EMBO Scientific Exchange Grants

Critères d'éligibilité

Any nationality; active researcher with at least one year of graduate-level research experience. Home institution must be in an EMBC Member State or EMBO global partner, or applicant funded by an eligible JST programme in Japan. Exchange must cross national borders and normally stay within the eligible network; JST applicants visit an EMBC laboratory. New collaboration required. Immediately return to home laboratory for at least six consecutive months after visit. The project must address biological research; purely applied product/procedure development is excluded.

Présentation du programme

## Funding Travel contribution and destination-specific subsistence allowance for a research exchange of 7–90 days. Exact rates vary by destination; not a salary or guaranteed full-cost award. Any other award supporting the same visit must be disclosed and is deducted from the EMBO grant. ## Funding exclusions and obligations Applicants working only at an African home institution are not eligible under the published geographical rule. Dependants, visas, bench fees, overheads, courses and conference travel are not funded. No visits to former supervisors/colleagues or previously visited laboratories; existing/past collaborations and extensions of another funder's visit excluded. A further three months may be self-funded, not covered by EMBO. No parallel substantive exchanges between the same laboratories during the visit. Reapplication requires 12 months after the previous exchange ends or an unsuccessful application, and a new project/laboratory. ## Eligibility Any nationality; active researcher with at least one year of graduate-level research experience. Home institution must be in an EMBC Member State or EMBO global partner, or applicant funded by an eligible JST programme in Japan. Exchange must cross national borders and normally stay within the eligible network; JST applicants visit an EMBC laboratory. New collaboration required. Immediately return to home laboratory for at least six consecutive months after visit. The project must address biological research; purely applied product/procedure development is excluded. ## Application timing Rolling; submit at least 30 days before visit, preferably at least three months before (Not applicable (rolling)) ## How to apply Apply in English through the official EMBO portal with ORCID, project/current-work summaries, CV, publications, funding disclosures and host acceptance. Normally two confidential references are needed from outside the host, including the current supervisor; independent researchers may request a one-reference exception from their home institution. References and host acceptance must arrive before final submission. Read the current January 2026 guidelines and destination rates; no login or submission performed. ## Corrections from the recheck Nationality is unrestricted, but institutional location/funding is not: an applicant based only at an African institution is not automatically eligible. ## Official sources - [https://www.embo.org/funding/fellowships-grants-and-career-support/scientific-exchange-grants/](https://www.embo.org/funding/fellowships-grants-and-career-support/scientific-exchange-grants/) - [https://www.embo.org/funding/fellowships-grants-and-career-support/scientific-exchange-grants/eligibility/](https://www.embo.org/funding/fellowships-grants-and-career-support/scientific-exchange-grants/eligibility/) - [https://www.embo.org/funding/fellowships-grants-and-career-support/scientific-exchange-grants/benefits/](https://www.embo.org/funding/fellowships-grants-and-career-support/scientific-exchange-grants/benefits/) - [https://www.embo.org/funding/fellowships-grants-and-career-support/scientific-exchange-grants/application/](https://www.embo.org/funding/fellowships-grants-and-career-support/scientific-exchange-grants/application/) - [https://applications.embo.org/?reg=80DN](https://applications.embo.org/?reg=80DN) - [https://www.embo.org/documents/SEG/SEG_guidelines_for_applicants.pdf](https://www.embo.org/documents/SEG/SEG_guidelines_for_applicants.pdf) ## Verification notes and limits Public-source verification only; no application submitted. Award selection is not guaranteed. Rechecked 2026-10-24T22:46:00Z; evidence: live-official. Conditional African-diaspora eligibility, not open to applicants based at African laboratories. Destination-specific rate schedule not reproduced; applicant must review actual destination allowance. Separate programme structure from prior EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships was checked against dedupe index.

Le descriptif détaillé du bailleur reste en anglais, car c'est la langue du dossier de candidature.