Research funding
There are numerous options for securing funding as a researcher employed at or wishing to join ETH Zurich. The Office of Research is your access point for national and international funding schemes, respectively. Industry Relations can help you finding funding for industry collaborations.
ETH Zurich also runs a number of competitive internal programmes such as the ETH Fellowships, the ETH Research Grants, the ETH Career Seed Awards, the ETH Doc.Mobility Fellowships, and the external pageBranco Weiss Fellowshipscall_made. The ETH Pioneer Fellowships promote the development of innovative products and services.
Special emphasis is put on supporting young researchers.
There are more options for funding than you might think. Projects, fellowships, travels, equipment - you name it. Check out external pageResearch Professionalcall_made, a comprehensive database of funding schemes that is freely accessible to ETH researchers (on campus or via VPN).
external page2-min YouTube guide on how to use the search functioncall_made
external page2-min YouTube tutorial on saving searchers and creating email alertscall_made
The central platform of external pageresearch.swisscall_made aims to facilitate collaboration in research and innovation by providing researchers, higher education institutions and innovators with a unique overview of the most important funding instruments, calls for joint research projects and mobility programmes.
Switzerland is currently considered a non-associated third country in the Horizon Europe programme. The Swiss government has therefore mandated the SNSF to continue its transitional measures “SNSF Consolidator Grants”, “SNSF Advanced Grants” and “SNSF Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowships” in 2023.
The Calls for external pageSNSF Consolidator Grantscall_made (Deadline 16 October 2023) and external pageSNSF Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowshipscall_made (Deadline 1 December 2023) are open.
The external pageNational Research Programmes (NRPs)call_made generate scientific knowledge aimed at solving Switzerland's most pressing problems. They last between six and seven years and have a budget of CHF 10 to 20 million.
The Swiss Confederation has commissioned the SNSF to run four NRPs. Calls for NRPs on “Baukultur”, “biodiversity”, “gender medicine” and “plant breeding” will be launched at year-end 2023.
ETH-internal and SNSF funding programmes
ETH Zurich
Grants Office
Rämistrasse 101
8092
Zurich
EU programmes
ETH Zurich
EU GrantsAccess
Seilergraben 53
8001
Zurich