Research Fellowship

Take the next step for your scientific career

UEG offers a prestigious € 50,000 fellowship for a researcher to spend 12 months working with a renowned European principal investigator.

The UEG Research Fellowship is designed to support the development of a basic or clinical research project while offering an opportunity to enhance scientific skills in a prominent research environment. It is especially suitable for early-career researchers looking to broaden their expertise beyond their current institution.

We strongly encourage early-career researchers, especially those from Inclusiveness Target Countries (as defined for COST Actions) to apply!

Applications open until May 30, 2025.

Target group

The grant is open to both basic and clinical researchers, and to both medical and non-medical graduates.

At the time of application, applicants for the programme must:

be a myUEG Associate
be clinical or basic researchers specialised in digestive diseases according to their track record
Applicants must either:
- have completed their PhD (no longer than five years ago), OR
- be in gastroenterology, hepatology, or surgery training, or have completed such training within the last five years*
not holding an academic permanent position
have proven research experience (according to their track record)
be fluent in English
reside in Europe, in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea, or in a country represented by a UEG National Member Society

*Please note that for main carers of children, the five-year limit can be extended to seven years for one child or nine years for two children.

Based on the fulfilment of basic criteria, in 2025 at least one of the fellowships will be assigned to the top-ranked candidate from an Inclusiveness Target Country (as defined for COST Actions). Final decision remains with the Research Committee.

The grant will be awarded to the same recipient only once. For further details, read our application criteria.

How it works

To apply, please follow this step:

Download official call & criteria

 Apply 

List of potential host institutions

Applicants must contact and secure a host institution before starting the application process. UEG does not facilitate matching between applicants and host institutions.

Host Institution	City	Field(s) of research	Host Name	E-Mail	Phone
Sapienza University of Rome, University Hospital Policlinico Umberto I of Rome, https://www.uniroma1.it/en/pagina/university-hospitals	Rome, Italy	Translational hepatology and gastroenterology, precision medicine in liver diseases and cholangiocarcinoma, liver regenerative medicine, biomarkers	Dr. Vincenzo Cardinale	[email protected]	+39 3495601492
Amsterdam University Medical Center, https://www.amsterdamumc.org/en/organization/amsterdam-umc.htm	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Pancreatic and biliary diseases/advanced endoscopy. Other possible research areas include IBD, motility, colorectal, hepatology, Barrett/esophageal diseases, and small bowel diseases	Dr. Rogier P. Voermans	[email protected]	+31 625474191
University of Glasgow, School of Cancer Sciences, https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/cancersciences/	Glasgow, UK	Biliary oncology	Prof. Chiara Braconi	[email protected]
Hepatology Laboratory, Solid Tumors Program. Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA) of the University of Navarra, https://cima.cun.es/en/research/research-programs/research-programs-solid-tumors	Pamplona, Spain	Epigenetic mechanisms in the progression of metabolic liver disease and hepatobiliary tumors: from mechanisms to targets and experimental therapies.	Prof. Matias A. Avila	[email protected]	+34 649186325
CIC bioGUNE, Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences, https://www.cicbiogune.es/	Derio (Bizkaia), Spain	Magnesium Metabolism and Liver Cancer, Disruptions in Magnesium Transporters, Night Shift Workers and Liver Disease	Dr. Malu Martinez Chantar	[email protected]	+34 629227617
Advanced Center for Research and Development in Experimental Medicine Prof. Ostin C. Mungiu - CEMEX, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, https://cemex.umfiasi.ro/	Iasi, Romania	Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD), Gastrointestinal Cancer, Liver Diseases, Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders, Pancreatic Diseases, Gastrointestinal Surgery, Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome	Prof. Bogdan Ionel Tamba	[email protected]	+40 729290877 / +40 232267801
Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC, University of Copenhagen), https://www.bric.ku.dk/research-groups/Research/andersen-group/	Copenhagen, Denmark	The molecular pathogenesis of BTC, Epigenomic regulation and transcriptional control, Metabolic deregulation and biomarker development, Immune regulation & inflammation,Non-coding RNA and biomarker development	Prof. Jesper B Andersen	[email protected]	+45 21516245
Beaujon University Hospital, https://hopital-beaujon.aphp.fr/	Paris, France	Primary liver cancer, Precision medicine in cholangiocarcinoma, Liver directed cancer therapies, Rare liver tumors	Dr. Mohamed Bouattour	[email protected]	+33 1 40 87 56 14
Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, https://www.fjd.es/	Madrid, Spain	Clinical and translational research in biliary tract tumours	Dr. Angela Lamarca	[email protected]
Karolinska Institutet, https://ki.se/en/research/research-areas-centres-and-networks/research-groups/hagstrom-group	Stockholm, Sweden	Clinical epidemiology and clinical studies of liver diseases, in particular SLD and MASLD, but also cirrhosis, HCC and other liver diseases, register-based studies, biostatistics, big data.	Prof Hannes Hagström	[email protected]	+46 70 7430996
INSERM UMR1149, Team PATH: Heterogeneity of pancreatic tumorigenesis, https://cri1149.fr/en/equipes/haumaitre-cros/	Paris, France	Pancreatic oncogenic inflammation and tumor development: from inflammation to pancreatic cancer	Dr Cécile Haumaitre & Pr Jérôme Cros	[email protected] / [email protected]	+33 1 57 27 74 87 / +33 1 40 87 56 25
Campus Universitario de Vigo, https://inmunologia.webs.uvigo.es/	Pontevedra, Spain	Immunology, CAR-T therapy, Inmunotherapy, epigenetic inhibitors, therapy using siRNA to target expresssion. Pancreatic and gastric cancer	Prof. África González-Fernández	[email protected] / [email protected]	+34 625117895 / +34 986130141
Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC), https://www.imibic.org/	Córdoba, Spain	Epigenetic biomarkers in liquid biopsy for the monitoring and management of pancreatic cancer.	María-Victoria García-Ortiz	[email protected]
University Children's Hospital, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, https://www.kclj.si/index.php?dir=/pacienti_in_obiskovalci/klinike_in_oddelki/pediatricna_klinika	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Pediatric IBD, EoE, Helicobacter pylori	Prof. Matjaž Homan MD PhD	[email protected]	+38615229276
Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Paris, https://www.aphp.fr/contenu/hopital-europeen-georges-pompidou	Paris, France	Therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound, Bilio-pancreatic endoscopy, Small bowel endoscopy, Capsule endoscopy, EUS-guided drainage, Biliary drainage, Endoscopic stenting, Cholangioscopy, Biliary leaks, Endoscopy and environment.	Enrique Pérez-Cuadrado Robles, Associate Professor	[email protected]	+33776119510
Swiss Pediatric Liver Center, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Unit, University Hospitals Geneva, https://www.ircpss.com	Geneva, Switzerland	Congenital portosystemic shunts	Pr Valérie McLin	[email protected]	+41223724545
Swiss Pediatric Liver Center, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Unit, University Hospitals Geneva, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=mclin%20v%20AND%20cudalbu&page=2in	Geneva, Switzerland	Chronic hepatic encephalopathy, Children, Rat models	Pr Valérie McLin	[email protected]	+41223724545
University Hospital of Ghent, University of Ghent, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, https://www.uzgent.be	Ghent, Belgium	Clinical endoscopic research: Tissue resection (EMR, ESD, POEM), stenting, and endoscopy education	Dr David J Tate	[email protected]
IRB Barcelona (Institute for Research in Biomedicine Barcelona), https://www.irbbarcelona.org/en/research/direna-alonso	Barcelona, Spain	Translation research on pancreatic cancer initiation and progression: tumor–host interactions, epigenetic plasticity, oncogenic mutations, environmental/inflammation-associated risk factors, functional genetics approach CRISPR/RNAi, mouse modelling, single-cell and spatial technologies, computational analysis	Direna Alonso-Curbelo	[email protected]	+34 93 40 37162
School of Medicine, Barcelona University (UB), https://pancreaticcancerlab.ub.edu/index.html	Barcelona, Spain	Pancreatic cancer, human-based models, tumour microenvironment	Elisa Espinet, PhD	[email protected]	+34 93 4024261
Red Cross Hospital Athens, Gastroenterology Clinic, https://www.korgialenio-benakio.gr	Athens, Greece	ESD, EID, POEM, ERCP, IBD, advanced therapeutic endoscopy with procedures such as ESD, POEM, ERCP performed on a daily basis	George Tribonias MD, MSc, PhD	[email protected]	+306977014305
Marmara University, School of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul, https://www.marmara.edu.tr/en	Istanbul, Turkey	Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Celiac Disease	Haluk Tarik Kani, MD, Assoc. Prof.	[email protected]
Rouen University Hospital, Gastroenterology Department, https://www.chu-rouen.fr/services/hepato-gastro-enterologie/	Rouen, France	Neurogastroenterology. Clinical and Translational research in Disorders of the Gut Brain Interaction (DGBI) and motility disorders including Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), gastroparesis and Faecal Incontinence (FI)	Prof Chloé Melchior	[email protected]	+33 232 886 707
Colorectal Surgery, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona UAB, https://portalrecerca.uab.cat/en/organisations/departament-de-cirurgia	Barcelona, Spain	Basic and clinical research on: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Colorectal Cancer, Colorectal Surgery, Coloproctology. Microbiome and molecular biology	Prof Eloy Espín-Basany, MD, PhD, FEBS	[email protected]	+447541063602

Research Fellows 2024: André Simão & Katarzyna Radke

André Simão was awarded the UEG Research Fellowship 2024 to develop the research project "Serum microRNAs as Biomarkers of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease and Progression towards Cholangiocarcinoma" with Prof. Jesús Bañales at the Biogipuzkoa Health Research Institute, Donostia Univ. Hospital, San Sebastian, Spain.

He completed his PhD in Pharmacy at the University of Lisbon, where he studied mitochondria-targeting microRNAs in liver disease and skeletal muscle therapy. Currently, he is focusing on miRNA-containing extracellular vesicles from adipose tissue in disease pathogenesis. In 2023, he started an MSc in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, specializing in multi-omics. This theoretical framework will now be applied to discover and characterize novel serum EV-miRNAs with biomarker potential in the ongoing research under the fellowship.

Katarzyna Radke received the UEG Research Fellowship 2024 to pursue the project "Precision therapy in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: integrating strategies to combat resistance" with Prof. Luis Arnes Perez at the University of Copenhagen's Biotech Research and Innovation Center (BRIC), Denmark.

Katarzyna is an Associate Researcher in the Division of Translational Cancer Research at Lund University, Sweden. She has recently defended her PhD thesis on "Therapeutic strategies for high-risk neuroblastoma" (PI Daniel Bexell). Her research interests include patient-derived models, tumour plasticity and combination drug testing at scale.

Past awardees

Past awardees

2023: Angelo Armandi from University of Turin, Italy.
Research Fellowship with principal investigator Jörn M. Schattenberg at the Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany. Research project: “Immune activation and the liver-spleen axis in Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis”

2022: Antonio Molinaro from Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Research Fellowship with principal investigator Tom Hemming Karlsen at the Norwegian PSC Research Center (NoPSC), Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oslo, Norway. Research project: “Investigating The Role Of Imidazole Propionate In The Pathogenesis Of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis”

2021: Lucas Wauters from KU Leuven, Belgium.
Research Fellowship with principal investigator Francisca Joly at the Department of Gastroenterology and Nutrition Support at Beaujon Hospital, Clichy, France. Research project: “Sarcopenia and short bowel syndrome: the microbiota-gut-muscle axis”

2020: Chloé Melchior from Rouen University, France.
Research Fellowship with principal investigator Magnus Simrén at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. Research Project: “A new gas-sensing capsule to understand the mechanisms of fructan-induced symptoms in IBS, and the link to gut microbiota composition and function”
Watch the UEG Week 2022 presentation "Digestive diseases: Big burden, low funding?" with Chloé Melchior.

2019: Michal Zorniak from Medical University of Silesia.
Research Fellowship with principal investigator Julia Mayerle at Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich Research Project: “Role of biliary microlithiasis-induced NLRP3-inflammasome activation for papillitis and the development of pancreatitis”

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