Join NBEF

To make full use of the NBEF community, you must join it. Your professional profile will be stored at LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com) and you will be a member of the NBEF group.

Membership allows you to search within the NBEF group for colleagues and potential collaborators using keywords and/or specifying location. You will also receive a monthly newsletter announcing the most relevant news, events, industry and academic positions, forthcoming calls for grants, and so on.

To apply for the NBEF community, you must:

Regional Expatriates, i.e. citizens of a Top of Europe country engaged in bioscience research, business or research policy, as students, staff members or professionals working or studying – or recently having worked or studied - abroad, either at another Top of Europe country or elsewhere.
Foreign Expatriates residing on Top of Europe engaged in bioscience research, business or research policy.
Returned Foreign Expatriates, i.e. citizens of countries outside Top of Europe engaged in bioscience research, business or research policy who have worked or studied on Top of Europe and then returned to their country of origin1

1For citizens of China it includes persons who are engaged in engineering and IT research, business or research policy.as students, staff members or professionals

If you meet these three criteria, please use the JOIN NOW! button to become a member. Instructions are available here.

If you have a good reason to believe you should join the NBEF community, such as a recent course of study or job abroad, please use the JOIN NOW! button to apply for membership. We will survey your LinkedIn profile and contact you if we have any questions.

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NBEF Community Benefits:

  • NBEF fosters connectivity, networking, and relationships among bioscience professionals, students, and organisations both at home and abroad
  • NBEF contributes to brain gain for Top of Europe countries and strengthens their position in the global competition for talent
  • NBEF facilitates research and development collaboration between Top of Europe scientists and the rest of the world
  • NBEF enables global outreach for Top of Europe industry and academia
  • NBEF assists Top of Europe researchers in profiling their expertise through professional benefits, such as speaking engagements, consultancy, external thesis examinations, R&D collaborations, sabbatical leave destinations, and so on
  • NBEF delivers access to contacts with foreign country experience for new projects and business opportunities
  • NBEF delivers information about research positions and job opportunities back in Top of Europe
  • NBEF serves as an information portal for coming and returning researchers, providing practical advice as well as relevant contact organisations, government institutions, and people
  • NBEF brands Top of Europe as an attractive place to live, work, and invest