The application process for the third edition of the International Joint Doctorate Erasmus Mundus Programme fetalMedPhD is officially open. The application can be found at: http://fetalmed-em.eu/how-to-apply/application-process.html The International Joint Doctorate Erasmus Mundus Programme fetalMedPhD is aimed to those professionals from different backgrounds in Clinical (obstetricians, radiologists, cardiologists…), Basic (Biologists, biochemistry…) and Technological (bio-engineers, physicists…) fields interested in developing a career in the Fetal Medicine area. Fetalmed-PhD is an innovative research and training programme allowing to achieve an internationally recognized PhD degree on fetal medicine. The programme contemplates research projects spanning all scientific disciplines and all maturational stages relevant to fetal medicine, from early fetal life to childhood. Trainees are consequently empowered to work and apply solutions in different sectors, including obviously academia and industry. European University partners of the project are Universidad de Barcelona, University of Leuven and University of Lund. Further information on the partnership and on the project is available at: http://fetalmed-em.eu/partners.htm