ETH Zurich Doc.Mobility Fellowships
The ETH Zurich Doc.Mobility Fellowships are for doctoral students at ETH Zurich who wish to carry out part of their doctoral research at an institution abroad.
The fellowships are intended to enhance the scientific profile of doctoral students by giving them the opportunity to gain international working experience and widen their scientific network. They will support additional research or training related to the fellow's doctoral project.
The ETH Doc.Mobility Fellowships are awarded for a fixed period of six months, which can be split into 2 × 3 months on request in exceptional cases.
See also article with experience reports on ETH Doc.Mobility Fellowships in ETH internal news.
Deadline & Submission
Next submission deadlines: 1 September 2023, 1 March 2024, 17:00 Swiss local time
protected pageWeb formlock for the submission of proposals for the next deadline of 1 September 2023.
Outside office hours, no support can be provided for problems with electronic submission.
Applicants must be enrolled as doctoral students and employed at ETH Zurich at the time of the submission deadline and continue to do so during their ETH Doc.Mobility stay abroad. Applicants must receive their ETH Zurich salary during their stay abroad.
Alternatively, applicants who are enrolled at ETH Zurich but are employed at one of the following ETH Domain Institutions: Eawag, WSL, Empa and PSI, or are employed at one of the following joint ETH/UZH institutions: Institute of Neuroinformatics (INI) or Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBT), are also eligible. They must be employed at these institutions at the time of the submission deadline and continue to do so during their ETH Doc.Mobility stay abroad. Applicants in this category have to contact the Grants Office before application to confirm eligibility.
Students whose salary is funded by the SNSF are not eligible.
Applications not complying with the eligibility criteria will be rejected on formal grounds.
The fellowship comes with a grant of up to CHF 20,000 to cover expenses for increased living costs (fixed lump sum), travel (one return ticket in economy class), child support, research expenses, conference participation and matriculation fees (if not waived). Some of the cost categories have upper limits (see FAQ).
Doctoral students must continue to receive a salary from ETH Zurich, one of the ETH Domain (Eawag, WSL, Empa and PSI) or one of the joint ETH/UZH institutions (Institute of Neuroinformatics (INI) or Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBT)) for the duration of the fellowship. An existing employment can thus not be suspended for the duration of the fellowship.
Applications involve three documents:
- project proposal (including research plan, tabular budget, motivation statement, CV with publication list and a confirmation of compliance with all ethical issues and research requiring authorisation or notification ). Please use the dedicated template provided in the download area on the right.
- invitation letter from the host at the institution abroad
- letter of support from the doctoral supervisor at ETH Zurich
Applications are to be submitted via our due to its confidential nature.
The two final submission deadlines are 1 September 2023 and 1 March 2024 at 17:00 Swiss local time.
Decisions will be communicated within two months after the deadline. The fellowship can only start after the receipt of the decision letter. For the 1 September 2023 deadline, the fellowship must start no later than 1 September 2024. For the 1 March 2024 deadline, the fellowship must start no later than 1 January 2025. All fellowships must be completed by 30 June 2025.
Practical links
- internal page chevron_right Doctorate
- internal page chevron_right Funding for young researchers
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- internal page chevron_right Ethical questions
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- internal page chevron_right ETH Zurich Research Commission
Further information
You may contact for further information on the ETH Zurich Doc.Mobility Fellowships. Before writing to us, please read the documents provided on this website carefully, especially the Downloadguidelines (PDF, 174 KB)vertical_align_bottom and the DownloadFAQ (PDF, 152 KB)vertical_align_bottom.
Contact
ETH Zurich
Grants Office
Rämistrasse 101
8092
Zurich
ETH Zurich
Grants Office
Rämistrasse 101
8092
Zurich