Training grants, Fellowships and Awards from the ECFS

Updated: 22 September 2021

The European Cystic Fibrosis Society has developed a range of grants to help CF professionals access quality training throughout Europe.


ECFS / CF Europe Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship

The European Cystic Fibrosis Society and CF Europe are pleased to announce a call for applications for their Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship programme. With the aim to foster basic and translational research on CF, the ECFS and CFE have joined forces to support a number of European Post-Doctoral 2-year duration Research Fellowships.
Applications are due by 23.59 CET  on 16 January 2022

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ECFS Preceptorship programme

The ECFS has partnered with the course ‘Managing the care of children and adults with cystic fibrosis’ held twice a year in London, UK or on-line to offer clinical placements to members of the CF multidisciplinary team. The clinical placement will typically be for two weeks in either the paediatric or adult centre at the Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK (additional CF Centres will be available at a later date).

ECFS Short Term fellowship

ECFS offers Travel/accommodation support to visit a CF Centre or CF laboratory in Europe to learn a specific technique.  These fellowships are not applicable for attendance at ECFS conferences, meetings or sponsored courses where different terms apply.

ECFS Gerd Döring Award

The Gerd Döring is given annually to honour an exceptional early career young European scientist. The award is judged primarily on a paper published in the previous 3 calendar years which has made a significant impact on the understanding or treatment of Cystic Fibrosis.

The award is open to PhD students and post-doctoral researchers with up to a maximum of four years’ academic research experience following the completion of their PhD, or be of equivalent professional standing at the date of publication of the paper.

ECFS Young Investigator Award

The Young Investigator Award consist of a monetary grant of 750 Euro, a free registration to the European Cystic Fibrosis conference and an ECFS Membership subscription. The award is judged on the work presented as an abstract submitted to the European Cystic Fibrosis Conference.

Travel Grants for Conferences

ECFS Basic science Conference travel grants - more info
European Cystic Fibrosis Conference travel grants - more info