Research funding
There are numerous options for securing funding as a researcher employed at or wishing to join ETH Zurich. The Grants Office is your access point for research funding. Industry Relations can help you find funding for industry collaborations.
ETH Zurich also runs a number of competitive internal programmes such as the ETH Fellowships, the Single-PI and Collaborative ETH Grants, the ETH Career Seed Awards, and the external page Branco Weiss Fellowships. 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 page Research Professional, a comprehensive database of funding schemes that is freely accessible to ETH researchers (on campus or via VPN).
The central platform of external page research.swiss 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.
Fifth Call for Humanitarian Action Challenges Grants
The Humanitarian Action Challenges (HAC) grant is offered by the external page Engineering for Humanitarian Action (EHA) initiative to support project-based research for a greater impact of humanitarian action. This call for applications is open to teams consisting of a researcher from external page ETH Zürich or external page EPFL, as well as a practitioner from the external page International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC or another humanitarian organisation.
Collaboration with additional partners from ETH domain or other humanitarian organizations is encouraged. Projects of 6 - 24 months can secure CHF 50,000 - CHF 300,000 in funding. A minimum of 25% as matching funds is required. Applications can be submitted from 14.10.2024 – 16.01.2025. Find all details here.
MedLab Fellowships
The ETH Zurich MedLab Fellowship program (MedLab Fellows) supports incoming medical doctors at ETH Zurich. The program is intended to foster young researchers who have already demonstrated scientific excellence in the early stages of their careers. Applications have to be made jointly by the candidate and the potential host, who must be an ETH Zurich professor and willing to act as the mentor of the fellow. The duration of an ETH MedLab Fellowship is one year full-time to a maximum of three years part-time. The fellowship is competitive with only a limited number of fellowships available each year. Deadline for the next call is 01 March 2025. Further information can be found on the MedLab Fellowships website.
ETH Zurich
Grants Office
R?mistrasse 101
8092
Zurich