Fully Funded scholarship in Zurich Switzerland 2024-2025

OPPORTUNITY DETAILS

State University

ETH Zurich

Area

Western Europe

Host Country

Switzerland

Deadline

15 Oct 2024

Study level

Postgraduate

Opportunity type

Scholarships , PhD , Fellowships

Opportunity funding

Full funding

Eligible Countries

This opportunity is destined for all countries

Eligible Region

All Regions

ETH4D provides grants for mentoring doctoral candidates from low- and lower-middle-income countries. The mentorship is a one-year appointment and comprises the following components:

Mentorship from one ETH professor, senior scientist or postdoc over a period of one year of the mentee’s doctoral studies. We suggest monthly meetings and clearly defined goals of the project, e.g., presentation at a conference, joint publication. ETH mentors are free to serve on the doctoral committee of the ETH4D mentee, but this is not a requirement.
Research stay at the mentor’s research group (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) for 1-3 months during the mentorship period.
Financial support for attending a conference and/or research material

Benefits:

The grant covers expenses up to a maximum of 15k CHF and includes the following:

Economy roundtrip ticket (max. 2 kCHF) to and from Switzerland for the research stay
Visa fees
Travel allowance to attend an academic conference
Research material (e.g. lab equipment) (max 6 kCHF in total).
Fees for health insurance
Local transportation
Accommodation
Living allowance for the duration of the research stay at ETH Zurich

Eligibility

Eligible are doctoral candidates who are registered at a university or research institute in a low- and middle-income country according to the external pageOECD/DAC list. Priority is given to applications from least-developed, lower-income, and lower-middle income countries.

The application needs to be submitted by the ETH professorship hosting the doctoral candidate. Applications directly submitted by the doctoral candidate will NOT be considered.

Documents to submit:

Budget (Downloadtemplate budget (XLSX, 15 KB))
A single PDF contianing the following
- Project description (see criteria document for points that need to be addressed)
- Motivation letter of the doctoral candidate (1 page)
- Most recent university transcripts
- CV of doctoral candidate (max. 2 pages) incl. publications
- Two academic reference letters
- Doctoral project proposal (if available)
- Support letter of the hosting ETH professor, including any financial and in-kind contributions
- Work plan for the stay in Zurich in the form of a Gantt chart

Please read the DownloadEligibility Criteria and Application Requirements (PDF, 183 KB) before applying.

All application documents must be written in English submitted via the online application form.

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