Applications for the ECDC Fellowship now open

Are you interested in a career in field epidemiology or public health microbiology? Apply now for the ECDC Fellowship Programme (EPIET/EUPHEM) Cohort 2026.

Embark on a two-year hands-on training that enables fellows to support prevention, preparedness, and surveillance activities, outbreak investigation, and control of communicable disease threats across the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA), and beyond. 

The programme includes practical experience and training activities in intervention epidemiology, public health microbiology, public health management, applied research, communication and teaching. The fellows are placed in one of the acknowledged EPIET or EUPHEM training sites outside their country/ies of nationality or citizenship. 

Which of the two tracks is suitable for you?

Field epidemiology (European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training, EPIET): with a focus on intervention epidemiology at the national and regional centres for surveillance and control of communicable diseases in the EU/EEA. This path is for you as European health professional with previous experience in public health or epidemiology and who want to pursue a career in field epidemiology.

Public health microbiology (European Public Health Microbiology Training Programme, EUPHEM): you will work in laboratories with public health functions or training sites with a consortium of different laboratories in the EU/EEA. This path is for you as a microbiologist with medical, veterinary or environmental microbiology background and a keen interest in applying epidemiological principles and methods to microbiological data used for prevention and control of diseases in the human population.

For both EPIET and EUPHEM, the new cohort members will start their two years of training on 7 September 2026. Applicants must be nationals of an EU/EEA country and should have experience in public health, epidemiology, or microbiology.

Deadline for the submission of applications is 30 October 2025, at 24:00 CEST.

Detailed information on how to apply and eligibility requirements can be found here: