Fellowships are generally of 24 months duration, spent in two of the ERCIM institutes.A fellowship of 12 months duration spent in one institute might be offered. Only ERCIM members can host fellows. For information about the possible hosting institutes, see “ERCIM members” and follow the links to the homepages of the individual members, or contact the national contact for the ERCIM Fellowship Programme for a specific insitute.When an ERCIM member is a consortium (such as AARIT, CRCIM, PEG, PLERCIM, SARIT, SpaRCIM, Irish Universities Association) the hosting institute might be any of the consortium’s members.

When an ERCIM Member is a funding organisation (FNR for Luxembourg; FWO/FNRS for Belgium), the hosting institute might be any of their affiliates.Fellowships are proposed according to the needs of the member institutes and the available funding.

What are the conditions?
* have obtained a PhD degree during the last 8 years (prior to the application deadline) or be in the last year of the thesis work with an outstanding academic record
* be fluent in English
* be discharged or get deferment from military service
* the fellowship is restricted to two terms (one reselection possible)
* have completed the PhD before starting the grant (a proof will be requested).

We encourage not only researchers from academic institutions to apply, but also scientists working in industry.

The Fellowships are available for PhD holders from all over the world.

In order to encourage mobility:
* a member institute will not be eligible to host a candidate of the same nationality.
* a candidate cannot be hosted by a member institute, if by the start of the fellowship, he or she has already worked in this institute for a total of 6 months or more, during the last 3 years.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 30 April 2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application