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EMBO Advanced Collaboration Grants (EMBO ACG)

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What are the EMBO Advanced Collaboration Grants?

EMBO Advanced Collaboration Grants (ACGs) is a scheme for group leaders from eligible countries (Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovenia and Turkey) to engage in international exchange visits with scientists in other EMBC Member States, Associated Member States or Cooperation Partners to develop or carry out collaborative projects or prepare joint grant proposals. Recipients can claim up to six months support for international research exchanges, taken either consecutively or in multiple visits. Optionally, this award comes with a Scientific Consolidation Subsidy providing funding for an additional member of the home laboratory to work in the host group for up to three months (90 days) to help consolidate the collaboration. International exchange is a key feature in the application process. For more details see EMBO ACG 2024 summary  .

Who can apply for the EMBO Advanced Collaboration Grants?

An active research scientist running their own research laboratory on an independent position in an eligible country (Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovenia and Turkey).

Why apply for the AMBO Advanced Collaboration Grants?

  • It is a prestigious opportunity to engage in international research visits with scientists in EMBC Member States, Associated MS or Cooperation Partners.
  • It provides you with a chance to develop or carry out collaborative projects or prepare joint grant proposals and makes your laboratory more visible.
  • It is an opportunity to to explore feasible collaborations to boost their research output.
  • Recipients can claim up to six months support for international research exchanges, which can be taken either consecutively or in multiple visits.
  • Optionally, the scheme allows an additional member of the home laboratory to work in the host group for up to three months to consolidate the collaboration.

When to apply for the EMBO Advanced Collaboration Grants?

There are no deadlines for the ACG call and awards are made throughout the year. It is recommended that applications are submitted at least three months before the proposed start date of the research visit, but they must be submitted at least 30 days before the start date of the research visit. A decision is usually made within three months from submission of a complete application.

  Please inform the Project Office about your intention to apply.  
  Do not hesitate to contact us anytime for consulting, discussion or help.  

How to apply for the EMBO Advanced Collaboration Grants?

  1. Find and read programme guidelines:
  2. Establish your EMBO account and register your ORCID ID.
  3. Contact a foreign researcher with whom you wish to collaborate to plan for the joint project to be undertaken during the funded period (the proposals should aim to reveal biological insight and should constitute joint projects with tangible objectives with the hosting laboratory).
  4. Discuss and agree on your proposal with the host collaborating partner.
  5. Request authorisation to submit the proposal via the internal electronic IOCB Project Proposal Approval System (PPAS). You must be either connected to the IOCB network or via the IOCB Virtual Private Network (VPN) to access this system.
  6. Contact the Project Office to request a support letter from the director of the institute, which will be submitted confidentially online.
  7. Coordinate your application with the host laboratory. You will need to provide the name and contact details of the hosting patner and they will need to submit an Acceptance Form online.
  8. (Optionally, if you want to include a lab member to be included in the collaborative research project and visit), ask the lab member to prepare a motivational letter.
  9. Activate the IOCB director as the referee (using projectoffice@uochb.cas.cz as the contact e-mail address) and the host institute partner in the EMBO online system as soon as possible. Optionally, if a lab member is included in the proposal, activate them too. It is your responsibility to check that the host institute partner and lab member have received the request and have completed the form. The Project Office will ensure submission of the support letter from the director.
  10. Complete your online application form in the EMBO online system. Figures and tables cannot be included in the application.
    • applicant;
    • contact details of the applicant institute’s director;
    • contact details for the host institute and the collaborating partner;
    • contact details of the additional lab member applying for Scientific Consolidation subisdy (if applicable);
    • proposed work: a 250-word summary, a 1500-word synopsis of the proposed activity, references, keywords, subject areas;
    • current work: 500-word summary of project-related work undertaken there, references, benefit to the home lab of the exchange (200 words);
    • scientific CV: academic research work, publications;
    • other funding sources;
    • (optional) scientific consolidation subsidy: 500-word overview of the project carried out by the lab member.
  11. Finalise your application.
    • Online Application Form via the EMBO online system (applicant)
    • Letter of Reference from the IOCB director (Project Office)
    • Acceptance Form from the host institute partner (host institution partner)
    • (Optional) Motivation letter from lab member carrying out the Scientific Consolidation work (applicant’s lab member)
  12. Submit your application ideally at least 3 months before the proposed visit and certainly no less than 30 days before the start of the visit. A decision on the result will be usually made within 3 months from submission of the complete application.

Applicants will be informed of the outcome of their application by e-mail within 2-4 months.

EMBO contact: Karin Dumstrei (☎: +49 6221 8891 122), or Elsie Chan (☎: +49 6221 8891 409), fellowships@embo.org


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