The Guido Berlucchi Foundation Young Researchers Mobility Programme Call 2026 aims to support oncologic research by facilitating young researchers training, competence acquisition and development, dissemination activities and knowledge transfer in the field of experimental and translational research.
Applications can be submitted until April 2nd 2026 at 13:00 (Central European Time). Incomplete or late applications will not be considered.
The Guido Berlucchi Foundation Young Researchers Mobility Programme is open to PhD (or equivalent doctoral degree, including medical school speciality) students and fellows awarded their first PhD (or equivalent doctoral degree) no more than two years prior to the ending date of the Call for proposal.
PhD students must be registered to a PhD Programme and carry out their PhD work in an Italian public or private Organisation or in the Italian branch of an International University. In the latter case, the mobility cannot be used for going to the same Country of citizenship.
The post-doctoral fellows must work in an Italian public or private Organisation at the time of application.
Applicants, of any nationality, can apply, as long as they are younger than 35 years old by the time of the call deadline (i.e., the Applicant’s 35th birth date must be on April 3rd, 1991, or later).
Only inter-country mobilities are allowed. Inter-sectorial/disciplinary mobilities are recommended.
The project to be implemented during the mobility should be related to oncologic research and cover one or more priority areas identified by the Technical Scientific Committee of the Guido Berlucchi Foundation.
The mobility period must range from a minimum of one month to a maximum of six months.
It must be included between 1 October 2026 and 30 September 2027.
During the mobility period, the successful Applicant will continue to perceive his/her fellowship/grant/salary and must be insured by his/her Sending or Hosting Organisation.
The Guido Berlucchi Foundation mobility grant supports travel costs and living allowance.
The total grant awarded will depend on the distance from the Applicant’s Sending Organisation to the Hosting Organisation and the number of days of the visit. The maximum total grant allowed is 7.500 euro per mobility.