Eligible organisation |
One research organisation or university in an EMBC Member State: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom; Associated Member State: India, Singapore |
Target group |
Junior researcher and his/her research group: postdocs, PhD students |
Expected outputs |
- Networking: (1) Annual Young Investigator meetings; (2) Support for European networks of junior PIs; (3) Joint group meetings; (4) Sectoral meetings; (5) Institute visits;
- Support for the lab: (6) lab retreat; (7) Job vacancies; (8) Creativity facilitation; (9) Young Investigator PhD courses; (10) Meeting grants; (11) Lab member visits (send a lab member for experiments or to learn a technique in another lab); (12) EMBL core facility access; (13) Invitation to Lindau Nobel laureate meeting for Ph.D. students;
- Support for the PI: (14) Small grants up to 10 000 €; (15) Lab leadership courses; (16) Young Investigators 15 000 € award; (17) Child-care support;
- Outreach: (18) Inclusion in the EMBO directory; (19) EMBO Press; (20) Online database of grantees; (21) News & job announcements; (22) Conference support; (23) Lecture grants; (24) Awards
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Call opens |
Feb 2025 |
IOCB deadline |
25 Mar 2025 |
Final deadline |
- Tue 01 Apr 2025 12:00 CEST Pre-application
- The deadline for full applications is to be confirmed (expected mid-July 2025, tentatively set for July 17, 2025)
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Evaluation results |
Approx. 50 applicants will be invited to submit a full application in late June. Online interview on 04 or 05 November 2025. Results announced to applicants within one week after the interviews |
Signature of agreement |
Dec 2025 |
Earliest date of implementation |
01 Jan 2026 |
Latest date of implementation |
31 Dec 2029 |
Sustainability |
None |
Reporting |
Networking Application and Final Report Form; YIP Lecture Claim Form; YIP Travel Expense Claim Form |
Project duration (min-max) |
4 years |
Allocation for the call |
NA |
Project budget (min-max) |
Reimbursement of individual activities (for details see EMBO YIP Programme Guide) |
Success rate |
13% (2023); 12% approx. 25 EMBO Young Investigators annually |
Eligible costs |
Travel expenses, accommodation, conferences/courses registration fees, access to core facilities at EMBL (Advanced Light Microscopy, Genomics, Proteomics, Protein Expression and Purification, Electron Microscopy, Flow Cytometry, Chemical Biology), publication fees for the EMBO Press journals, additional trainer/facilitator costs, baby-sitter |
Reimbursement |
100% or up to limits of individual activities (for details see EMBO YIP Programme Guide) |
Mode of funding |
Ex-post |
Language of application |
English |
Provider |
EMBO, Heidelberg, Germany,
Gerlind Wallon (☎: +49 6221 8891 112)
Olena Steshenko (☎: +49 6221 8891 110), yip@embo.org |
Call Identifier |
EMBO-YIP- 2025 |
Call info |
Through the Young Investigator Programme (YIP), EMBO identifies and supports some of the best young researchers in life sciences. EMBO Young Investigators (YIs) are group leaders in the early stages of setting up an independent laboratory in EMBC Member or Associate Member States. They receive financial and practical support for a period of four years to help them develop skills and connections that will help them during this career stage. |
IOCB Contact |
Please inform the IOCB Project Office about your intention to apply.
Do not hesitate to contact us anytime for consulting, discussion or help (projectoffice@uochb.cas.cz) |
Downloadable |
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Approximately 50 applicants will be invited to submit a full application (Deadline for submission: TBC, mid-July 2025; tentatively set for July 17, 2025) and attend an interview with the selection committee. Scientific excellence, track record, research, group & research environment, independence
- Are the publications to date an indication that this is an outstanding scientist? (Please note that EMBO is a signatory of DORA and does not use journal-based metrics such as impact factor for evaluation.)
- Has the applicant shown a willingness to change research area, which is an indication of an ability to tackle new and important problems?
- Is the proposed research ambitious and likely to lead to novel contributions in the field?
- Does the applicant have the potential to become a future leader in their field?
- Are the number and the expertise of laboratory members and the available funds sufficient to undertake the described research?
- Is the research environment conducive to competitive research?
- Is the candidate intellectually and financially independent? Is the candidate able to apply for grants in their own name and report directly to funding agencies?
- Is the candidate responsible for supervising graduate students and/or postdocs in their own lab?
- What is the influence of former supervisors and institute heads on the candidate's current research?