Applicant criteria
NationalityUnited Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Comoros, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Somalia, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen
SpecialityComputer and Information Sciences, Medicine, Nursing and Medical Sciences
Gender
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity FieldTechnology and Programming, Medical Sciences
LocationRemotely
Needed documentsResearch Proposal, others
Deadline2018-08-15
Opportunity description
Merck, a leading science and technology company in healthcare, offers a series of research grants to stimulate innovative research in challenging areas of future importance. In celebrating its 350th anniversary, merck intends to provide several research grants of up to EUR 350,000 per year for 3 years in one of the following research areas:
[1] Healthy lives / Drug discovery
[2] Materials and solutions
[3] Life reimagined / Synthetic biology
[4] Digitalization / Computing
Top submitters will be invited to a Deep Dive workshop to further advance the proposals together with Merck scientists where decision on grant recipients will be made. Merck will cover all travel and accommodation costs.