ERS​/SEPAR Short-Term Research Fellowship; Spain | respiratory medicine

Recognised Researcher (R2) (PhD holders or equivalent who are not yet fully independent)

Outline

The ERS/Sociedad Española de Neumología y Cirugía Torácica (SEPAR) Joint Short-Term Research Fellowship from the European Respiratory Society (ERS) supports early-career researchers and clinicians to carry out basic, translational, or clinical research projects in Spain. Applicants must be ERS members, residents in a country in Europe (except in Spain), or overseas. Europe as defined by the World Health Organization.

Applications close on April 1, 2026.

What is funded

The fellowship includes a living allowance, a child allowance, and a mobility allowance.

Duration

1 to 3 months

Applications are open to candidates of all ages, targeting researchers at the earlier stage of their careers. Applications from researchers who have taken a career break, including, but not limited to, parental leave, periods working outside research, and experiencing unemployment, are encouraged.

• Applicants should be actively engaged or must have experience in the respiratory field.
• Applicants must be postgraduates holding a university degree in any field related to respiratory medicine (MD, MSc, PhD, MD‑PhD). Applicants should have graduated with an MD, MSc, or equivalent degree.
• Postgraduate scientists such as immunologists, biologists, geneticists, pharmacologists, biophysicists, chemists, etc. involved in respiratory science, are entitled to apply for the STRF.
• Qualified healthcare professionals (non‑MD) working in respiratory health/medicine (nurses, physiotherapists, respiratory function technologists, allied respiratory professionals, etc.) are entitled to apply for an STRF. At a minimum, applicants should hold an MSc or equivalent degree.

Applicants must not have worked or resided in the host institution or host country in the last 12 months.

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