Every year, ESID Education and Junior Working Parties coordinate two calls to offer different types of fellowships and grants. Here you can find detailed information on the type of fellowships, the eligibility criteria and the application process.
Type of Fellowships and Grants
- Short-term & Medium-term Fellowship
These ESID Fellowships are designed to provide financial support (personal expenses) to physicians or scientists in training interested in learning diagnostic/therapeutic procedures or lab techniques in the field of Primary Immunodeficiencies.
Short-term fellowship
Duration: Each short-term program should last between 1-2 months.
Funding: ESID is awarding EUR 1’500€ plus up to EUR 500 as travel support. 100% of the amount will be received at the beginning of the fellowship. Travel costs can be claimed after the completion of the fellowship and approval of the final report from the ESID office.
Medium-term fellowship
Duration: Each fellowship should last at least 3 months up to 6 months.
Funding: ESID is awarding EUR 1’000 per month of your stay plus up to EUR 500 as travel support. 50% of the amount will be received in the beginning of the fellowship. The remainder amount and the travel costs will be paid upon the submission and approval of the final report.
- Bridge Grant Fellowship
ESID wants to invest in the future of researchers and clinicians committed to PIDs. Therefore, ESID Bridge Grants aim to allow trainees working on PIDs to continue their activity in the field of PID in their institution or another institution during short periods of time until they can find other financial sources, thus avoiding the interruption of their training process.
Duration: Each bridge grant program should be up to a maximum of 6 months.
Funding: ESID is awarding EUR 1’500€/month during a maximum of 6 months.
Note: Applicants with other funding sources will be excluded from the selection process of the Bridge Grant fellowship
Eligibility to apply for ESID fellowships:
- Be an ESID Junior Member (in specific situations, the application of ESID non-Junior members can be taken into consideration only for short and medium term fellowships).
- Be accepted by a hosting institution for the proposed training goals (arrangements must be made by the applicant)
- The fellowship stay must start after the application deadline
Applications:
The application should include:
- Application form – please, download the application form here
- Curriculum Vitae with special highlight on list of publications/meeting communications of PID.
- Letter of support from the applicant’s head of department or supervisor. Please, note that a head of department or supervisor can provide a letter of support only to 1 candidate.
- Letter of invitation from the accepting institution. (Note: for Bridge Grant Fellowships, letters 3 and 4 can be merged, if the applicant is staying at the same institution).
Please send your application in a PDF format to: info@esid.org . An email will follow as a confirmation that your application has been received successfully.
Enquiries regarding the fellowships can be directed to info@esid.org, esidjuniors@esid.org or education@esid.org
DEADLINE:
Deadline for application: November, 5th. 2024
Next projected deadlines are in April and October each year, but will be confirmed in due course.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR SELECTED APPLICANTS:
Selected applicants will sign an agreement document prior to receiving the first payment. Such agreement document will include the following:
- Awareness of the need to submit the FINAL REPORT to ESID within a maximum of 3 months after the end of the program. Please, find here the ESID End of Fellowship report template, complete it and send it to the ESID office at: info@esid.org . Please, note that once approved, the report will be published on the ESID website, under the Reports section.
- Publications derived from the studies on the granted projects must include ESID as a funding source.
- For the ESID Bridge Grant Fellowship only: Should the successful applicant accept a non-ESID funded position during this period, any remaining funds will be returned to ESID.
