Visiting Fellowships

SIBBM supports short-term research visits to an Italian or foreign laboratory. The aim is to facilitate valuable collaborations with research groups applying techniques that are unavailable in the applicant's laboratory.

Eligibility criteria:

• Ph.D. students with at least two years of experience after their master degree or post-doctoral scientists who have obtained their
• Ph.D. degree within the last 5 years.

The applicant must be a SIBBM member with fully paid fees.

Duration: from 1 to 2 weeks.

Please note that you cannot benefit from a visiting fellowship and a travel grant in the same year.

Fellowship applications should be submitted  by e-mail at: comunicazione@sibbm.org and will be considered following the calendar deadlines indicated below. The applications will be reviewed for their scientific contents and eligibility criteria by the SIBBM Executive Committee within 30 days after the deadline. The application for Short-Term Fellowships is online only and should be written in English. No hard copies are required. Only complete applications, i.e. including host institute acceptance, will be processed. Receipt of complete applications will be acknowledged via email.

How to apply:

• provide the name of the head of host laboratory and the name of the host Institution;
• provide a statement of availability signed by the head of the host laboratory;
• provide a summary of the research project. The research proposal should be detailed and well-argued and written by the applicant. It should contain a 200-word summary of the proposed project. Successful applicants will receive up to € 1000 (half prior to departure, and half after submission of the report (see below).

At the end of the visit, the young researcher will provide a brief (max 1 page) report (approved by the head of the host laboratory) of the work carried out during the visit, and will share the experience of being involved in this program with a text and /or photo to be published on the site, which should be sent to comunicazione@sibbm.org

Application deadlines:
31 March
30  September