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MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE JOURNALIST IN RESIDENCE FELLOWSHIP

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Application Deadline: 06 October 2023, 12:00 pm CET.

LOCATION: Heidelberg, Germany

The MPIL Journalist in Residence Fellowship enables journalists with several years of experience to spend three months at the Institute. The time and duration of the stay (between March and November 2024) are agreed individually. MPIL Journalists in Residence are free to pursue their own research. They are encouraged to take advantage of the opportunity to exchange ideas with researchers at the institute and to participate in our various work and discussion formats.

ELIGIBILITY:

Please upload one PDF-file with your application in English or German, including:

a brief portrait of your own journalistic work

a curriculum vitae

three work samples with relevance to the research topics of the institute

a short outline of your proposed research planned for your stay at the Institute (max. 2000 characters)

details of your preferred dates (between March and November 2023) and intended duration of stay

BENEFIT:

A monthly research grant up to 3.500€, based on the fellows qualifications and experience, is offered for the duration of the stay. The Institute provides desk space and access to all research resources of the Institute’s library.

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AFRICAN CAREER ACCELERATION FELLOWSHIPS

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Application Deadline: 12 November 2023.

LOCATION: London, England

Applications to the second round of Crick Africa Network fellowships are now open. The Crick Africa Network (CAN) is offering African Career Acceleration Fellowships supported by LifeArc for early-career biomedical scientists to develop translational scientific programmes and become independent scientists.

ELIGIBILITY:

To be eligible to apply for the African Career Acceleration Fellowship you must have:

Citizenship or permanent residency status for an African country

A PhD in a relevant field with two to five years of postdoctoral experience, or a clinical PhD (MBChB) with at least three years of relevant research experience

A strong track record indicating potential as a scientific leader on the African continent

A strong translational science proposal in one of the CAN research areas

Approached and reached an agreement regarding your proposed science with your mentor in your chosen African partner institute and your chosen mentor at the Crick before submitting your scientific proposal.

In exceptional circumstances we may accept a candidate with less than two years’ postdoctoral experience. If this is the case, please contact the CAN programme manager, Jennifer Brown at can-fellowships@crick.ac.uk to discuss before submitting your application. 

BENEFIT:

LifeArc-sponsored African Career Acceleration Fellowship will provide four years of funding and be hosted primarily in one of five African partner institutions

The fellowships will cover salary, research costs, research assistant salary, and travel and subsistence costs. 

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