Postdoctoral Fellowships Worldwide

With the aim of promoting and allowing young and talented researchers to do great science, IBSA Foundation for scientific research offers 6 fellowships of € 32.000 in the following research fields:

• dermatology
• endocrinology
• fertility and urology
• orthopaedics and rheumatology, pain medicine
• Healthy Aging/Regenerative medicine

Two grants will be awarded to the scientific area with the highest number of projects received.

Research equity prize
As part of the IBSA Foundation Fellowships, a €5’000 award will be given to the best scientific project carried out in a laboratory, research institute or university based in a developing country.
This special award aims to promote equity in access to research, recognising emerging scientific excellence in resource-limited contexts and strengthening international dialogue within the scientific community.

Eligibility

Applicants of any nationality must be under 40 years old on the deadline for the submission of proposals.

They must have a degree in medicine, biology, pharmacy, biotechnology or bioengineering. Open to PhD students, PhD, Post-Doc and residents. Permanent positions such as Professors cannot apply.

For the entire duration of the grant, applicants must be active in the Host Institution, i.e. a research organization (such as universities, hospitals or other research centres), irrespective of its legal status (organized under public or private law), whose primary goal is to independently conduct non-economic biomedical research and to disseminate its results.

Application Procedure

Applicants are invited to submit their proposals no later than the 31st of January 2026 on the dedicated platform (https://ibsafoundation.poliresearch.com/) and shall provide the following additional documents as separate files:

1. Curriculum Vitae
2. List of peer-reviewed publications (min1 – max 3)
3. Cover letter of a short self-presentation

Applications and supporting documentation are only accepted via the online application system.