PhD fellowships

A Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (BIF) PhD fellowship offers a competitive monthly stipend. It is initially granted for 2 years and may be extended once for up to 1.5 years.

In addition, you receive travel allowances, e.g. for scientific conferences, and participate in tailor-made seminars for BIF fellows and alumni.

As a BIF fellow, you also become part of a lively and worldwide network built on trust, helpfulness, and many personal encounters. No matter which challenges lie ahead, you will find an open ear and individual advice from like-minded peers or the BIF's staff.

The Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (BIF) awards PhD fellowships to European citizens working in Europe or overseas and to non-European citizens pursuing their PhD projects in Europe *.

The PhD projects must be experimental, in the field of basic biomedical research, and aimed at elucidating basic biological phenomena of human life and acquiring new scientific knowledge.

How to apply for a PhD fellowship The application for a PhD fellowship of the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (BIF) consists of

An application form on our online portal (link below) including a PDF copy containing documents 1–7 Letter(s) of recommendation. The application must be written in English by the applicants themselves. There are three deadlines each year:

We support only experimental projects in basic biomedical research, including in silico projects.

For example:

• Analysis of RNA polymerase I structure and transcription regulation
• The role of spontaneous activity in the development of neural circuits
• Intestinal symbionts induce distinct populations of regulatory T cells
• Heterochromatin protein 1 secures survival and transmission of malaria parasites
• Epigenetic reprogramming in the maternal germ line.

For further examples, please see What we fund and do not fund or browse the summaries of completed PhD projects in Futura, the BIF's international journal.