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All applications should be in English.
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You are responsible to ensure that two Letters of Reference are sent by post to the EMBO Short-Term Fellowship office within two weeks of your application.
One of the referees should be your PhD supervisor.
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The receiving institute acceptance form must be sent by post directly to the EMBO Short-Term Fellowship office within two weeks of your application.
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For Short-Term Fellowship applications you should communicate clearly your career plans for the period following the fellowship.
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The list of publications should not include papers submitted or in preparation. Details of abstracts of presentations at congresses may be included for applicants for Short-Term Fellowships.
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References in the research proposal should include the TITLE of the paper, the FULL author list and normal details on the journal, volume page numbers etc.
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In your publication list, please indicate by an asterisk the three most important publications. Please list the authors, the title of the paper and finally, the full journal reference including volume, page numbers etc. In the case of shared first authorship please keep the order of authors as they appear on the original publication.
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The synopsis of current work (max 1500 words) should include any relevant references and should be designed to allow the reader to appreciate both your past experience and its relevance, if any, to the proposed research topic.
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As the EMBO fellowships are funded by 27 countries predominantly in Europe, it is their wish that the majority of the successful applications involve movement between laboratories in the different Member States. For this reason, if you are not from one of these countries, your receiving institute should submit an extra letter in which they indicate how their scientific programme would benefit from the award of the fellowship to you as opposed to a European applicant.
It is your responsibility to ensure that they do so.
- If you are from a member state and wish to move to a laboratory somewhere outside Europe then you must provide an online explanation for your choice which highlights the specific advantages to you of working in this, rather than a European, laboratory.
- Whether or not a fellowship is awarded depends in large measure on the assessment of the submitted research proposal made by our referees. Applicants should, therefore, in their own best interests, submit a detailed and well-argued research proposal which they should write themselves. It should contain a 200 word summary followed by a 200 word written explanation outlining the biological significance of the proposed work. The detailed research proposal should not be more than 1500 words excluding references. Longer texts tend to irritate reviewers and should be avoided. A brief introduction should be included to outline the background to the proposal. The research proposal should be sufficiently detailed to allow the reviewer to form a clear idea of the work which is planned. As above, references should be given in a complete manner including title and full list of authors.
