Training the next generation of independent researchers and experts is a major priority for all EU-LIFE centers. Researchers are integrated in a multi-disciplinary network of basic and translational research centers with highly international research communities and access to cutting-edge technologies, a wide spectrum of conferences and seminars, and a complement of professional skills training and career development opportunities. EU-LIFE institutes run well-established PhD and postdoctoral training programs offering a broad range of subjects and training opportunities for PhD- and postdoctoral researchers. Together at EU-LIFE level, we amplify the scope of training activities to the whole network of EU-LIFE centres and provide benefit with specific activities e.g. to promote mobility while simultaneously sharing good policies and practices at institutional level regarding training strategies.
Training developed in projects
EU-LIFE is partner of projects in different areas such as responsible research & innovation, gender equality, open acience and citizen science. Here you can find the training resources developed in some of these projects, which are free and open to all.
Gender Equality in Academia
Open Science
- Open science e-learning platform
- MOOC: Train-the-trainer
- MOOC: Open Science in the Life Sciences 2.0
- Other open science training resources
PhD and Postdoctoral Programs
With the goal to qualify PhD and postdoctoral researchers for an international career in academia, industry, or related areas of expertise, EU-LIFE centers have established a variety of international PhD and Postdoctoral Programs. Embedded in strong research environments the Programs for early-career researchers at EU-LIFE centers provide excellent research opportunities, access to a wide range of resource and cutting-edge technologies, complemented by extensive training frameworks including a wide spectrum of conferences and seminars, and a complement of professional skills training and career development opportunities.
In the following list various PhD and Postdoctoral Programs from EU-LIFE centers are presented. For details on program calls, scientific opportunities, research training and complementary skills opportunities visit the websites of the individual institutes below:
International PhD Program at the CRG in Barcelona, Spain
CEITEC PhD School in Brno, Czech Republic
PhD in Systems Medicine in Milan (IEO), Italy
Training at VIB, Ghent, Belgium
FMI PhD Program in Basel, Switzerland
GIMM PhD Program in Oeiras, Portugal
IC-PhD [Institut Curie International PhD Program] in Paris, France
PhD for MDs, PharmDs & other Healthcare Professionals in Paris, France
FIMM-EMBL International PhD Program in Molecular Medicine and Bioinformatics in Helsinki, Finland
FIMMPOD: Postdoctoral and Senior Researcher Professional Development Program in Helsinki, Finland
Post-graduate program Molecular Biology & Biomedicine (IMBB) in Heraklion, Greece
IIMCB PhD Programmes in Warsaw, Poland
HEIBRiDS Data Science School, Germany
ASPIRE. MDC Postdoc Career Track Program, Germany
MCD-NYU Exchange Program in Berlin, Germany
CeMM PhD Program in Vienna, Austria
CeMM Pre-ERC Postdoc Program in Vienna, Austria
PhDs at the Babraham Institute in Cambridge, UK
The Francis Crick Institute PhD programme in London, UK
NKI Careers & Study, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
NKI PhD programme 2025, The Netherlands
PhD programme in Molecular Mechanisms of Disease in Copenhagen, Denmark
PCP – Postdoc Career programme in Copenhagen, Denmark
