EMBO Scientific Exchange Grants

Always cross-check eligibility against the sponsor's official site before applying — sponsor rules can change between intakes.

• 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.

No explicit document checklist is recorded here. If an application is required, prepare only the materials the provider requests.

Follow the provider's stated process. The checks below are guidance, not additional application requirements. Any original editorial instructions remain in the description above.

1. 1
   Check the provider's process

   Consult https://www.embo.org/funding/fellowships-grants-and-career-support/scientific-exchange-grants/ to confirm whether consideration is automatic or requires an application, and follow only the process stated there.

2. 2
   Check eligibility and any requested materials

   Listed 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.. Confirm the current criteria and, if submission is required, use the provider's own checklist.

3. 3
   Check dates and next steps

   Listed deadline information: Rolling; submit at least 30 days before visit, preferably at least three months before (Not applicable (rolling)). Confirm any cutoff, time zone and follow-up process with the provider.

Provider deadline information: Rolling; submit at least 30 days before visit, preferably at least three months before (Not applicable (rolling)). This text cannot be safely converted to a countdown; check the official source for its meaning. The earlier milestones are optional planning suggestions only.

1. Planning suggestion: 12 months out

   Check the current call and decide whether this opportunity fits your plans.

2. Planning suggestion: 6 months out

   If the provider requires tests or documents that take time, plan for them using its published instructions.

3. Planning suggestion: 3 months out

   If an application is required, review the provider's process and prepare only the materials it requests.

4. Planning suggestion: 1 month out

   If submission is required, allow time to check your materials and any stated cutoff.

5. Provider deadline

   Rolling; submit at least 30 days before visit, preferably at least three months before (Not applicable (rolling))

   Provider deadline information: Rolling; submit at least 30 days before visit, preferably at least three months before (Not applicable (rolling)). Confirm the current instructions and any cutoff or time zone on the official source; no additional time is assumed here.