Through the Humboldt Research Fellowship, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation sponsors postdoctoral and experienced researchers with above-average qualifications from across the globe. Fellows benefit from individual support from the Humboldt Foundation and its diverse sponsorship portfolio.
Key facts
The foundation promotes activities, projects and research that are interdisciplinary, serve the goal of sustainability in ecological borderlands and are characterised to a high degree by practical feasibility.
The Andrea von Braun Foundation pursues the two interrelated directions:
Methodically, the foundatione supports interdisciplinary cooperation among fields of knowledge separated far from one another.
Contentwise, the understanding, maintaining and care of so-called ecological boundary areas in our dominant focus. By this term the foundations means areas where different types of biotopes interact. Among these are marsh or peat fields, mangrove forests, savannahs, tidelands, brackish waters etc. Usually, they will involve wet or moist areas, but not large bodies of water like the high seas or major lakes. In this context the foundation is not only concerned with purely biological or ecological issues, but also with the cultural, economic, social and educational structures in such areas.
The foundations expressly welcomes non-academic endeavours and projects.
Ambizione grants are aimed at young researchers who wish to conduct, manage and lead an independent project at a Swiss higher education institution. The scheme supports young researchers both from Switzerland and abroad. Scientists holding non-professorial academic positions at higher education institutions are also eligible to submit an application.
An Ambizione grant covers the grantee’s salary and the funds needed to carry out the project. An Ambizione project grant, however, comprises only project funds. The grants are awarded for a maximum of four years.
Please consult the Ambizione Regulations to determine your formal eligibility.
The precise periods are calculated on the basis of the relevant submission deadline.
Postdoc.Mobility fellowships are aimed at researchers who have done a doctorate and who wish to pursue an academic career in Switzerland. A research stay abroad enables such researchers to acquire more in-depth knowledge, increases their scientific independence and enhances their research profile.
The fellowships include a grant for subsistence costs, a flat-rate for travel expenses and a possible contribution to research and conference costs. In addition, fellowship holders can apply for a return grant to finance their initial period of research after returning to Switzerland. The return grant includes a salary and social security contributions.
The funding period is in principle 24 months (fellowship) and 3 to 12 months (return phase).
The main participation requirements are listed below.
The precise periods are calculated on the basis of the relevant submission deadline.
Important: The SNSF is organising an online information event for researchers interested in this call on 17 November from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
With «First Ventures» Gebert Rüf Stiftung promotes bachelor’s and master’s students of universities of applied sciences UAS who are developing an innovative business idea during their studies.
The support includes progressing contributions up to a maximum of CHF 150,000 as well as an individually tailored coaching program which will smooth the way to launching a startup.
NEW: Start-up projects in the early phase can also apply for smaller grants of up to CHF 25,000 or CHF 50,000 for the first time by the deadline of 1 February 2024:
| PROOF up to CHF 25,000 | Check project idea for feasibility |
| VALIDATE up to CHF 50,000 | Validate business case |
| EXECUTE up to CHF 150,000 | Implement product/service on the market |
The evaluation and decision phase takes one month for «Proof» or «Validate» applications and three months for «Execute» applications, as before.
