ETH4D Doctoral Mentorship Grants 2025 (up to 15k CHF) – YOA

Deadline: March 30, 2025

Applications are open for the ETH4D Doctoral Mentorship Grants 2025. ETH for Development (ETH4D) gives grants for mentoring doctoral candidates from low- and decrease-center-revenue nations. The mentorship is a one-12 months appointment and includes the next parts:

• Mentorship from one ETH professor, senior scientist or postdoc over a interval of 1 12 months of the mentee’s doctoral research. They counsel month-to-month conferences and clearly outlined objectives of the undertaking, e.g., presentation at a convention, joint publication. ETH mentors are free to serve on the doctoral committee of the ETH4D mentee, however this isn’t a requirement. 
• Research keep on the mentor’s analysis group (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) for 1-3 months through the mentorship interval. 
• Financial help for attending a convention and/or analysis materials.

grant

The grant covers bills up to a most of 15k CHF and contains the next:

• Economy roundtrip ticket (max. 2 kCHF) to and from Switzerland for the analysis keep
• Visa charges
• Travel allowance to attend an instructional convention
• Research materials (e.g. lab tools) (max 6 kCHF in whole).
• Fees for medical insurance
• Local transportation
• Accommodation
• Living allowance at some stage in the analysis keep at ETH Zurich  

Eligibility

• Eligible are doctoral candidates who’re registered at a college or analysis institute in a least- developed, low- and decrease-center-revenue nation in accordance to the OECD/DAC list.
• The application wants to be submitted by the ETH professorship internet hosting the doctoral candidate. Applications straight submitted by the doctoral candidate will NOT be thought-about.

Application

The following application paperwork are required:

• Budget (Download template)
• A single PDF contianing the next:
  • Project description
  • Motivation letter of the doctoral candidate (1 web page)
  • Most latest college transcripts 
  • CV of doctoral candidate (max. 2 pages) incl. publications
  • Two educational reference letters
  • Doctoral undertaking proposal (if accessible)
  • Support letter of the internet hosting ETH professor, together with any monetary and in-sort contributions
  • Work plan for the keep in Zurich within the type of a Gantt chart

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to ETH4D.