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EACR-Mark Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships
EACR-Mark Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships are awarded for a period of three years and support excellent postdoctoral researchers in laboratories throughout Europe.
The deadline has now passed to submit outline proposals. A full timeline of the review process can be found in the Programme Guidelines below.
The goals of the programme are:
- To support talented EACR members during their postdoctoral training
- To advance innovative areas of cancer research
- To grow a global network of scientists with diverse expertise
Measures of success:
- Professional advancement
- Publishable discoveries
- Follow on funding or collaborations
- Engagement with members of the Mark Foundation community
How to apply
The deadline has now passed to submit outline proposals. A full timeline of the review process can be found in the Programme Guidelines below.
Applications are accepted in line with the published timeline in the programme guidelines.
Before applying:
- Please make sure to fully read and understand the Programme Guidelines and in particular the eligibility criteria. Strict criteria will be applied.
- Check you meet the eligibility criteria in the programme guidelines.
- You must hold a valid EACR Membership Number and be logged in to access the portal.
- Take note not to exceed the character or word count limits.
- Information will save automatically and may be updated at any time prior to submission of the application. All sections must be completed before submission. Incomplete applications will not be accepted. Once an application has been submitted, no further changes are allowed.
- Only applications that are submitted as complete by the published deadline can be considered. There will be no extensions and no exceptions for late or incomplete applications.
Key dates
Deadline to submit outline proposals: 20 August 2025 23.59 CEST
Deadline for shortlisted applicants to submit full proposals: 14 November 2025 23.59 CEST
Fellowship start date: April 2026
Any questions?
If you have any questions or difficulties with the online submission system please contact Laura Kendrick at laura.kendrick@eacr.org.
Previous winners
2025:
Julie Mazet (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
Christina Metoikidou (NKI, Netherlands)
Martha Zarou (Francis Crick Institute, UK)
Click here to learn more
Eligibility
Applications are accepted from researchers who meet the following criteria:
- Applicants must be an EACR member with a PhD and with no more than 5 years postdoctoral experience (excluding career breaks such as parental leave or long-term illness) at the outline proposal submission deadline.
- Applicants must work actively and currently in cancer research.
- Applicants must have had at least one first (or joint first) author primary research paper published in an international peer reviewed journal at the time of application. Papers must be published in English. Abstracts of presentations at conferences and review articles should not be listed as publications. Publication updates once the selection process has started are not allowed.
- Fellows must be based at a European non-profit research institution for the duration of the Fellowship. This means that applicants must have the agreement of the host institution to employ them according to the terms of the Fellowship, if they are not already employed at that institution.
- Proposed research projects must have the potential to advance our understanding or address challenges in the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of cancer.
- Projects for this award must be centred on evidence-based laboratory data, and/or medical science. Projects investigating psychosocial aspects of cancer cannot be considered.
- Fellowships are not transferrable between individuals. Transfers between institutions may be considered on an individual basis, such as in cases where a fellow’s advisor moves to a different European academic institution during the Fellowship period.
- Applicants can only submit one application to each call, but can submit applications to more than one call.
Industrial research laboratories and applied projects
- Applications to work in an industrial or for-profit research laboratory will not be considered.
- Projects with an aim to develop an application, commercial product or process, or a device may be considered if there is a fundamental biology question behind the project to be answered. For instance, development of technologies that enable biological discovery and/or include biomarkers may be eligible for funding.
