The European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC) observership welcomes 20 observers for a 5-day programme at the ECDC headquarters in Solna, Sweden. The ECDC is an ESCMID Collaborative Centre (ECC) and an agency of the European Union that carries the mission to strengthen Europe’s defences against Infectious Diseases (ID) through data collection, analysis, and sharing.
Throughout your journey, you will dive into ECDC activities and network with experienced professionals from the team, with the following main objectives:
More information can be found on the ECDC website
ECDC observership calls are held once a year.
To apply for the ECDC observership, please follow these steps:
Send an official application
Receive a final approval:
Before you begin your journey to the special funded ECDC observership, we invite you to review our application criteria:
We are looking for enthusiastic applicants selected based on a specific range of criteria. ESCMID evaluates applicants based on their demonstrated interest and experience in public health, extending beyond regional levels to include the EU or international sphere. This includes a strong interest in ECDC and related fields, with relevant activities or future projects integral to their work. The applicant’s focus should be in the infectious disease, clinical microbiology and public health fields: health services, outbreak detection and control, infection control and infectious disease epidemiology, etc.
Applicants will be reviewed based on the following criteria in the PH fields:
Applicants are encouraged to highlight relevant experience and interest in their applications, which will then be used to select participants.
For the ECDC observerships, ESCMID is happy to sponsor your travel costs according to our regulations.
Intra-European Observership visits
ESCMID member from Europe visits an ECC in Europe ESCMID subsidises travel costs and subsistence for outside-of-country visits and inside-of-country visits for ECDC as follows:
Intracontinental Observership visits
ESCMID member from outside Europe visits an ECC in Europe ESCMID subsidises travel costs and subsistence for outside-of-country visits as follows:
List of countries
A list of countries and respective geographic regions can be viewed here
After completing your special funded observership, you will need to submit an official evaluation form, including a report, to be published on the ECC website or in any other ESCMID publication. ESCMID may share your name when publishing this report.