The EMBO Young Investigator Programme supports life scientists who have been group leaders for less than four years at the time of application in setting up their laboratories. Young Investigators receive financial support for networking for four years and benefit from training opportunities, support for their lab members and mentoring. They become part of an international network of more than 700 current and former EMBO Young Investigators, Installation Grantees and Global Investigators.
Selected eligibility criteria:
- Applicants must have been an independent group leader for at least one year and for less than four years at the pre-application deadline (i.e. having started no earlier than 1 April 2021 and no later than 1 April 2024), for the application round 2025.
- They must have sufficient funding to run their laboratory.
- They must have published at least one senior author research paper (not a review) in an international peer-reviewed journal from independent work carried out in their own laboratory.
- Applicants must be able to attend an online interview on 04 or 05 November 2025.
For all eligibility criteria please visit the eligibility webpage!
Deadline:
1 April 2025
