The Guido Berlucchi Foundation Berlucchi for Brescia (B4B) Programme 2024 aims to finance one year salary to one post-doctoral fellow performing basic research in oncology in a public or private non-profit Organisation with the legal head office located in Brescia.
Applications can be submitted until to April 11th, 2025, at 13:00 (Central European Time). Incomplete or late applications will not be considered.
Applicants, of any nationality must have obtained their doctoral degree no more than two years prior to the start of the fellowship. One-year age limit extension is allowed for each parental, sick and military duties leave, declared into the Application Form.
The Applicant must work in a public or private non-profit Organisation with the Legal head office located in Brescia at the Grant starting date.
Several applications from the same Organisation are allowed, however only one application per laboratory will be accepted for evaluation.
The Applicant, at the time of the submission:
1) must have at least 1 original article as first/last/corresponding author;
2) should not be currently working with a member of the Guido Berlucchi FoundationTechnical Scientific Committee (CTS described here: https://fondazioneberlucchi.org/it/governance);
3) should not have published in the past 3 years with a member of the Guido Berlucchi Foundation Technical Scientific Committee, where both persons hold a relevant position (first, last, or corresponding author) in the publication.
The project should be knowledge gain-driven and focused on basic oncology research.
The project start date must be between 1 November 2025 and 31 January 2026.
The Guido Berlucchi Foundation B4B Grant is a fixed contribution of 30,000 euros/per year to finance two years salary to one post doc.
The Hosting institution must be a public or private non-profit Organisation with the legal head office located in Brescia and Applicant must have an employment relationship with the Hosting institution at the time of the B4B Grant activation.
The hosting Organization must not withhold any overheads on the B4B Grant and must guarantee the availability of working space and materials for the Applicant’s project.
Applicants should submit their Application in the “Bandi” area of the www.fondazioneberlucchi.org before the deadline.