ARISE: Career Accelerator for Infrastructure Scientists

A programme designed to advance technology development and service provision in the life sciences and train experienced STEM professionals to become future leaders in life science research infrastructures.

Position: ARISE fellow

Duration: 36 months

Funding: Competitive salary

Application closes: 30 September 2023

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Application process

  • We are offering 30+ fellowships in the 4th and final call which is now open for applications
  • Applications should be submitted through the online application portal.
  • To prepare the research proposal, applicants should get in touch with the EMBL group or team leader whose group or team they would like to join.

Read about the application and evaluation procedure

Contact
For inquiries, please email arise@embl.org.

Closing date: 
30 September 2023

  • Contract duration: 3 years
  • Grading: Stipend
  • Reference number: EF00008

About the ARISE Programme

The ARISE fellowship programme enables experienced professionals with a background in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) to advance technology development and service provision in the life sciences and get trained to become future leaders in life science research infrastructures.

Read the full overview of the ARISE Programme

Funding

The programme will provide three-years long fellowships for 62 experienced STEM professionals who will join different EMBL groups and teams that are developing technologies and providing service to life science community.

The ARISE programme is co-funded by EMBL and the Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) of the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme – co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (COFUND).

Who should apply

The ARISE programme is open to experienced STEM professionals from around the world, who have at least four years of experience in technology development in academia or industry, with initial experience in technology development for the purpose of service provision. A PhD is not compulsory.

See all eligibility criteria

Programme overview

The ARISE fellowship programme is designed to help fellows develop skills that are uniquely required by research infrastructure scientists by providing training in:

  • Technology development
  • Management and operation of research infrastructures and scientific services
  • A broad understanding of the life sciences
  • Data management technologies and FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) data policies

The programme will also provide broad professional networking opportunities.

ARISE fellowship format

Training will be provided through practical work on a research project (technology development), through secondments, courses, conferences, supervision, and mentoring.

Read more about the programme format

Participating groups and teams

The following EMBL-EBI group and team leaders are participating in the ARISE programme:

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Alex Bateman

Senior Team Leader – Protein Sequence Resources

Sequence Family Resources

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Sarah Dyer

Non-Vertebrate Genomics Team Leader

Non-Vertebrate Genomics

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Andrew Yates

Team Leader, Genomics Technology Infrastructure

EBI Genomics Technology Infrastructure

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See the full list of groups and teams who host ARISE fellows across the other EMBL sites (Heidelberg, Grenoble, Hamburg, Barcelona and Rome).

Partner organisations

The ARISE programme has partnered with a large number of organisations that will support training of the ARISE fellows by providing the opportunity for long- or short-term secondments at their premises.

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