We are thrilled to announce the launch of the iVEronet Mobility Fellowships Program, designed to foster collaborations between research groups working on extracellular vesicles (EVs) across Ibero-America and Spain.
To be eligible, both the applicant and the head of the hosting lab must be certified members of either a national EV Society or Network in the host country, or active members of GEIVEX. If no EV Network exists in your country, we warmly invite you to join our society.
GEIVEX will award two fellowships:
- One award for an early-career researcher (ECR) from a Spanish institution to conduct a research stay in an Ibero-American laboratory.
- One award for an ECR from an Ibero-American country to carry out a scientific stay in a host lab in Spain.
Applications are open until May 30, 2025. Each fellowship will provide up to €3,000 to cover travel and subsistence costs (excluding bench fees) for stays of one to three months. iVEronet Mobility Fellowships are not intended to support expenses associated with attendance to scientific conferences or workshops.
Don’t miss this opportunity to strengthen international collaboration in EV research!
Application Process:
1. You can find a list some groups in Iberoamerica here and the map of the GEIVEX groups in Spain here
This is not a closed list, so if you plan to move to a lab that is not listed, please contact us so we can check their eligibility.
2. Contact the Host lab and discuss the potential, have a CV ready!
3. Apply to GEIVEX (secretaria@geivex.org) by sending in a single PDF file the following documents:
- Completed application form (see below)
- CV of the applicant
- CV of the Principal Investigator of the host laboratory, including list of publications of the last 5 years
- Membership certificates of both the applicant and the PI from the host group.
Applications will be evaluated by the following scientific panel of GEIVEX board members:
Dr Marcel-la Franquesa
Dr María Yáñez-Mó
Dr Héctor Peinado
Dr María Pardo
on the basis of scientific quality and interest for EV field.
The resolution of the Evaluation Committee is final, non-appealable and will be published on the GEIVEX webpage. The title of the funded project will be also published on the webpage; however, the objectives will not be disclosed until completion of the stay. The Evaluation Committee will not engage in correspondence with the applicants.
Fellowship payment
The recipients of a fellowship will provide GEIVEX a bank account number for the transfer of the granted fellowship. An initial amount of 1000€ will be transferred to the researcher bank account before the start of the stay. Once the visit has concluded and after GEIVEX has reviewed the relevant invoices, the Fellow will receive the remaining justified amount of the fellowship.
Fellow responsibilities
Upon completion of the GEIVEX-funded mobility stay, the Fellow must provide GEIVEX with:
Fellows could be requested to give a short talk at the next GEIVEX Annual Meeting
All invoices that substantiate his/her expenses. If the expenses indicated in the invoices provided are less than the amount awarded, the Fellow should refund the difference to GEIVEX. If expenses are not properly justified, the fellowship must be refunded to GEIVEX.
A brief report describing the activities carried out, along with a short video detailing the benefits to his/her scientific development. These reports may be published by GEIVEX.
GEIVEX iVEronet Mobility Fellowship must be acknowledged in any publication or abstract that includes the data obtained during the stay.