Call for Proposals – Interdisciplinary Master’s Scholarships

[Call for Proposals] - Published on April 19, 2024 under Research Centers, Research Units

Deadline: June 7, 2024 – 20 scholarships available, totaling €100,000

Objective

The Biology-Health Research Cluster is launching its first call for proposals, “Interdisciplinary Master’s Scholarships,” aimed at research teams wishing to host a second-year Master’s student as part of an interdisciplinary project for internships beginning in 2025. Applications do not require a student to have already been identified.

The goal is to provide financial support to encourage Master’s 2 students to pursue interdisciplinary research in health.

Target audience

Research teams from the AEB, Chemistry, MIPS, and Social Sciences clusters that wish to develop an interdisciplinary project on one of the themes covered by the seven research areas of the Biology-Health Cluster.

The Clusters:

AEB Division
Chemicals Division
MIPS Division
Social Sciences Division
or
Translational project

The 7 research areas of the Biology-Health Cluster:

QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY
ONCOLOGY
GENETICS AND EPIGENETICS
INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND IMMUNOLOGY
EXPERIMENTAL AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
NEUROSCIENCES
HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES BIOENGINEERING

Eligibility Criteria

Projects must be interdisciplinary and involve one of the seven research areas of the Biology-Health Cluster and a team from another cluster. Translational projects involving a team from one cluster and a hospital-based team are also eligible.