EURAXESS North America will be holding webinars aimed at highlighting research and funding opportunities in Europe, in partnership with U.S. nonprofit Afrisnet, an international network of students, professors, and professionals with a common goal of advancing research and scholarship in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in Africa.   With members throughout the world, U.S.-based board members have worked with EURAXESS...

  Research commissioner Mariya Gabriel revealed her main priorities for revitalising the European Research Area (ERA) and establishing a single market for research in an interview with Science Business. Gabriel plans to advance the creation of a single market for research which was a goal set by the EU 20 years ago when the ERA was first envisioned.     The commissioner aims to publish her plan about the revitalisation of the ERA and EEA (...

  The EU-Canada Young Journalist Fellowship aims to recognize outstanding journalistic talent among young Canadians. Since 2001, three candidates have been selected every year to participate in a weeklong study tour to experience the EU institutions, the Canadian Mission to the EU, and media outlets in Brussels. Winners will also attend the daily European Commission press briefing. All expenses are paid for by the European Union Delegation to...

This year, Falling Walls Lab MSCA will take place exclusively online. The event will gather 20 MSCA fellows from across a wide array of scientific disciplines, with each fellow given three minutes to pitch their research topic, innovative project, or idea. Falling Walls Lab MSCA is open to past and current beneficiaries of the MSCA. The aim of the Falling Walls Lab is to foster scientific and entrepreneurial innovation, and to promote the cross-...

After months of intensive preparations, conceptual discussions and a careful collection of material, the S4D4C team has announced the release the European Science Diplomacy Online Course. The European Science Diplomacy Online Course will introduce you to the field of science diplomacy. The course benefits from a theoretical as well as a practical dimension, as it gives you information about the conceptual framing of science diplomacy, the...

Attracting outstanding research talent to Ireland is one of the principal ambitions of SFI. Since its launch in 2003, the SFI Research Professorship Program has sought to support national strategic priorities by assisting research bodies in the recruitment of world-leading researchers for Professorial Chairs, or similar research leadership positions in targeted scientific areas. The programme has also acted as a mechanism to support the...

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is one of the top life sciences research institutions in the world with sites in Grenoble, France; Heidelberg and Hamburg, Germany; Hinxton, UK; Rome, Italy; and Barcelona, Spain. The institute hosts an interdisciplinary Postdoctoral fellowship program: the EMBL Interdisciplinary Postdoc (EIPOD4) program, which receives funding from Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions COFUND (grant agreement number...

The Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) has announced the recently launched new call of the renewed Odysseus program. The Odysseus program provides start-up funding to outstanding researchers who have built up a career outside of Flanders in order to develop or to set up a research line during a five-year period at a research group within a Flemish university, potentially in collaboration with (an)other Flemish research organization(s). It also...

The newly established German Collaborative Research Centre “Heterocellular Nature of Cardiac Lesions: Identities, Interactions, Implications” is recruiting 13 PhD students and 5 post-docs to join cutting-edge research that aims to develop insight and tools to improve clinical outcomes after heart lesioning — to make better scars! Candidates are expected to be pro-active minds with skills across the board of biomedical research. The majority of...

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) grants fellowships for international scientists/researchers who would like to give workshops/conferences/lectures, or conduct R...