As part of the PDO’s effort to boost venues to mingle, network and have fun among our postdocs community, Brainfood Breaks lunctime talk series is back!
THIS TIME IS ABOUT FELLOWSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS AND MORE FELLOWSHIPS!
🎉 YOU’RE INVITED! 🎉
📅 DATE: Wednesday, 15 April
🕛 TIME: 12:00 – 13:00
📍 WHERE: Downtown, Central Building
We cordially invite you to the first lunchtime talk of 2026 to:
✔️ Get to know postdocs who have been successful in applying for an external fellowship, in particular FWF Esprit, MSCA and EMBO.
✔️ Discover their projects and what tips they have for putting together a successful application.
✔️ Mingle and connect.
✔️ …and most importantly, HAVE FUN (and FOOD)!
🍽️ ON THE MENU:
FREE BUFFET LUNCH + Rapid-Fire Research Talks by three of our third-party funded postdoctoral fellows:
🎤 FEED YOUR BRAIN WITH:
Carolina Barata
Vicoso Group, FWF Esprit Fellow
Yuanrong Pei
Friml Group, EMBO Alumna and now MSCA Fellow
Shaoting Ren
Pellicciotti Group – MSCA Fellow
🔗 REGISTER BY APRIL 8TH
We need to know how many stomachs to feed!
👉 https://postdoc.pages.ist.ac.at/ninja-forms/28ldlj
Let’s feed our minds, our networks, and our bellies.
⏰ PROGRAM
12:00 – Welcome from PDO
12:05 – Carolina Barata
12:12 – Yuanrong Pei
12:19 – Shaoting Ren
12:26 – Q&A
12:36 – FREE BUFFET LUNCH 🍲
13:00 – End
🎯 ARE YOU PLANNING TO APPLY FOR A FELLOWSHIP?
Why is it important to apply for fellowships? What support did they receive during the process? Are they receiving extra funds?
📌 Great chance to ask questions to current postdocs in person!
See you on April 15th! 👋