Arturo Falaschi Postdoctoral Fellowships – September 2026

Benefits & funding

• Monthly stipend: EUR 2,300 in Trieste, USD 1,749 in New Delhi, or ZAR 27,500 in Cape Town.
• Travel from the fellow’s home country to the host laboratory at the start and return travel after completion.
• Medical insurance for the fellowship period and reimbursement of visa or stay-permit application and renewal costs.
• Research costs are covered by the research group’s budget; meeting and course support is generally provided by the Group Leader or principal investigator.
• The award lasts two years and may be extended for one additional year. ICGEB provides no financial or administrative support for accompanying family members.

Eligibility

• Applicants must be nationals of an ICGEB Member State: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Libya, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Qatar, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Tanzania, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam or Zimbabwe.
• Applicants may not undertake the fellowship in their country of origin unless they have been working abroad for at least the previous three years and remain abroad when applying.
• Applicants must hold a recent PhD in Life Sciences or have at least three years of research experience.
• An English-language certificate is required unless English was the language of instruction, in which case the university must provide confirmation.
• Candidates under 35 receive preference; this is not stated as a hard age limit.
• Only one application per candidate is accepted in each call.

Application process

1. 1
   Select an ICGEB laboratory and prospective supervisor, then submit an expression of interest through the ICGEB Service Gateway between 1 July and 14 August 2026.
2. 2
   Principal investigators review the expressions of interest.
3. 3
   Candidates selected by a prospective supervisor receive permission to submit a full application through the gateway between 16 and 30 September 2026.
4. 4
   Complete the online sections and upload the required PDF documents, including a CV, PhD records, identification and English-language evidence where required.
5. 5
   The applicant’s national ICGEB Liaison Officer must endorse the submission before the ICGEB Fellowship Selection Committee evaluates it.

Program timeline

1. Expression-of-interest stage opens

   1 July 2026

2. Expression-of-interest deadline

   14 August 2026, 23:59 CET

3. Full-application stage opens for selected candidates

   16 September 2026

4. Full-application deadline

   30 September 2026, 23:59 CET

5. Next fellowship call is expected to open

   January 2027

6. Fellowship starts in Trieste, New Delhi and Cape Town

   1 February 2027