ERS/EU RESPIRE4 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (across Europe & beyond)

Outline

The European Respiratory Society (ERS) has been awarded co-funding by the European Union (EU) for its RESPIRE4 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship programme. RESPIRE4 is an international, intersectoral and interdisciplinary programme providing Marie Skłodowska-Curie post-doctoral research fellowships to early stage scientists with the potential to become the leaders of tomorrow in the respiratory field.

Candidates can apply for 2-year European or 3-year Global fellowships. The programme provides attractive working conditions (living allowance adapted to each country coefficient, mobility allowance and - if applicable - family allowance) as well as has a strong focus on career development.

Applications under the 2nd call are open until 1 May 2021 (23:59 Central European Summer Time - CEST). Please refer to the ERS website and the Application Guidelines for further information.

Eligibility

• Discipline: Applicants from any discipline (e.g. life sciences, engineering, mathematics, information technology, biochemistry, pharmacology) are encouraged to apply, with a research project related to respiratory science/medicine.
• Experienced researcher: At the time of the reference date (1 May 2021 for the 2nd call), applicants must be in possession of a doctoral degree (PhD) or have at least four years of equivalent full-time research experience.
• Transnational mobility rule: Applicants must not have resided nor carried out their main activity in the country of the host centre for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the reference date (1 May 2021 for the 2nd call). 
• Publications: Applicants must have at least one first-author (or co-author) paper published (or accepted for publication) in an international peer-reviewed journal by the reference date (1 May 2021 for the 2nd call).
• Host centre: The host centre will need to be pre-registered on the RESPIRE4 Web Host Registry (https://www.ersnet.org/respire). Currently, more than 60 host centres worldwide are listed and new ones are added regularly. The location of the fellowship depends on whether a 2-year European Fellowship or a 3-year Global Fellowship is chosen.

This is a summary only. Please refer to the ERS website and the Application Guidelines for further information.