Fellowships for advanced researchers enable young scientists planning to follow an academic career to benefit from a stay abroad in order to increase their knowledge and scientific reputation.
These fellowships for overseas visits in any discipline are supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), except experimental and clinical medicine (see below). Funding includes personal maintenance, a fixed sum for travel expenses and may include a contribution towards research and conference expenses. The amount of the fellowship is based on personal details, family obligations and cost of living in the host country and runs for a period of 12 to 36 months.
Application requirements (see fellowship rules)
- doctorate
- research experience: with at least one year of research activity at post-doc level (at the time the application is submitted)
- start of the fellowship: at the latest 5 years after obtaining the doctorate; exceptions possible in duly justified cases
- Swiss nationality, residence or settlement permit, cross-border commuter permit
- relation with Swiss research
Application documents and call for applications
All application documents should be submitted electronically via the web platform mySNF. Thereby, help-texts will navigate through the submission process of new applications (an instruction as a PDF is available only for demands for prolongation). It is impossible to submit demands for a prolongation electronically. For the submission of demands for a prolongation, please contact fellowships(at)snf.ch
Call for applications: three months before submission deadline
Submission deadlines: 1 February and 1 August (applies for demands for a prolongation as well)
Next submission deadline: 1 February 2010 (new applications must be submitted exclusively via mySNF)
Start of the fellowship: earliest six months after submission deadline
mySNF: To meet the submission deadline a mySNF user account must be requested 2 weeks before the submission deadline at the latest.
Experimental and clinical medicine, biology (basic medical science)
In cooperation with the SNSF, the Swiss Foundation for Grants in Biology and Medicine (SFGBM) provides fellowships for advanced researcher in experimental and clinical medicine, and in biology as a basic medical science, are allocated by, and in accordance with the grant procedures of the SNSF.
Any applicant who is unsure of the relevant institution for applications in their discipline (SFGBM or SNSF) should contact the SFGBM and submit their CV and publications list and a summary of the planned research project. The SFGBM will then forward the necessary information.
Applications for the SFGBM can only be submitted electronically via mySNF. All candidates are requested to contact the President of the Foundation before submission.
SFGBM, P.O. Box 8260, 3001 Bern
E-Mail: fmarti@ssmbs.ch (Secretary: Mrs. F. Marti)
cc. blauterburg@ssmbs.ch (President: Prof. B. Lauterburg)
Fax: +41-(0)31-305 29 78
Call for applications: three months before the submission deadline
Submission deadlines: 1 March and 1 September (dates by which applications must reach the SFGBM)
Next submission deadline: 1 March 2010
Start of the fellowship: at the earliest, four months after the submission deadline
Other foundations contributing to SNF support of young scientists
The “Eugen & Elisabeth Schellenberg” foundation in Frauenfeld and the “Johanna Dürmüller-Bol” foundation in Bern also make contributions to some grants, notably in the field of cancer research.