGEB offers competitive Postdoctoral Fellowships in Life Sciences to highly motivated scientists wishing to pursue postdoctoral research in a world-class scientific environment. The Fellowships comprise a very competitive package including stipend, health insurance, and additional benefits. The most successful fellows will also be eligible, upon completion, to apply for ICGEB Early Career Research Grants to support their own research programmes as young PIs upon return to an ICGEB Member State.

Preference is given to candidates below the age of 35.

Applicants must be nationals of an ICGEB Member State and may not apply for fellowships to be undertaken in their country of origin unless they have been working abroad for, at least, the last 3 years and at the time of application.

Degree requirements: applicants should hold a recent Ph.D. in Life Sciences or have at least 3 years of research experience.

Applicants should contact the ICGEB Group Leader/​PI of their choice with a motivation letter, to determine the availability of laboratory space and to define the research project proposal that will form an integral part of the application.

Please note that the written statement from the ICGEB Group Leader you have contacted and who is willing to support your project is mandatory to apply.

Please note that you will be requested to upload the following documents (pdf files):

• Your full CV
• Academic records (Ph.D. degree certificate, issued by the degree-granting University and bearing the official seal/​s and signatures, to be submitted in the original language accompanied by an official English translation of each document).
• Written Statement from the ICGEB Group Leader
• A valid identification document (passport or identity card)
• English Certificate (TOEFL, Cambridge, or similar). This document is not requested when scholastic education has been undertaken in English.

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