MOVE fellowships

Call for Special MOVE Fellowships 2025

After the success of Malaga ́s 1st and 2nd MOVE Symposium and to foster collaboration between the members of different European EV Societies and Networks, we are happy to announce a special call of MOVE fellowships that will enable Early Career Researchers (the Applicants) (technicians, PhD students and early-stage postdoctoral researchers (≤ five years, excluding career breaks)) to travel to another lab in Europe (the Hosts) to develop both their technical skills and enlarge their own professional networks.

As a prerequisite, the applicant has to be member of any of the following societies: CzeSEV (Czech Republic), SwSEV (Sweden), HelSEV (Greece) and PNEV (Portugal) and the head of the hosting lab has to be a current member of the National EV Society or Network which participate in the MOVE initiative.

We will award four Fellowships in this special MOVE fellowships call.

Applications can be submitted April 4th – June 1st 2025.

The Fellowship will cover travel and subsistence (but not bench fees) of 2000€, to work in a host lab at an academic institution in a different European country for a time period from 2 weeks to 3 months.

Eligible period for the implementation of the plan is 1st July 2025 until 1st July 2026.

APPLICATION PROCESS

1. Discuss with your supervisor whether this fits with your role and share the list of potential host labs. This is not a closed list, so if you plan to move to an European lab that is not listed, please contact us so we can check their elegibility.

2. Contact the Host lab and discuss the potential collaboration - have your CV ready.

3. Download the application form and fill it.

4. Send your application form via email entitled “MOVE Fellowship Application – [surname of the Applicant]” to: srbevs.office@gmail.com and CC'ing geral@pnev.org or ptnetev@gmail.com.

Applications will be evaluated by the following Evaluation Committee on the basis of scientific quality and interest for EV field:

• Dr Wolfgang Holnthoner

• Dr Alireza Fazeli

• Dr Benedetta Bussolati

• Dr Jessica Gobbo

• Dr María Yáñez Mó

• Dr Kerstin Menck

• Dr Maja Kosanovic

• Dr Charlotte Lawson

The resolution of the Evaluation Committee is final, cannot be appealed and will be published on the different societies webpages. The title of the funded project will be also published on the webpage, however, the objectives will not be disclosed until the stay has concluded. The Evaluation Committee will not enter into correspondence with the applicants.

Responsibilities of the Fellow:

Once the MOVE Fellowship has concluded, the Fellow should provide his/her society with:

1. All invoices that substantiate his/her expenses regarding travel and subsistence (but not bench fees) up to 2000€. If expenses are not justified correctly, the fellowship should be refunded.

2. A brief report describing the activities carried out as well as a short video detailing the benefits to his/her scientific development. This report is to be sent both to Fellow’s Society/Network for EVs and at the correspondence email: srbevs.office@gmail.com. These reports may be published by MOVE societies.

3. MOVE Mobility Fellowship should be acknowledged in any publication or abstract that includes the data obtained during the stay.

4. Fellows could be requested to give a short talk at the next MOVE Meeting.

5. Fellows are not to publish any results obtained in the laboratory of the Host without the host's approval.