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Postdoctoral Fellowships at Massachusetts Institute of Technology – 2025

Call opens
6 November 2024
Call closes
29 January 2025 2:00pm (CET)
Announcement of results
June 2025
Recurring calls
November 2025
Application guidelines

Purpose

In NORMA you find the call under the title Postdoctoral Fellowships for MIT, Stanford Bio-X, University of Oxford and Weizmann Institute of Science –  2025

The postdoctoral fellowship offers a unique opportunity to engage in cutting-edge research projects in collaboration with researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). MIT stands as a top global university in science and technology, renowned for its education, innovative research, and tradition of advancement. The programme invites early career researchers to apply for a three to four year fellowship in collaboration with a research group at MIT. Fellows will develop a research project at MIT for the first two to three years, followed by a return phase at a Danish university or other Danish public or non-profit research institution.

The Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF) aims to propel the career development of outstanding early-stage researchers by:

  • Providing them the opportunity to gain extensive research experience and training in a unique interdisciplinary environment at the highest international level, while fostering an open exchange of intellect and ideas.
  • Promoting their scientific networks and innovative spirit through mobility, thus fostering scientific independence and international collaboration.
  • Supporting their continued research collaborations and knowledge transfer between the Danish research ecosystem and MIT.

Fellowships within this programme are also offered with Stanford Bio-X, University of Oxford and Weizmann Institute of Science as the hosting institution.

Eligibility

All applicants must meet the following requirements at the time of application:

The fellowship supports postdoctoral research projects up to 4 year, with at least 30 months spent at MIT. The final 6 months of a 3-year grant, or 10 months of a 4-year grant, must be dedicated to the return phase at the Danish host institution. The remaining 8 months of a 4-year grant can be allocated flexibly between MIT and the Danish host institution but must be decided with the MIT Principal Investigator (PI) before submitting the application.

Applicants must:

  • Have obtained a PhD degree in natural and technical sciences, biomedicine, or biotechnology within 5 years of the fellowship start date.
    • Leave of absence periods do not count towards the 5 years.
    • Can apply as a PhD student if the PhD supervisor provides a statement that the applicant is expected to graduate before the start date of the fellowship.
  • Establish contact with a host PI at MIT who commits to being the primary research mentor for the duration of the stay abroad.
  • Demonstrate association to the Danish educational system or research environment (e.g. graduated from a Danish University, Danish citizenship, or several years of research experience at a Danish institution).

A Danish university or other public, non-profit research institution in Denmark (Danish host institution) must employ the applicant and administer the fellowship for the entirety of the grant period.

Special rules for applications:

  • Applicants can only submit one application at a time for any of the NNF postdoctoral fellowship grants and must receive notification of the outcome before re-applying.
  • The project can receive partial funding from other sources. Any co-funding must be explicitly mentioned in the application.

The general conditions for receiving a grant from NNF can be found on our webpage.

About the grant

Amount

Up to DKK 4,25 mio. per grant

Location

Going abroad from Denmark

Career stage

Postdoctoral fellowships

Committee

Committee on Interdisciplinary Research

Contact

For grant inquiries
Joanna Steinhauer
Grant Specialist
[email protected]
Coralie Backlund
Scientific Manager
[email protected]
Ulla Vig Nissen
Grant Manager, Dr Philos
[email protected]

Funding

The duration of the fellowship is a minimum of 3 years and up to 4 years.
NNF will award approx. DKK 1 million per year, for a total of up to DKK 4,25 million per fellowship (pro rata).

Application

It is important to carefully read the “Information and guidelines for applicants”, before initiating the application process, as these guidelines contains the complete call text as well as instructions regarding the completion of the application.

Recurring call

The Postdoctoral Fellowships at MIT is up for evaluation in 2025.

Grant listings

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