ERS Short-Term Research Fellowships (October 2026 call)

Who can apply: Postgraduates holding an MD, MSc, PhD or MD-PhD in a field related to respiratory medicine, and qualified non-MD respiratory health professionals with at least an MSc. Established investigators, meaning scientists who run their own group with its own funding and hold a fixed position, are not eligible. ERS active… What is funded: A one to three month research visit at a host institution outside the applicant’s own country. ERS pays a monthly living allowance adjusted by a country correction coefficient, plus a child allowance and a mobility allowance; the exact rates are set out in the STRF application guidance. Any salary the home or host… Deadline: 1 October 2026. The funder does not state a timezone for this deadline, so check the official page for the exact cut-off time. Round: October 2026 call.

Read the full call and apply on the official page: European Respiratory Society (ERS), official page.

Who can apply

• Postgraduates holding an MD, MSc, PhD or MD-PhD in a field related to respiratory medicine, and qualified non-MD respiratory health professionals with at least an MSc. Established investigators, meaning scientists who run their own group with its own funding and hold a fixed position, are not eligible. ERS active membership is mandatory at the time of applying: it is free for early-career applicants under 40 who live in a country with GDP under USD 20,000 and cannot join through a partner society, and EUR 30 a year for other early-career direct members. All nationalities may apply, but the host institution must be in a different country from the applicant's own.

Stage dates

Dates come from the funder's page for this round. When a round closes, the next round's dates replace these once the funder publishes them.

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