Instruct-ERIC provides access to state-of-the-art infrastructure and technology to support research in structural biology. Our aim is to encourage and facilitate the integrative use of technologies and methodologies that are available at Instruct Centres. The internship program aims to train European structural and cell biologists in a wide range of technologies, not just one specialism. These researchers will be able to integrate different technologies to open up new areas of research.
The Instruct-ERIC Internship Programme funds research visits of three to six months duration to Instruct Centres for pre-doctoral researchers and early-stage postdoctoral fellows. Internships need to be transnational and the Internship Programme covers travel, accommodation and subsistence of the intern up to €6000 (with a maximum contribution of €1000 per month).
These internships facilitate valuable collaborations with Instruct research groups applying techniques that are not available in the applicant's laboratory and the longer duration of awards allows interns to gain in depth experience in the host laboratory. Applications should specifically focus on the benefit to the applicant's research. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
To be eligible, the applicant will have to:
Deadline for proposal submission is 30. September 2024.
Applicants must register on the Instruct -ERIC website where the applicant profile, proposal submission forms and further information is available or contact us directly at support@instruct-eric.org.
The Instruct Operations Team
Instruct-ERIC provides access to state-of-the-art infrastructure and technology to support research in structural biology. Our aim is to encourage and facilitate the integrative use of technologies and methodologies that are available at our 23 Instruct facilities around Europe and in Israel. The Instruct-ERIC Internship Programme supports research visits of pre-doctoral and early postdoctoral fellows of three to six months duration to Instruct Centres. The Internship Programme aims to train European structural and cell biologists in a wide range of technologies, enabling young researchers to integrate different technologies to open up new areas of research.
Internships facilitate valuable collaborations with Instruct research groups applying techniques that are not available in the applicant’s laboratory and the long duration of awards allows interns to gain in depth experience in the host laboratory.
In preparing your application, please consider the points below:
The Application and Review Process
The application process is handled via the online application system and written in English.
The home support letter must be attached to the online application.
The receiving Instruct facility should carefully consider their ability to support the intern applicant and the proposed work. This is a significant commitment and Instruct-ERIC may need to contact the receiver to confirm this before the application is approved. Instruct reserves the right to cancel any internship if there is doubt.
The receiving Instruct facility acceptance letter must be attached to the online application.
Applications will be refereed by at least two experts in the area of the research project within the Training Committee. Proposals are moderated by the Instruct Hub and reviewers from the Training Committee excluding the Centre hosting the internship and the intern's home country.
The Training Committee is asked to judge the quality of the candidate and the research project with the major criterion being the projected benefit to the applicant’s research project of accessing Instruct expertise and technologies towards the research outcome.
The internship call will be open submission throughout 2024 – there will be three evaluation deadlines, with decisions made on all submissions within one month of each deadline:
28. March 2024
27. June 2024
30. September 2024
Duration of support
Internships are intended for visits of minimum three and maximum six months. Internships should take place within one year of the award and start not later than six months of the award.
Travel costs, accommodation and subsistence expenditures
The internships cover travel and subsistence expenditures of the intern but not of any dependents. According to the length of the internship the support for travel costs, accommodation and subsistence will be capped from €3000 to €6000 (with a maximum contribution of €1000 per month). The hosting facility will support the applicant in sourcing accommodation.
Host facility support
For successful applicants Instruct contributes to the host facility’s costs though a regular Instruct access project associated to the internship. The support is proportional to the internship length with one access visit for three- and four-month internships and two access visits for five- and six-month internships. Contribution rates for the access visit(s) follow the normal rates for Instruct-funded access
End of Internship report
Within 2 months after completion of the internship the intern must submit an internship report through the online submission system ARIA. The end of internship report should detail the research objectives, results and further work to be undertaken. Diagrams, charts or figures may be included in the report.
Acknowledgment
There should be acknowledgement of Instruct-ERIC for all publications of research resulting from the internship using the following text:
"This work benefited from access to the [Name of Institute or facility], an Instruct-ERIC Centre. Financial support was provided by the Instruct-ERIC internship APPID xxxxx”