EIPODs Inspire enables young researchers to expand their scientific network and explore cutting-edge life science research.

It offers the opportunity to:

• receive 18 months’ informal mentorship from an EMBL Interdisciplinary Postdoc,
• and attend the EMBL PhD Symposium.

The scheme is open to students studying for a scientific master’s degree in an EMBL member or prospect member state eligible for EU Widening Actions under Horizon 2020. These are:

Croatia | Czech Republic | Estonia | Hungary | Latvia | Lithuania | Luxembourg | Malta | Montenegro | Poland | Portugal | Slovakia

Programme status

Two calls for mentees have been completed:

• 2021 call: 24 mentee and mentor pairs were established. Mentees attended the 2021 EMBL PhD Symposium and attended a kick-off meeting with their mentors in December 2021. The mentoring period for this cohort ran from December 2021 to June 2023.
• 2022 call: 19 mentee and mentor pairs were established. Mentees attended the 2022 EMBL PhD Symposium and attended a kick-off meeting with their mentors in December 2022. The mentoring period for this group will run until June 2024.

No call is planned for 2023.