ARISE2 Postdoctoral Fellowship - 2026 Call for Applications

EMBL ARISE2 Postdoctoral Fellowships

The life sciences increasingly depend on advanced services offered by core facilities, synchrotrons, data services and other research infrastructures, creating a need for highly-skilled professionals who can operate, improve and expand these scientific services.

EMBL's ARISE2 programme offers over 20 fully funded, three-year postdoctoral fellowships for researchers with STEM backgrounds who are interested in advancing their careers in research infrastructures in academia or industry.

Your role

ARISE2 fellows will:

• Develop a method or development within EMBL's areas of expertise, with potential for broader service application
• Receive structured training in the operation and management of research infrastructures, including service provision, project and staff management, innovation, science policy, FAIR principals and AI.
• Build professional networks through secondment and job shadowing at EMBL and ARISE2 partner organisations

ARISE2 projects should align with EMBL's research areas—such as genomics, structural biology, imaging, cell and tissue biology, environmental research, and translational applications—while contributing to the development of services that support the wider life science community.

You may develop projects in fields including:

• Data and computational science:
  Bioinformatics, AI/ML, computational modelling, software engineering, data management, data science.
• Imaging and optical engineering:
  Imaging and image analysis, optical engineering, detector development, microscopy, X-ray optics
• Structural Biology and Mechanical Engineering:
  Automation, high-precision mechanics, microfluidics, robotics, X-ray crystallography
• Biotechnology: (Bio) chemical engineering, chemistry or chemical biology, omics technologies.

You have

• A Ph.D. at the time of the call). Researchers who have successfully defended their doctoral thesis but who have not yet been formally awarded the degree are eligible to apply.
• A university degree in a relevant STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)
• Experience in technology development – experience can be from academia and/or industry and should be relevant to the research fields of our groups and teams that are participating in the programme.
• Strong research potential that can be illustrated by a diverse set of research outputs (e.g., publications, software, data sets, patents, technical documentation, contribution to technology development or other innovative research etc.)
• The ability to work independently and in a collaborative settings
• Excellent communication skills and fluency in English
• Good organisational and time-management skills

You might also have

• Experience in the improvement or development of methods, techniques or technology for service provision.

ARISE2 receives funding from Horizon Europe under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie action COFUND (grant agreement No ).

Why join us

EMBL is Europe's flagship research laboratory for the life sciences – an intergovernmental organisation performing scientific research in disciplines including molecular biology, physics, chemistry and computer science. We are an international laboratory with more than 2000 employees from many nations, operating across six sites, in Heidelberg (HQ), Barcelona, Hinxton near Cambridge, Hamburg, Grenoble and Rome. One of our missions is to provide access to advanced technologies and engage in technology transfer activities.

EMBL is a curiosity-driven, community-oriented and international organisation. As an inclusive, equal opportunity employer, we believe that diversity enables us to collaborate more effectively and be innovative in our approaches. We are, therefore, committed to creating an inclusive and flexible culture - one where everyone can realise their full potential and make a positive contribution to our organisation. We operate by our values of: openness, inclusion, integrity, transparency, fairness.

At EMBL, as per our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, we actively encourage applications from people who are currently underrepresented in science. We also welcome applications from researchers at…