EACR Postdoctoral Fellowships are awarded for a period of up to three years and support excellent postdoctoral researchers in laboratories throughout Europe and the world.

CALL NOW OPEN - Deadline to submit outline proposals: 30 March 2026 at 23:59 CEST

EACR-AstraZeneca Postdoctoral Fellowships

The goals of the programme are:

• to support the career development of outstanding EACR members in the early stage of their careers
• to train the next generation of scientists engaged in innovative research in areas where AstraZeneca has demonstrated leadership through its pipeline and research programs
• to build research collaborations between the EACR, institutions and AstraZeneca in core therapeutic areas to support development of the pipeline

Proposed research projects must:

• be basic and/or translational in nature. Translational research is preferred.
• have direct applicability and relevance to at least one of haematology, breast, lung, prostate, pancreatic, gastric, ovarian, liver, colorectal or paediatric cancer.

Projects should focus on one of the following research areas:

• Immune modulating therapies (comprising both endogenous immunity and synthetic immunity approaches)
• Tumour drivers 
• Mechanisms of sensitivity and resistance to targeted therapies 
• Novel approaches to drugging intractable targets 
• Novel antibody drug conjugate and radioconjugate approaches 
• Combination approaches with standard-of-care therapies 
• Approaches that enable AI-led linkage workflows across preclinical, translational, and clinical stages (e.g., multimodal data integration, predictive biomarker development, and validated pipelines for response forecasting and patient selection) 

Measures of success:

• High impact publications describing innovative additions to the field
• Short and long-term satisfaction with the programme
• Career development of Fellows 
• Continued academic interactions with the fellow and/or academic supervisors and AstraZeneca

How to apply

Before proceeding to submit your application, please note:

• You should first check you meet the eligibility criteria in the Programme Guidelines.
• Applications are accepted in line with the published timeline in the Programme Guidelines.
• Any use of AI in the preparation of your application should be disclosed, except where it was used solely for simple language translation or grammar checks. Please refer to our Policy for AI use by applicants for further information. This disclosure is for transparency and monitoring purposes only and will not affect the assessment.
• You must hold a valid EACR Membership Number and be logged in to access the portal
• It is your responsibility to ensure that all supporting documents are submitted.
• Take note not to exceed the character or word count limits. Applications cannot be submitted as ‘complete’ with exceeded limits.
• Information will save automatically and may be updated at any time prior to submitting an outline application. Please DO NOT press submit until you have fully completed the application. You will only be able to submit one application.
• Only applications that are submitted as complete by the published deadline can be considered. There will be no extensions and no exceptions for late or incomplete applications.

Click here to apply through the online portal

Key dates

Deadline to submit outline proposals: 30 March 2026 at 23:59 CEST

Deadline for shortlisted applicants to submit full proposals: 15 July 2026 at 23:59 CEST

IMPORTANT: Please make sure to read and understand the Programme Guidelines and in particular the eligibility criteria. Strict criteria will be applied.

If you have any questions or difficulties with the online submission system please contact Catherine Burns, our Programmes and Membership Officer: catherine.burns@eacr.org