FEMS-Jensen Award Grant

FEMS-Jensen Award Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Federation of European Microbiological Societies
Amount: Up to €10,000
Last Updated: May 25, 2025

Summary

The FEMS-Jensen Award, established to support Early Career Scientists, honors Dr. Hans Laurits Jensen, a prominent soil microbiologist. This biennial award recognizes outstanding academic achievement in microbiology and offers a fellowship of up to EUR 10,000 for research in a European laboratory. Eligible applicants are European PhD students or recent graduates under 36 years old. The award aims to enhance young scientists' careers by facilitating significant research opportunities.

Overview

Note: The award will, in principle, be given once every two years. FEMS-Jensen Award The FEMS-Jensen Award was established to support Early Career Scientists and microbiologists in particular. It is named after the Danish soil microbiologist Dr Hans Laurits Jensen (1898-1977). The award was initiated through a donation by the UK-microbiologist Dr John R. Norris CBE, an Editor of Methods in Microbiology and a former FEMS Treasurer. Dr Jensen was a tutor of Dr Norris and many other soil microbiologists. He was one the 20th Century’s foremost scientists and teachers in the fields of symbiotic and non-symbiotic nitrogen fixation, soil microbiological activity, and the taxonomy of Actinomycetes, Azotobacter, mycobacteria and coryneform bacteria, as well as being a pioneer in microbial degradation of pesticides. Dr Jensen was active in England and Australia, as well as in his native Denmark. Objective The award is intended to recognize academic achievement and superior research accomplishments showing significant potential to develop an outstanding research career. The award honours Dr Hans Laurits Jensen for helping young scientists in establishing their scientific career. Award The award comprises a fellowship for spending at least half a year in an outstanding research laboratory chosen by the student. The maximum award amounts to EUR 10,000.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Outstanding European students of microbiology at the final stages of their PhD studies, or those who received their PhD-degree less than three years from the application deadline may apply.Applicants should be less than 36 years old at the time of the application deadline.Applicants must be member of FEMS society.Project The applicant’s project should be conducted in a European host laboratory, that: is not the laboratory at which the applicant obtained her/hisPh.D.is not located in the country of her/his citizenship, or the country where the applicant is working and/or living is not an industrial laboratory conducting research for the development of new products and/or procedures.However, centres for basic research that are endowed or financed by industry are eligible as hosts. You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member. Applicants must be member of FEMS society.

Ineligibility

The grant cannot be used to pay for tuition fees.