EFIS-IL Fellowships

EFIS and Immunology Letters (IL) provide short-term (up to 3 months) fellowships for the purpose of scientific collaboration, advanced training or employing techniques not available at the current place of work. The main purpose of these fellowships is building a strong network of immunological research within Europe. The allowance for a fellowship is 1500 € per month. In addition to that, EFIS will reimburse travel costs (second-class rail fare or an economy flight).

The applicant must be under 35 years old and must be a member of an EFIS constituent society. Exceptions to this rule may only apply for applicants from less developed European countries, where no immunological society is registered (yet) with IUIS and/or EFIS. Please note that you cannot become a member directly of EFIS but only through membership in the respective National Society. Short-Term Fellowships are not awarded for attendance at courses, symposia, meetings or congresses and can be obtained only once.

To apply, please submit the following documents, merged as one single pdf or doc:

• Completed Application Form
• Short curriculum vitae
• List of publications
• Description of the proposed research (up to 2 pages)
• Letter of recommendation (not from the receiving institute)
• Acceptance letter (from the host institute/ supervisor)
• Proof of membership at the appropriate EFIS Member Society

Please submit the application package electronically to the EFIS coordinator hahner@efis.org and the secretary general: anna.erdei@freemail.hu. The board will decide on the request at the next board meeting. The next deadline for applications is 16 February 2012.

EFIS-IL Fellowships support collaboration with a laboratory in a different country from that in which the applicant works. No grant will be given to the institute receiving the Fellow to cover research costs or bench fees. EFIS accepts no liability for their actions and activities, or for their health and safety.

EFIS is a non-governmental organisation and its Fellowships are not automatically endowed with any tax privileges. It is the responsibility of the recipient to pay any taxes levied by a national authority.

A Fellowship should be taken up within six months of its award and applicants can receive the first payment a maximum of 3 months before their project starting date. After completion of the work, fellows must send a short report on the finished project. EFIS-IL must be acknowledged in any work published relating to the funded project. Please send a reprint of each article to the EFIS office.

EFIS and Immunology Letters (IL) granted the following fellowships: