Fully Funded HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023/24, Strasbourge, France.

Scholarship Description:

The HFSP fellowship program supports innovative and interdisciplinary research in the life sciences, with a focus on high-risk projects that challenge established paradigms using new techniques. The projects should address important problems or barriers in the field. Two types of fellowships are available: Long-Term Fellowships (LTF) for applicants with a PhD in biology who want to pursue a novel and frontier project, and Cross-Disciplinary Fellowships (CDF) for applicants with a non-biological doctoral degree who want to venture into life sciences research. HFSP postdoctoral fellowships enable early career scientists to broaden their research skills by working in new areas of study in a different country.

The Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) is a global research funding organization that supports frontier research in the life sciences, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary and high-risk projects that challenge established paradigms. HFSP offers postdoctoral fellowships for early career scientists to broaden their research skills and pursue innovative projects in a new country.

Degree Level:

Fully Funded HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023/24, Strasbourge, France. is available to undertake PhD, Fellowship level programs at France Universities.

Available Subjects:

Following subject are available to study under this scholarship program.

• Biology
• Life Sciences

Scholarship Benefits:

This fellowship is fully funded.

Eligible Nationalities:

Open to international students of all nationalities.

Eligibility Criteria:

To be eligible for the HFSP fellowship program, applicants must have a PhD or equivalent degree in a relevant field. For Long-Term Fellowships (LTF), applicants must have completed their doctoral degree within the past five years, while for Cross-Disciplinary Fellowships (CDF), applicants must not have worked in life sciences before. Applicants must also have the support of a host institution and a supervisor in the chosen host country. The program is open to applicants of any nationality.

Application Procedure:

There is only one competition per year for HFSP Fellowships. Applications for the 2024 HFSP Long-Term and Cross-Disciplinary Fellowships (to start in 2024) will follow a two-step submission process via the online submission platform ProposalCentral. Firstly, applicants will be asked to submit a Letter of Intent from which the review committee will select the best proposals. In a second step, successful applicants will be invited to submit a Full Proposal.

The link to the registration portal of each program is available in the corresponding application guidelines.

The application guidelines for the 2024 HFSP
          - Long-Term Fellowships can be downloaded here,
          - Cross-Disciplinary Fellowships can be downloaded here.