Global Lecture Courses

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EMBO Global Lecture Courses enable scientific exchange beyond European borders. They teach participants, primarily PhD students and postdoctoral researchers, about a particular topic in the life sciences. The courses should provide participants with background and underlying concepts, thereby making the topic accessible to scientists with diverse scientific backgrounds.

The lecture courses can include up to 120 participants and last between three and ten days to provide sufficient time for discussion groups, poster sessions and journal clubs.

They can take place in Chile, India, Singapore, Taiwan, or in countries eligible for support by EMBO and The Company of Biologists. Details can be found here.

Please note that for lecture courses taking place in India, organizers should apply for an India | EMBO Lecture Course.

EMBO Global Lecture Courses can be conducted in person only, virtually only or in a hybrid format.

Qualification

EMBO Global Lecture Courses can only be organized in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Canada, China, India, Japan, Mexico, Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan. Details can be found here.

Please note that for lecture courses taking place in India, organizers should apply for an India | EMBO Lecture Course.

The lecture course must cover a topic from the life sciences, and organizers must provide a convincing justification that the course addresses a need in the local scientific community.

Course organizers can be of any nationality and be based in any country in the world. The scientific organizing committee must be geographically and gender diverse, and come from more than one institute representing the topics covered in the meeting.

For detailed information on the eligibility criteria, including the format of EMBO Global Lecture Courses, please consult the application guidelines (pdf).

To Apply

Applications for EMBO Global Lecture Courses are accepted twice a year and must be submitted through the online system. Organizers are advised to apply as early as possible in the calendar year before the proposed date of the lecture course.

Application process:

The deadlines for applications are 1 March 2025 and 1 July 2025, 12:00 noon CE(S)T.
Applicants will be asked to complete an online application form and an offline application form.

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Money

Scientists can apply for funding to organize an EMBO Global Lecture Course. EMBO contributes up to €42,500 (€35,000 of core funding plus €5,500 for travel grants and registration fee waivers, €1,000 for childcare grants and €1,000 for accessibility grants) per course.

EMBO also supports organizers and the meeting by:

Creating a dedicated lecture course webpage, including registration and abstract submission system
Providing a poster and advertising in selected print and social media channels
Offering funding for an EMBO Young Investigator Lecture, EMBO Science Policy Lecture and EMBO Women in Science Lecture
Offering additional funding of up to €10,000 if the course is organized as a hybrid event

EMBO offers travel grants, childcare grants and accessibility grants for each event. Participants should apply directly to the organizers for these grants.

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