1. Eligibility criteria

Candidates shall fulfil the following requirements at the time of the call deadline:

Candidates must have obtained a medical degree, which allows them to enrol in an official Doctoral programme in accordance with the national regulations and institutional requirements in force at each recruiting research centre.

At the date of call deadline, candidates must be in the first four years of their research career (full-time equivalent research experience) and have not been awarded a PhD degree. For women candidates the 4-year period is extended of 18 months for each child born during this period. For men candidates the period is extended for the paternal leave taken in this period, according to the applicable national laws. The period is also extended for candidates who did military service, had long-term illness, or took care of a family member or officially registered partner for the period the care was provided.

Candidates can be of any nationality but must undertake trans-national mobility according to the H2020 MSCA programme´s rules. During the 3 years before the date of the call deadline they must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) for more than 12 months in the country of the selected recruiting centre for which they apply for.

Eligibility criteria

Candidates shall fulfil the following requirements at the time of the call deadline:

Candidates must have obtained a medical degree, which allows them to enrol in an official Doctoral programme in accordance with the national regulations and institutional requirements in force at each recruiting research centre.

At the date of the call deadline, candidates must be in the first four years of their research career (full-time equivalent research experience) and have not been awarded a PhD degree. For women candidates the 4-year period is extended of 18 months for each child born during this period. For men candidates the period is extended for the paternal leave taken in this period, according to the applicable national laws. The period is also extended for candidates who did military service, had long-term illness, or took care of a family member or officially registered partner for the period the care was provided.

Candidates can be of any nationality but must undertake trans-national mobility according to the H2020 MSCA programme´s rules. During the 3 years before the date of the call deadline they must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) for more than 12 months in the country of the selected recruiting centre for which they apply for.

2. Laboratories

Check the laboratories that offer to host Emerald fellows and select up to two for your application.

August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS)2022-05-25T10:13:35+00:00
Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB)2022-05-17T10:36:33+00:00
The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI)2022-05-17T14:12:14+00:00
Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC)2022-05-24T13:11:53+00:00
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC)2022-05-17T12:08:20+00:00
Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)2022-07-15T14:32:07+00:00
Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC)2022-05-17T10:09:26+00:00

2. Laboratories

Check the laboratories that offer to host Emerald fellows and select up to two for your application.

3. Application

Start your application by requesting recommendation letters from two referees in the online application portal.

Provide information about your medical education and professional experience, and your motivation to join Emerald.

Applicants have to complete the online application form in English. Incomplete applications will not be eligible.

Download the guide to check the required information for your application.

3. Application

All the applications need to be sent by the Emerald online recruitment portal.

Download and read thoroughly our Guide for Applicants to get all the relevant information for applying, including the documentation that you will need to provide in your application. As an overview:

  • Start your application by requesting signed recommendation letters from two referees in the online application portal.
  • Applicants have to complete the online application form in English. Incomplete applications will not be eligible.
  • Provide information about your medical education and research experience, your motivation to join the Emerald Programme and the specific research lab(s) that you selected.

4. Any more doubts?

We understand that the selection process and all the requirements can rise some questions, for that we’ve collected the most Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)s from the 1st call of recruitment and we will be constantly updating it during this 2nd call.

If after reading the Guide for Applicants and our FAQs, you have doubts about the application process and your eligibility, please write us at emerald@crg.eu

4. Any more doubts?

We understand that the selection process and all the requirements can rise some questions, for that we’ve collected the most Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)s from the 1st call of recruitment and we will be constantly updating it during this 2nd call.

If after reading the Guide for Applicants and our FAQs, you have doubts about the application process and your eligibility, please write us at emerald@crg.eu

Submit your complete application latest by 28th August 2022, 17h CET.

Submit your complete application latest by 28th August 2022, 17h CET.

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