Scholarships and career programmes

Ursula Wirz-Stiftung – Kultur & Wissenschaft

Finanzielle Unterstützung von Kultur und Wissenschaft für Destinatäre oder Projekte in den Kantonen Bern, Freiburg und Solothurn oder mit Bezug.

Gefördert wird Kultur und Wissenschaft, z. B. durch:

Finanzierung von Projekten im öffentlichen Interesse
Prämierung hervorragender Arbeiten
Aussetzen von Preisen und Durchführung von Wettbewerben
Gewährung von Stipendien an Studierende und Wissenschaftler:innen auf Antrag der zuständigen Institution
Finanzielle Unterstützung von Lehr- und Forschungsanstalten etc.

The British Academy: International Fellowships 2025

The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for two years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce.

The programme provides support for outstanding early career researchers to make a first step towards developing an independent research career through gaining experience across international borders. Each award is expected to involve a specific and protected research focus with the award holder undertaking high quality, original research.

Applications are developed with the support of the UK Sponsor. The Sponsor must work with the lead applicant to develop the project proposal and should provide mentoring, support, and guidance throughout the duration of the fellowship.

Eligibility Requirements

The applicant must:

Have a PhD, or applicants in the final stages of their PhD will be accepted provided that the PhD will be completed (including viva) before the start date of the Fellowship. Confirmation of award of the PhD will be required before any Fellowship award is confirmed.
Applicants should have no more than seven years of active full time postdoctoral experience at the time of application (discounting career breaks, but including teaching experience and/or time spent in industry).
Be working outside the UK.
Not hold UK citizenship.
Have a clearly defined and mutually-beneficial research proposal agreed with a UK host researcher.

To apply through the British Academy, applicants should be intending to work in any aspect of the humanities or the social sciences. Outputs involving creative practice (e.g., musical composition and performance, visual practice, creative writing, and film making) are welcome but will be considered to fall within the British Academy’s remit only when they form part of an integrated project of critical or historical significance.

Duration and Value of Award

The programme offers support for two years of funding at 80% FEC to enable internationally based early career researchers to establish and conduct their research in a UK host organisation.

S+T+ARTS Residencies

S+T+ARTS is a platform that aims to link technology and artistic practice more closely.

It is implemented by European policy to promote innovations that also benefit the art world. It supports collaboration between artists, scientists, engineers and researchers to develop more creative, inclusive and sustainable technologies, and focuses on people and projects that help address the social, environmental and economic challenges with which the European continent is confronted.

Since 2016, when the initiative took shape, STARTS has organised funded and monitored several residencies through different projects.

Get an insight on the residencies at this link or by watching the video:

Collegium Helveticum – Senior Fellowship

The fellowship program at the Collegium is open to academics and artists of all backgrounds and disciplines.

Academic guests, visiting professors, or artists in residence at ETH Zurich, the University of Zurich (UZH), or the Zurich University of the Arts( ZHdK)are invited to apply on a competitive basis for a senior fellowship at the Collegium. As a Collegium fellow, they become part of a community that engages in and contributes to cross-disciplinary conversation

Senior fellows are established artists or academics who work at the Collegium during a visiting fellowship at ETH Zurich, the UZH, or the ZHdK. A fellowship year runs from September 1 to June 30

Eligibility

Applicants are usually tenured or tenure-track faculty at an academic or artistic institution of higher education or research. In outstanding cases, exceptions can be made in case of a demonstrable academic or artistic practice and track record at an international level. For the entire duration of their fellowship at the Collegium Helveticum, the applicants must have an official affiliation with ETH Zurich, the University of Zurich (UZH), or the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) as an academic guest, guest professor, sabbatical visitor, or artist in residence.

Funding

To support their work at the Collegium, senior fellows will receive an allowance of CHF 1,000 per month during the duration of their fellowship. This allowance is not provided for July and August

Application process and evaluation

Applications are reviewed on a competitive basis two times per year. They can be submitted all year round, at the earliest one year and at the latest three months before the start of the planned fellowship. Applications for fellowships starting from September 2024 onwards, can be submitted until June 15, 2024. For fellowships starting from February 2025 onwards, applications can be submitted until December 15, 2024.

Upcoming dates for start of review:

June 22, 2025

Corresponding earliest starting dates of fellowship:

September 1, 2025

Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Studienwerk (ELES) Research Fellowship

Die Promovierendenförderung des Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Studienwerks richtet sich an fachlich ausgewiesene Promovierende aller Disziplinen, außer Medizin, die sich am Anfang einer Individualpromotion befinden.

Eligibility

Das Ziel von ELES ist es, Jüdinnen und Juden finanziell und ideell zu fördern, die über die eigenen Fachkenntnisse hinaus gesellschaftliches Verantwortungsbewusstsein und Dialogfähigkeit beweisen und damit zu denjenigen gehören, die die Zukunft aktiv mitgestalten. Neben hervorragenden universitären- und Forschungsleistungen wird von den Stipendiat*innen deswegen auch gesellschaftliches Engagement in jüdischen Gemeinden, im sozialen Bereich, in der Jugendarbeit, in studentischen Organisationen oder im gesellschaftlichen Umfeld erwartet.

Funding

Promotionsstipendien werden für die Regelförderdauer von drei Jahren vergeben. In begründeten Einzelfällen besteht die Möglichkeit der Verlängerung um einmal sechs Monate. Die Promotion kann unter Umständen auch an einer ausländischen Hochschule gefördert werden. Der monatliche Fördersatz beträgt € 1’450.– , zuzüglich € 100.– Forschungskostenpauschale sowie unter bestimmten Bedingungen einen Krankenkassenzuschuss. Der Fördersatz wird unabhängig vom Eltern- und Partnereinkommen berechnet. Hinzu kommen großzügige, familienfreundliche Zuschläge und weitere Verlängerungsoptionen für Promovierende mit Kind sowie Auslandszuschläge für Forschungsaufenthalte.

Bewerbungsprozess

Zwischen dem 1. und 31. März sind Bewerbungen für ein Stipendium ab 1. Oktober des gleichen Jahres möglich. Vom 1. bis 30. September können Sie sich für ein Stipendium mit Aufnahme zum 1. April des Folgejahres bewerben.

Rosa Luxemburg Doctoral Scholarship

Um ein Promotionsstipendium können sich in- und ausländische Promovierende aller Fachrichtungen (Ausnahme: medizinische Fachrichtungen) bewerben.

Eligibility

Voraussetzung für ein Promotionsstipendium ist ein hervorragender Studienabschluss sowie der Nachweis eines ausgeprägten gesellschaftlichen Engagements im Sinne der Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung.

Es existieren für Doktorand:innen unterschiedliche Stipendienformen, die sich in den Voraussetzungen unterscheiden. Sie können sich nur für eines der Stipendien bewerben!

Für das Promotionsstipendium können sich zum einen deutsche Doktorand:innen bewerben, die an einer staatlichen oder staatlich anerkannten Hochschule in Deutschland, in einem EU Land (außer Großbritannien) und der Schweiz zur Promotion zugelassen sind. Zum anderen können sich ausländische Doktorand:innen bewerben, die an einer staatlichen oder staatlich anerkannten Hochschule in Deutschland zur Promotion zugelassen sind.

Für dieses Stipendium sollten sich auch Ausländer:innen bewerben, die während ihrer Promotion einen längeren Forschungsaufenthalt außerhalb Deutschlands planen.

Funding

Die Regelförderdauer beträgt 3 Jahre, sie kann im Einzelfall um bis zu 6 Monate verlängert werden. Eventuelle andere in- oder ausländische Förderungen der Promotion werden auf die Förderdauer angerechnet.

Das Promotionsstipendium ist weitgehend einkommensunabhängig und beträgt z. Z. € 1’450.- im Monat. Dazu können eine monatliche Forschungskostenpauschale in Höhe von derzeit € 100.- und ggf. Zuschläge zur Krankenkasse gewährt werden. Für Stipendiat:innen können auch Auslandsaufenthalte (Forschungsaufenthalte, Konferenzbesuche etc.) gefördert werden.

Bewerbungsprozess

Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Bewerbung zum 1. Oktober 2024 oder 1. Oktober 2025. Das Portal wird sechs Wochen vor dem jeweiligen Bewerbungsschluss geöffnet.

Pro Helvetia / Ars Electronica – ArTS Production Grant

The ArTS Production Grant fosters artistic creation at the nexus of ArTS (Art, Technology, Society). How can we become more human?

How can microbes save the earth? How can we co-exist with technology as our second nature? Artists have always understood the power of questions

Ars Electronica is seeking proposals for artistic formats such as installations, performances, or interventions from the area of Interactive Art, Bio Art, Hybrid Art, AI & Life Sciences, Sound Art, Digital Communities and Art Activism (but not limited to). The intention of the artwork must be to critically examine the impact of technological advancements on society. Through this grant, we aim to stimulate discussion and debate around issues such as digitalization, digital humanism, sustainability, climate justice, digital democracy, societal transformation, transparency, ethics, global equity, inclusion, and diversity.

The ArTS Production Grant is a fully funded opportunity for artists and collectives to continue their artistic creations at the nexus of art, technology, and society. Art practitioners from Switzerland from disciplines supported by Pro Helvetia, including visual arts, design, interactive media, performing arts, and music can submit their proposals. The proposal can be for a new project, a prototype, or an extension of an existing project. The art practitioners should already have experience in working in the field of art and technology as this program is dedicated to artists working at the nexus of art, technology and society.

Benefits: The artist or artist group receives support by the grant consisting of €20.000 artist fee and production cost. The fee structure is: €5.000,- artist fee + €15.000,- production costs for which a proposal is required.

Hong Kong Baptist University – PhD Fellowship Scheme

HKBU is widely recognised for its distinctive education and quality research. Building success upon our caring, creative and global culture, we promote research execellence by offering research-enriched and creative curricula where diverse communities of learners work in world-class facilities and engage openly. Rooted in liberal arts ethos and trandisciplinary inquiries, the School of Creative Arts leverages the rich genealogy of the Academy of Film, Academy of Music and Academy of Visual Arts to interrogate the infinite acts of human creativity, reassess the roles of arts in our time, and invent new artisitc opportunities for the future.

Elite Scholar Award: HK$40,000 in the 1st year and HK$20,000 in the subsequent 2 years (~ US$10,250)

Stipend: HK$27,600 (~ US$3,540) monthly/ HK$331,200 (~ US$42,760) annually for 4 years Tuition

Waiver/ Scholarship: HK$42,100 (~ US$5,400) annually for 4 years (Subject to satisfactory academic progress)

Conference and Research-related Travel Allowance: HK$13,800 (~US$1,770) per year for a maximum of 3 years plus the University’s provision of HK$20,000 (~US$2,550) for the student’s 4-year study period

Accommodation: Shared-room accommodation will be provided in the student’s first year of study subject to availability.

CIRCE – European Fellowship Program for Researchers and Creatives

CIRCE supports creative and innovative approaches to solving society’s most pressing challenges.

Through a fellowship program for researchers and creatives, CIRCE supports creative and innovative approaches to solving society’s most pressing challenges.

Who?

Academic researchers and creative practitioners (< 35 years) with a focus on the creative economies

When?

April – September 2023

What?

All fellows receive a monthly grant of EUR 3,800 as well as support by a mentor from CIRCE

How to apply

The official start of the application phase is March 1, 2023. Are you interested in the fellowship and would like to apply? Then fill in the form by the end of February. You will then receive further information on the application process.

Timeline Fellowships

27th January till 28th February 2023: Programm opens for expression of interest

28th February 2023: Applicants are invited to submitt a full application

1st till 13th March 2023: Submission of full application

29th March 2023: Succesfull applicants are notified

1st April till 30th September 2023: Term of the fellowship programm

Istituto Svizzero – Residency Programmes

Residencies programmes in Italy

The Istituto Svizzero offers various residency programmes for young artists, researchers and scholars with the aim of combining artistic practices and scientific research every year. Artists from various disciplines, curators and researchers can apply for residencies in Rome, Milan and Palermo.

The Istituto Svizzero offers its residencies to emerging artists and researchers who wish to contribute to the future of art, science and innovation. The application is open to Swiss citizens, Swiss residents, or people with proven ties to Swiss cultural or scientific institutions.