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Fully funded Postdoctoral Fellowships at EMBL laboratories in Germany

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"EMBL is proud to have influenced and contributed to the scientific development of several generations of postdoctoral fellows, many now leaders in academia and industry. Our fellows play a pivotal role in the success of our research programme. EMBL in turn is committed to their advancement by providing resources, sharing access to an outstanding global scientific network, and offering the skills development required for a bright future."

EMBL has a dynamic research community of more then 1,000 scientists of which one-fifth are Postdoctoral Fellows distributed across the six EMBL sites. At EMBL you will experience a lively international atmosphere focused on interdisciplinary research.

Who are we looking for?

Postdocs at EMBL have a wide range of backgrounds including, biology, chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, medicine, engineering, physics, mathematics, computer science and bioinformatics. Interdisciplinarity is an important strength of research at EMBL and as such we welcome fellows interested in moving into a new area of research. 

If you are interested in becoming an EMBL postdoc, the first step is to contact the group leader of your choice directly to ask about opportunities. Click here for contact details and an overview of our groups.  

You can also search for groups according to research topics.

Dedicated programmes

EMBL has three dedicated fellowship programmes to fund postdoctoral research: the EMBL Interdisciplinary Postdocs (EIPOD) Fellowship,  the EBI-Sanger Postdoctoral (ESPOD) Fellowship and the EBPOD Fellowship programme.

Individual fellowships

Most postdoctoral fellows enter EMBL with external funding in the form of individual postdoctoral fellowships. Click here for an overview of some of the available postdoctoral fellowships.

A few postdoctoral fellowships may be offered as specified positions on our job pages.

Contact details

Brenda Stride, Postdoctoral Programme Manager

Rachel Coulthard-Graf, Career Advisor

EMBL Postdoctoral Programme

EMBL Heidelberg, Meyerhofstraße 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany

Tel: +49 6221 387-8329

Email: postdocs@embl.org

If you are currently a Postdoc at EMBL please visit the links at the left to learn about the services and resources available to you. Please do not hesitate to contact the Postdoctoral Office for any further questions

Contact details Brenda Stride, Postdoctoral Programme Manager Rachel Coulthard-Graf, Career Advisor EMBL Postdoctoral Programme EMBL Heidelberg, Meyerhofstraße 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany Tel: +49 6221 387-8329