Advance your Academic Career through Mobility

INFORMATION SESSION:
ADVANCE YOUR ACADEMIC CAREER THROUGH MOBILITY
Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC)
April 3, 2014
Dr Oksana Seumenicht
MDC International Office
Fellowships versus Grants
(typical, but beware of special schemes)
Who can apply?
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Schemes exist for any career stage
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Established researcher
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Support staff, + research expenses, +
equipment
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Research proposal
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To fund you where you are
What can be applied for?
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Own salary, + research expenses,
+ training
What is evaluated?
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Applicant s career development, research
proposal, suitability of the host; also often:
references & interview
Mobility aspect:
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Usually to go to a new lab/ COUNTRY
Alumni
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SOME CONSIDERATIONS
Ø  To stay or to move to a different lab?
Ø  A postdoc or a ‘career development/ own group’ fellowship?
Ø  In Germany or abroad?
Ø  In academia or in industry?
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Proposal s
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From the talk at the MDC of Dr T. Grimm, DFG (2008)
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A funding proposal is an argument
Never forget that your proposal is not a collection of
disparate facts. … you are making an argument that it needs
to be done and that you are the right person to do it. “
From The NIH R01 Tool Kit , http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org
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FELLOWSHIPS EXTRAS
Statement of the timeliness for the applicant
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Why this fellowship is important at this time? (timeliness)
How it will aid your career development?
Why the chosen host lab/ institution?
Reviewers questions:
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Independent?
Appropriately trained?
Has research vision?
Able to deliver?
What is impact on the applicant s future career?
Is the institutional environment supportive? Evidence?
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Fellowship Schemes for Early-Career Researchers
Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC)
April 3, 2014
Dr Oksana Seumenicht
MDC International Office
Support for translational research at the BIH
Private Excellence Initiative Johanna Quandt
The Berlin Institute of Health is supported with EUR 40 million (till 2022)
Focus is on the best possible work conditions for scientists at the BIH and attraction of
the top scientists and early-career researchers to Berlin
Administration is carried out through the Stiftung Charité
http://www.stiftung-charite.de
Funded schemes, e.g. (no deadlines)
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Delbrück Fellows:
up to 5 years for postdocs at either the MDC or Charité
Ø BIH Short-term Fellows:
1-year stipends for postdocs from abroad
Ø Humboldt Research Fellowships at the BIH:
for 2 years, for postdocs from abroad
Ø BIH Career Center:
support during the recruitment of international scientists
Contact: Dr. Berit Ullrich ([email protected]; 030 450 570 586)
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German Funders
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DAAD (for PhD students and early post-docs): short-term and 1-year
stipends, deadlines: 2-4 times pa depending on destination
https://www.daad.de/ausland/studieren/stipendium/de/70-stipendien-finden-und-bewerben/?
detailid=3459&fachrichtung=2&land=44&status=2&seite=1
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Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
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DFG research fellowships to go abroad: 2 years, no deadlines
http://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/programmes/individual/research_fellowships/index.html
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Short-Term Research Visits
EMBO Short-Term Fellowships
•  <3 months; no deadline; must change country
FEBS Short-Term Fellowships
•  for 2-3 months; no deadline; need to be a member of a FEBS
Constituent Society
The Journal of Experimental Biology Travel Fellowships
•  Deadlines: 30 April; 31 August; 31 December
•  Up to £2,500
Fritz Thyssen Stiftung Travel Subsidies
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EMBO Long-Term Fellowships
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Up to 2 years
< 2 years after a PhD
At least 1 first-author paper accepted or published
Need to move a country
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Fellowships for the UK
MRC Career Development Awards
MRC Methodology Fellowships
MRC Special Training Fellowships in Bioinformatics/
Biostatistics
MRC Clinician Scientist Fellowships
BBSRC David Phillips Fellowships
Cancer Research UK Career Development Fellowships
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Fellowships for the UK
The Wellcome Trust
Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowships
before PhD viva or < 1 year of post-doc experience
Wellcome Trust – MIT Postdoctoral Fellowships
before PhD viva or < 3 year of post-doc experience
The Newton International Fellowship
PhD students in the last year or max 1-2 post-doc positions; 2 years; deadline:
March
The Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowships
PhD students in the last year or < 6 years after a PhD; for up to 5 years, can
be on a part-time basis; deadline: January; success rate: 8%
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Fellowships for the USA
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The Fulbright Commission (Nationality-based)
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for post-docs
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min 3-month; apply > 6 months ahead
travel + health insurance, but not the cost of staying
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www.fulbright.de/tousa/stipendien/profs.html
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The Hope Funds for Cancer Research Postdoctoral Fellowship (2-3 years)
www.hope-funds.org/grants/eligibility-and-application/
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DFG Max Kade-Stipendium (1 year; < 45 years old)
www.dfg.de/foerderung/programme/internationales/max_kade_stipendium/kompakt/index.html
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Fellowships/ Grants for Israel
GIF Young Scientists’ Program
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research grant; up to EUR 40T
Ø  < 7 years post-doc
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http://www.gif.org.il/pages/gif-programs/ysp.aspx
Minerva Fellowship
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6 - 36 months (graduates); 6-24 months (postdocs)
< 7 years post-doc
Deadlines: 15 January and 15 June
/www.minerva.mpg.de/fellowships/fellowships.html
Minerva Short-Term Research Grants
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1 - 8 weeks research visits, also for meetings & conferences; < 38 years old
Deadline: 2 May
www.minerva.mpg.de/fellowships/research_application.html
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Other International Schemes
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Australia:
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA)
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Austria:
Lise Meitner Program for Scientists from Abroad (Austrian
Science Fund FWF)
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Canada:
Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships
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Ireland:
Irish Research Council postdoctoral fellowships
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Japan:
JSPS & The Matsumae International Foundation Research
Fellowships
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Switzerland: Ambizione (Swiss National Science Foundation)
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Taiwan:
via the AvH Foundation
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Some Fellowship Schemes in Industry
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DAAD-Roche Diagnostics Postdoctoral Program
https://www.daad.org/roche
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Roche Postdoc Fellowship (RPF) Program
http://careers.roche.com/belgium/entry_level/your-development-at-roche/postdoc-fellowship-rpf--program.html
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Merck Research Laboratories (MRL) Postdoctoral Research
Fellow Program
https://www.merck.com/research/fellow/home.html
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AstraZeneca Postdoctoral Program
http://www.astrazenecacareers.com/students/programmes/postdoc/
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FUNDING DATABASES
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DAAD for foreigners:
https://www.daad.de/deutschland/stipendium/datenbank/en/21148-finding-scholarships/
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DAAD for Germans:
https://www.daad.de/ausland/studieren/stipendium/de/70-stipendien-finden-und-bewerben/
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BMBF:
www.stipendienlotse.de/
E-fellows.net:
www.e-fellows.net/forms/stipdb
KissWin.de/ELFI (Servicestelle für ELektronische
ForschungsförderInformationen):
www.kisswin.de/foerdermittel/stipendien-und-preise.html?no_cache=1
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Central EU portal:
EURAXESS:
Scholarship-Positions:
GrantsNet:
www.scholarshipportal.eu
http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/jobs/index
http://scholarship-positions.com/
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/funding
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