Project description DEENESFRITPL Support for young scientists to succeed Open to candidates with backgrounds in biology, chemistry, physics, medicine, engineering and computer science, the Vienna International Postdoctoral Program is a three-year fellowship programme called VIP-2. The fellows select two mentors and conceive a research project that forms the basis for the selection. The VIP-2 project will foster scientific independence by encouraging the selection of projects that have the potential to develop into distinct research lines and by providing candidates access to outstanding scientific core facilities. The fellows will be mentored through a structured programme that trains them for skills required to attain high-level positions in different scientific sectors. The aim is for scientists to conduct ambitious research projects in an international, interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral environment. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective The VBC International Postdoctoral Program (VIP2) sets new standards in postdoctoral training in the Life Sciences by providing talented young scientists with outstanding support to conduct ambitious research projects in an international, interdisciplinary, and inter-sectoral environment. The program fosters scientific independence, encourages groundbreaking, career-making projects, and enables fellows to establish valuable contacts to academic and non-academic sectors. The Vienna BioCenter (VBC) has a 30-year history of scientific excellence and training. Four academic institutes (IMP, IMBA, GMI, MFPL) form the basis of this application. They are devoted to basic research in all areas of Life Science. Research topics range from structural biology to organismal biology, from gene expression to neurobiology, from microbiology to molecular medicine which encompass the full range of model systems from microbes, stem cells, plants, invertebrates to vertebrates. Together with 21 biotech companies, the VBC is Austria’s largest life sciences research center and a stellar example of an interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral campus. VIP2 is a 3-year postdoctoral fellowship program open to candidates with backgrounds in biology, chemistry, physics, medicine, engineering and computer science. The selection is a bottom-up procedure where fellows select two mentors and conceive a research project that forms the basis for the selection. VIP2 fosters scientific independence by selecting projects that have the potential to develop into distinct research lines and by providing candidates access to outstanding scientific core facilities. VIP2 fellows are mentored through a structured program that trains fellows for skills required to attain high-level positions in different scientific sectors. Finally, fellows can obtain direct insight into non-academic sectors through a secondment and are supported by an external advisory board with members from various non-academic sectors. Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme H2020-EU.1.3.4. - Increasing structural impact by co-funding activities Topic(s) MSCA-COFUND-2018 - Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes Call for proposal H2020-MSCA-COFUND-2018 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MSCA-COFUND-FP - Fellowship programmes Coordinator FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FUR MOLEKULARE PATHOLOGIE GESELLSCHAFT MBH Net EU contribution € 4 965 300,00 Address Campus-vienna-biocenter 1 1030 Wien Austria See on map Region Ostösterreich Wien Wien Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 4 965 300,00
