IRP long- term postdoctoral fellowships
In order to promote basic and clinical research related to spinal cord injury and neuroregeneration, the foundation IRP provides a fellowship to a young scientist from Switzerland who wants to join an outstanding laboratory or clinic abroad, as well as a fellowship for a candidate who comes from abroad and wants to work in Switzerland.
Subsidies are of the following types:
1. A fellowship for up to 2 years in an outstanding basic research laboratory specialised in one or several aspects of CNS and spinal cord lesions and repair, preferentially in mammals. A 3rd year may be attributed to the fellow who returns to Switzerland from abroad.
2. A 1 year fellowship in a clinical research laboratory situated in the fields of diagnosis and acute lesion management of spinal cord injury, including surgery, neurology, urology, rehabilitation, and other areas related to paraplegia.
Guidelines for application
- Applicants must have a research doctorate (Ph.D) or a doctoral degree in medicine (MD).
- Applicants must have at least one lead author article published or accepted for publication.
- The project proposed by the applicant should be endorsed by a senior investigator of the host University or Hospital. In addition it should clearly state the innovative aspects in terms of original questions and techniques to be learned.
- IRP provides support for maximum three years. A renewal is not possible. The grantee must work full-time in research in the host institution.
- After each year of support, fellows must submit a detailed scientific report of their research endorsed by the research supervisor.
- At the end of the training, IRP postdoctoral fellows who want to set up a laboratory of research in Switzerland might be invited to apply to the IRP towards the purchase of laboratory equipment.
Review of application
Applications will be screened by the IRP/IFP international scientific committee and evaluated on the following criteria:
- Training potential of the fellowship and potential of the laboratory’s area of research
- Accomplishments of the candidate
- Quality of the host laboratory /endorsement by the University
- Scientific originality and quality of the proposal
- Information given by the candidate regarding his/her motivation and goals
Allowances
Living allowance: 70`000.- CHF/year
Research and travel allowance: up to 9`000.- CHF/year
Family support and child allowances can be paid depending on the fellow’s situation.
Laboratory financial backing to be discussed on a per case basis.
Application procedure
You will find hereunder an application form in word format.
- IFP / IRP Fellowship Application 2010
Word file, 188 kb
To download the document do a right click and select "save target as". If you encounter any problem, please write us an e-mail and we will send you the form.
In the document, you will find tick boxes, some fields to fill in as well as some sections of text to write.
Once you have completed your application, please press the button hereunder. After having given us your details you will be able to upload your application form as well as your CV and list of publications (last 5 years, no abstracts).
Fellowship applications are accepted once a year. Deadline for submission is October 31st 2010.
Your documents should be presented in Word or PDF format or as a scan.