The Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (BIF) | Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics at the Gdańsk University of Technology

The peer-review selection process evaluates the applicant's achievements, as well as the scientific quality of the project and host laboratory. The process is highly competitive, with less than 10% of applicants receiving a fellowship.

On top of the monthly scholarship, the programme offers seminars, travel allowances, individual and personal support, and a worldwide network of fellows and alumni.

Your monthly stipend may come with a country-dependent premium. The final sum usually also includes a fixed monthly amount to cover minor project-related costs. Together, they add up to, e.g. 2,000 euros in Germany and Spain, 2,450 euros in Austria, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, 2,975 euros in the USA, and 3,400 euros in Switzerland. The stipends are usually tax-free.

Depending on your personal situation, you may receive additional monthly benefits, e.g. a child care allowance of up to 500 euros and/or a spouse allowance of 200 euros.

In addition to the monthly stipend, it is possible to receive funds to:

• present your data at international scientific conferences
• participate in methods courses useful for your PhD project
• perform research in cooperating laboratories.

The PhD projects must be experimental, in the field of basic biomedical research, and aimed at elucidating basic biological phenomena of human life and acquiring new scientific knowledge.

The Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (BIF) awards PhD fellowships to European citizens working in Europe or overseas and to non-European citizens pursuing their PhD projects in Europe.

You should apply when you are about to start, or have just started, your PhD project, no preliminary results are expected. If you have begun your project more than six months prior to the deadline, you are no longer eligible to apply.

The application must be written in English by the applicants themselves. There are three deadlines each year: 1 February, 1 June, 1 October.

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