GUIDELINES FOR THE EARLY-CAREER PROGRAMME

Eligibility criteria

  • Researcher (PhD-student and/or Postdoc)/clinician (MD)/health care professional (physiotherapist, psychologist, etc.) working in the field of neuromuscular disorders
  • PhD defence not longer than 5 years ago

Application procedure

  • Provide a CV and a one-page document with the following information:
    • Why is the topic of the workshop of relevance for your current and future research and/or medical practice?
    • Did you discuss with one of the organisers what your role will be at the workshop and/or are you planning to do so?
  • Applications should be sent to the ENMC office (enmc@enmc.org) at least three months prior to the workshop date.
  • The ENMC Research Director will decide on the applications to be selected.
  • Applicants will be informed by the ENMC office of the outcome of their application at least two months prior to the workshop date.
  • For each ENMC workshop, a maximum of three participants from the Early-Career Programme may attend.
  • The role of the Early-Career Researchers (ECR) before, during and after the workshop will be discussed and agreed upon with the organiser(s).

Rules & Conditions

  • The participants of the Early-Career Programme will sign a confidentiality statement at the start of the meeting.
  • The maximum reimbursement for travel expenses for ECR from Europe is €300 and from outside of Europe is €1000.
  • Costs for participation in the workshop is included in the Early-Career Programme (registration, hotel, dinners, local transport to workshop venue).
  • Participants can receive a certificate of attendance for the workshop (on request).
  • Participants will be asked to collaborate with the organiser(s) for the preparation of the workshop, have a presentation and help in writing the lay report and/or potentially the full NMD report (publication) of the workshop attended.
  • Early-Career Researchers are encouraged to apply on their own initiative but may also be recommended by a participating research group or institute.
  • There can be only one participant of the Early-Career Programme per institute.
  • A participant of the Early-Career Programme can only be once an Early-Career Reseacher at an ENMC workshop.

For more information about the ENMC Early-Career Programme, click here.