The call for Research Mobility Fellowships aims to support PhD students, Postdocs and medical doctors in training to undertake scientific visits fostering specialist research training outside their countries of residence.

The exchange can be carried out either:

• within the same ERN (Full Members and Affiliated Partners), OR
• between different ERNs (Full Members and Affiliated Partners), OR
• between ERN Full Members / Affiliated Partners and non-ERN institutions.

Either home or host (secondment) institution must be a Full Member or Affiliated Partner of an ERN at the time when the application is submitted, as well as during the proposed period of the training stay.

Successful applicants should acquire new competences and knowledge related to their research on rare diseases, with a defined research plan and demonstrable benefit to the ERN of the home and/or host institution.

Fellows should take into consideration several elements such as:

• Relevance and impact of the project, for the fellow, home and host institutions
  and the ERN as a whole
• clear added value for the ERN(s)
• Quality of the research proposal
• Organization and proposed methodology of the training
• Relevance of timelines and of required resources and budget

The research mobility fellowships are meant to cover stays of 4 weeks to 6 months duration.