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ERS Funding Programmes 2010

In 2010, the ERS offers four funding schemes for professionals actively engaged in clinical and basic research in respiratory medicine and clinical pulmonary practice.

Programme duration: 
   

Postdoctoral Joint ERS/ Marie Curie Research Fellowships
(MC RESPIRE)

not in 2011

Carry out advanced and promising research projects

PhD degree holders and postgraduates holding 4 years full time research experience 

1 year

Long-Term
Research Fellowships
(LTRF)

Acquire and develop research procedures and techniques

University degree holders and allied health professionals in early-career stages 

6 to 12 months

Short-Term 
Research Training 
Fellowships 
(STRTF)

Acquire research/ procedures and techniques benefitting the unit of origin

University degree holders and allied health professionals in early-career stages

1 to 3 months

Visiting Professorships (VP)

Foster research dissemination benefitting the receiving unit

Established senior academics/professors

1 week to 1 month

The awards are funded by the ERS in order to enable qualified doctors and respiratory investigators to carry out specific research projects or to obtain training in a research technique in another European country.

Short-Term Research Training Fellowships

Deadline for Applications each year are April 1 and October 1.

Online application submission is open. Please go to:

The spring application deadline was extended to Friday April 15th 2010.

Please refer to the REVISED Guidelines for Application 2010:

Application Guidelines and Rules for 2010 have been revised and should be read carefully.

For your information here are the Guidelines for Application 2010

ERS STRTF Infos 2010 ERS STRTF Rules & Regulations 2010

Are you are interested in funding for Research Training Fellowships this year? If yes, then the ERS Short-Term Fellowships are for you. Our Short-Term Fellowships are designed to comply with subsistence rates and there are 2 deadlines per year to submit applications. A decision can be expected 3 months after the submission deadline. Simply, it is the fastest and easiest way to carry out research techniques and activities in 2010. The fellowship is to be undertaken in a (European) country other than the candidate's own.

ERS/AIMAR (Italy) joint Short-Term Fellowships are now also available (4 Short-Term Fellowships per year). The qualifying candidate may be from Italy going to another European country or from Europe or overseas going to Italy. To apply for a joint Fellowship with AIMAR, please use the same online application form as that for the other ERS Fellowships.

Visiting Professorships

Deadline for Applications each year are April 1 and October 1

Online application submission is open. Please go to:

The spring application deadline has been extended to Friday April 15th 2010.

Please refer to the REVISED Guidelines for Application 2010:

Application Guidelines and Rules for 2010 have been revised and should be read carefully.

For your information here are the Guidelines for Application 2010

ERS VP Infos 2010  ERS VP Rules & Regulations 2010

This programme is funded by the ERS with the objective of enabling senior investigators and clinicians, who are in the established stages of their careers, to conduct short exchange visits in hospitals and university departments, in order to promote cooperation in the field of respiratory medicine. The Professorship is to be undertaken in a European country. Applications need to be submitted by the Host Coodinator representing the Host Institution which wishes to benefit from the Visiting Professor's expertise and competences. Host Institutions must be located in Europe, the Visiting Professor may however be European or non-European.

NEW Postdoctoral ERS/Marie Curie Joint Research Fellowships (RESPIRE Programme)

ERS/Marie Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Programme:

The ERS was pleased to announce the Postdoctoral ERS/Marie Curie Joint Research Fellowships (RESPIRE) under the EU Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) - Marie Curie Actions. The RESPIRE programme was supported through the FP7-Marie Curie Actions- PEOPLE-COFUND of the European Commission, Grant number PCOFUND-GA-2008-229571.

The RESPIRE programme aimed to enable promising PhD holders and postgraduates holding 4 years full-time research experience to carry out advanced research projects (1 year) in another European country. Applicants were required to have at least 1 first author publication in an international peer-reviewed journal at the time of application.

The RESPIRE Programme 2010 deadline for applications has now ended.  There will not be a call for this Fellowship Programme in 2011.

Guidelines for Applications 2010

 ERS/MC Fellowship Infos 2010  ERS/MC Fellowship Rules 2010

  ERS/MC GRANT AMOUNTS & PERFORMANCE OBLIGATIONS 2010

  • Applications were to be submitted by the extended deadline of January 31, 2010. 
  • You could have expected a decision by the second week of May 2010.
  • Approximately 10 applications were selected.
  • The start date of the fellowship could not be set earlier than July 2010.
  • It was open to all nationalities, but only Host institutions based in Europe could participate in the programme.
  • Applications had to involve an agreement with a hosting/receiving institute in Europe where the fellowship would be carried out. The allocation of the fellowship grant was based on a complete and detailed project description (including work protocol and timelines), which was to be submitted by the candidate and carrying the endorsement of the host supervisor.
  • The ERS/Marie Curie Joint Fellowships are co-funded jointly by the ERS and the European Commission. The objective is to enable outstanding investigators and clinicians to carry out advanced research projects of scientific excellence in the area of respiratory medicine through a 12-month work period in another country in Europe.

    • COFUND Programmes

    Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (COFUND)

    COFUND offers funding to existing or new regional, national and international fellowship programmes for research training and career development.

    More information:  COFUND flyer

    "The COFUND programme will not only boost the careers of the fellowship recipients, it will also promote the ERA by facilitating the platform needed to enhance and maintain scientific networks"

    European Respiratory Society

    ERS/Marie Curie Fellowships profile on Cordis: 
     RESPIRE summary fiche

    Examples of co-funded programmes:
    http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/people/cofund_en.html

    National Contact Points: http://dev.ersnet.org/cms/

    FP7 People Helpdesk: http://dev.ersnet.org/cms/

    Long-Term Research Fellowships

    Online application submission is open. Please go to:

    Please refer to the REVISED Guidelines for Application 2010:

     ERS LTRF Infos 2010   ERS LTRF Rules & Regulations 2010

    • Applications were to be submitted by January 31, 2010. 
    • You can expect a decision in May for a LTRF application submitted in January.
    • The Fellowships are funded by the ERS with the objective of enabling investigators and clinicians, who are in the early stages of their careers, to carry out basic or clinical research projects and to develop, acquire and apply advanced research procedures and techniques, not available in the Home unit, in the area of respiratory medicine through a 6- to 12-month work period in a foreign country in Europe. Approximately nine applications are selected annually.
    • The ERS does not apply an upper age limit for candidates as an eligibility criterion. Awards are conditional on the availability of appropriate facilities and resources to apply the newly acquired skills. The return of the Fellow to the home institution at the end of the Fellowship is encouraged.
    • ERS/SEPAR (Spain) joint Long-Term Fellowships are now also available (one Long-Term Fellowship per year). The qualifying candidate may be from Spain going to another European country or from Europe or overseas going to Spain. To apply for a joint Fellowship with SEPAR, please use the same online application form as that for the other ERS Fellowships.

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