European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Scholarship
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The EMBL International PhD Programme is Europe’s ‘best in class’ PhD programme for the life
sciences. 200 students from over 40 countries are carrying out PhD research at EMBL at any time.
Every year we admit an average of 50 new students, who belong to the top science graduates in
their countries. They are carefully selected from a large multi-national pool of applicants that
reached over 1700 applications in 2012. The EMBL International PhD Programme provides
comprehensive training that promotes scientific excellence, independence and creativity. We try to
maintain a careful balance between theory and practice, between close mentoring and creative
freedom, between collaborative teamwork and independence. A concept that works! More than
95% of our students successfully complete their PhD degree and on average they publish two first
author papers based on their PhD work. These successes make the EMBL International PhD
Programme a role model, which has inspired many similar programmes at science institutions
throughout Europe and the world. EMBL has 3 official languages (English, German and French).
However, English is most commonly used across sites in the everyday working environment.
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Heidelberg, Grenoble, Hamburg, Hinxton (near Cambridge), and Monterotondo (near Rome).
Duration of award(s): The typical duration of a PhD thesis at EMBL is 3.5 to 4 years. EMBL
predoctoral fellowships are initially awarded for 3.5 years, with the possibility of a half-year
extension.
What does it cover? The stipend is competitive by international standards and includes broad
health care benefits and pension.
Selection Criteria: All applications are evaluated solely on the basis of qualification and scientific
potential.
PhD research topics are as follows:
-Cell Signalling and Cell Differentiation
-Cellular Organization and Dynamics (nucleus, cytoskeleton, membranes, intracellular trafficking),
Cell division
-Chemistry & Chemical Biology
-Computational Genomics (Genome analysis and annotation) and Metagenomics
-Computational Modelling of Biological Systems and Processes
-Disease Mechanisms and Models, Pathogens, Molecular Medicine, Drug Design, Stem Cells
-Evolution
-Functional Genomics Genetics, Gene Networks
-Gene regulation, Transcription, Chromatin and Epigenetics
-Imaging & Image Analysis
-Macromolecular Complexes, Interaction Networks
-Neurobiology (from brain development to physiology and behavior)
-Physics & Biophysics
-Plant Biology
-Proteomics
-RNA metabolism, transport and processing, ncRNAs and miRNAs
-Robotics & Automation, Engineering
-Software Development and Bioinformatics (incl. Text Mining, Semantic Web, Machine Learning,
Statistics)
-Tissue Morphogenesis, Cell Polarity and Migration
-X-ray Crystallography, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Electron Microscopy
- applicants from all nationalities can apply
-applicants must hold, or anticipate receiving before enrollment (October of any given year), a
university degree that would formally qualify them to enter a PhD or equivalent programme in the
country where the degree was obtained.
- Proficiency in English, both written and verbal, is a prerequisite to enter the EMBL International
PhD Programme
Applicants can apply online. Application process is as follows:
1) Apply for a password in order to access the application form. This needs to be done later until
the registration deadline.
2) Complete the application form.
3) Submit the completed application form, latest by the application deadline.
The applicant can submit his/her application irrespective of the fact if the referees have completed
the online reference form or not, as the submission does not impede referees access to the
application
18 November 2013
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