Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships 2027-2028 for Foreign Scholars & Artists – YOA

Deadline: Varies

Applications are open for the Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships 2027-2028. Each yr the Swiss Confederation awards Government Excellence Scholarships to encourage worldwide trade and analysis cooperation between Switzerland and over 180 different nations. Recipients are chosen by the awarding physique, the Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS aka ESKAS).

Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships are primarily supposed for proficient early profession researchers (ECRs) from overseas who’ve already accomplished their Master’s diploma. The scholarship programme is at the moment open to candidates from 183 nations.

Scholarship Types

• Research: These scholarships can be found to postgraduate researchers in any self-discipline wishing to pursue analysis at any Swiss cantonal college, college of utilized sciences, both of Switzerland’s two federal institutes of know-how (ETHZ or EPFL) or at one of many 4 analysis institutes inside the ETH Domain (PSI, WSL, Empa, Eawag). Prerequisite: the scholarship application should be backed by a tutorial supervisor in Switzerland who’s keen to direct and information the applicant’s proposed analysis.
  • Open to PhD Students from 183 nations
  • Required: Master’s Degree and Supervisor
  • Duration: 12 months
• PhD:
  • Open to PhD Students from 183 nations
  • Required: Master’s Degree and Supervisor
  • Duration: 36 months
• Art: Art scholarships are open to college students wishing to pursue an preliminary Master’s diploma in an inventive area in Switzerland. This scholarship is out there to college students from a restricted variety of nations solely.
  • Open to Art Students from 26 nations
  • Required: Bachelor’s Degree and Admission or proof of application
  • Duration: 21 months

Scholarship Benefits

Scholarships: Amount and extra advantages

• Research fellowships, PhD scholarships and artwork scholarships: CHF 2,450 per 30 days to cowl primary dwelling bills of 1 particular person.
  Please observe: This scholarship shouldn’t be a wage.
  No funding is offered for fieldwork and participation in conferences
• Additional advantages:
  • Health insurance coverage: FCS covers the premiums for obligatory medical insurance for scholarship holders from non-EU/EFTA nations. Scholarship holders from EU/EFTA nations should cowl these prices themselves.
  • One-time grant of CHF 600 for rental deposit.
  • Half-Fare Travelcard for public transport
  • In addition, the coordinating physique organises excursions and actions for federal scholarship holders.
  • Return flight allowance:
    Scholarship holders from non-EU/EFTA nations obtain a return flight allowance (quantity decided by nation of origin). This allowance could also be used as much as two months after expiry of the scholarship completely for the aim of returning to the nation of origin.
• Costs to be paid by scholarship holders:
  • Tuition charges:
    The Federal Excellence Scholarship doesn’t cowl tuition or semester charges. In some instances, universities, universities of utilized sciences or federal institutes of know-how require scholarship holders to pay semester charges (approx. CHF 600 to CHF 2,000 per semester) or diminished tuition charges. In some instances, PhD charges are usually not waived.
    Scholarship holders should cowl these charges themselves.
  • Conferences:
    The prices of taking part in worldwide conferences are borne by the scholarship holders.
  • Field analysis:
    PhD scholarship holders might request to do area analysis for as much as six months (with out extra funding). All related prices are borne by the scholarship holders.
  • Travel bills:
    Scholarship holders from EU/EFTA nations should pay their very own journey bills.

Eligibility and Application

Information on application deadlines and scholarship out there by nation of origin.

Applications are submitted to Swiss diplomatic representations. The FCS assesses scholarship functions based on three standards.

• Candidate profile
• Quality of the analysis venture or inventive work
• Synergies and potential for future analysis cooperation

By the top of May on the newest, the FCS will announce its choices relating to the scholarship awards for the next educational yr.

Click here to find more details and apply.

For extra info, go to Swiss Government Excellence.