Funding Opportunities

NCCR Separations – Permeability Exchange Program
If you are part of the NCCR Separations, you can apply for scientific stays within the NCCR Separations consortium and associates. The program is open to PhD and Postdoc.
Call deadline: no deadline, you can apply anytime.

SNSF – Flexibility Grant
Supports doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers funded by the SNSF who have childcare responsibilities by contributing to external childcare costs and/or the salary of a support person, helping them balance their research career with family life.
Call Deadline: no deadline, you can apply anytime.

SNSF – Ambizione
For talented early-career researchers who wish to conduct, manage, and lead an independent research project at a Swiss higher education institution.
Typical deadline: Early November (annual call)

SNSF – Starting Grants
For outstanding early-career researchers wishing to establish an independent research group at a Swiss research institution.
Call Deadline: Annual (subject to SNSF publication)

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action – PostDoctoral Fellowships
Supports excellent postdoctoral researchers undertaking international mobility while developing new scientific and transferable skills.
Typical deadline: September (annual call)

ERC Starting Grant
Supports outstanding early-career researchers (2–7 years after their PhD) in establishing their first independent research team
Typical deadline: October (annual call)

Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships
Supports outstanding international researchers wishing to pursue doctoral studies or conduct research at a Swiss university or research institution.
Call Deadline: Varies by country of origin (applications generally open in August each year).

Schmidt Science Fellows
Supports exceptional recent STEM PhD graduates to undertake an interdisciplinary postdoc in a field different from their PhD, anywhere in the world.
Call Deadline: Annual in August

NCCR Separations – Permeability Exchange Program
If you are part of the NCCR Separations, you can apply for scientific stays within the NCCR Separations consortium and associates.
Call Deadline: no deadline, you can apply anytime.

SNSF – Mobility Grant in projects
Supports doctoral students employed in an ongoing SNSF-funded research project who wish to undertake a research stay abroad to strengthen their scientific profile and international network.
Call Deadline: Applications must be submitted at least two months before the start of the mobility stay).

Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships
Supports outstanding international researchers wishing to pursue doctoral studies or conduct research at a Swiss university or research institution.
Call Deadline: Varies by country of origin (applications generally open in August each year).

NCCR Separations – Affinity Scholarship Program
Supports Bachelor’s and Master’s students from underrepresented backgrounds through funded research stays within the NCCR Separation Science program.
Call Deadline: Annual call (see website for current dates).

ThinkSwiss Research Scholarship
Supports international Bachelor’s and Master’s students wishing to undertake a short-term research project at a Swiss university or research institution
Call Deadline: Annual call (typically opens in winter; see website for current dates).

ETH Zurich Student Summer Research Fellowship
Offers outstanding Bachelor’s and Master’s students from universities worldwide the opportunity to undertake a fully funded summer research internship at ETH Zurich.
Call Deadline: Annual call (typically December; see website for current dates).

EPFL Summer Research Program
Offers outstanding Bachelor’s and Master’s students the opportunity to undertake a research internship at EPFL under the supervision of leading scientists.
Call Deadline: Annual call (typically December–January; see website for current dates).

EPFL Summer in the Lab Program
Offers EPFL Bachelor’s students the opportunity to complete a paid summer research internship in an EPFL laboratory.
Call Deadline: Annual call (typically in spring; see website for current dates)

Alfred Werner Scholarship Programme
A scholarship supporting talented international students pursuing a Master’s in chemistry-related fields in Switzerland.
Call Deadline: Annual call typically in March.

EPFL-ISIC Master Grant
A grant of CHF 1,800/month for up to 6 months for external Master’s students completing their thesis/project in an EPFL ISIC research unit.
Call Deadline: Annual call in April and October.