Apply and Selection process

Apply

1. Use the application template available on the EMBL website.

2. Complete all relevant details in the application following the instructions herein.

3. Please submit your application by the advertised deadline as a single PDF document emailed to borja.esteve@embl.de.

4. If you have questions about the funding scheme, or encounter problems during the application preparation, please contact the Infection Biology Transversal Theme co-chairs at ib-chairs@embl.org.

5. IMPORTANT: Check with your institutional contact to confirm elegibility and budget approval before applying.

Selection process

The evaluation process will be coordinated by EMBL’s Infection Biology Transversal Theme. An expert panel, comprising representatives from all collaborating institutions and external experts, will evaluate all submitted projects and rank them based solely on scientific excellence. Most outstanding projects will be selected for funding following their ranking, but only if all institutions involved in a given project have sufficient remaining funds to cover their respective portions of that project’s budget. This ensures that no institution overcommits its allocated funding contribution.

Important dates

Call opens: 3 June 2025

Application deadline: 24 October 2025

Results announcement: December 2025

Planned start of projects: First trimester of 2026