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BRANCO WEISS FELLOWSHIP—SOCIETY IN SCIENCE

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Application Deadline: January 15, 2027, 5 p.m. CET.

LOCATION: Switzerland

The Branco Weiss Fellowship—Society in Science is a community of exceptional young scientists who share a passion for taking research beyond the mainstream. Fellows are given the means to pursue their personal vision of a particular scientific project independently—in the best possible locations, anywhere in the world.

ELIGIBILITY:

You are eligible for the 2027 intake if:

You officially hold a PhD on January 15, 2027. This means that you have at least successfully passed your PhD defense before January 15, 2027.

You have obtained your PhD a maximum of five years prior to January 15, 2027.

You do not hold/have not held a faculty-equivalent position (e.g., assistant professor or lecturer).

Your project departs from the mainstream of research in your discipline.

You have a record of outstanding scientific achievement.

You demonstrate in the proposal a willingness to engage in a dialog on relevant social, cultural, political, or economic issues beyond the frontiers of your particular discipline.

You can confirm that you are willing and able to travel to the Greater Zurich Area and attend the annual symposium in person.

You can ensure that you are the only candidate your chosen mentor is supporting during this round.

Please note that we typically do not fund mainstream research projects that could also be funded by other scientific organizations.

If you have applied before and were not selected, you are welcome to apply again.

Only the following reasons for delays after attaining your PhD are acceptable:

parental leave

inability to work due to illness or accident

Applicants must send an official confirmation of their leave(s) via email to brancoweissfellowship@ethz.ch before they submit an application. It is advisable to send such documents before starting your application and ideally 1-2 months before the annual deadline. The number of weeks that the research work was interrupted is accepted as an extension (max. 1 year in total).

Only periods of full-time leave are taken into account.

Duration
Research projects should be conceived to last five years.

BENEFIT:

A Branco Weiss Fellowship amounts to max. CHF 600,000 for up to five years. It may be used to cover all legitimate costs of research (i.e., salary and/or equipment, travel expenses, consumables, personnel, etc.).

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Opportunities, PhD/post doctoral, Scholarships

UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH CYBER SECURITY, PRIVACY, AND TRUST PHD POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP

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Application Deadline: Applications are now open and can be submitted all year round.

LOCATION: United Kingdom

This PhD programme in Cyber Security, Privacy and Trust is a response to the growing need for highly specialized research and training in these topics. The aim of this PhD programme is to provide students with research training in specialized topics of security, privacy, and trust, helping produce the next generation of world-leading experts in the field.

ELIGIBILITY:

Before applying, make sure you identify either an advertised project or a supervisor. This is a prerequisite, and they are unlikely to consider applications submitted speculatively with neither of these elements.

Finding a supervisor

Project-related studentships

You must submit an application through the EUCLID application portal and provide the required information and documentation.

They only progress complete applications to the academic selection stage.

FAQs for postgraduate research applicants

A UK 2:1 honours degree, or its international equivalent, in computer science, mathematics, linguistics, or a related discipline. A master’s degree or equivalent in information security, cybersecurity, or a closely related discipline is recommended.

International equivalent qualifications: Top of Form: To find international equivalent qualifications, select where you studied from the country or region list from the program website.

Bottom of Form

As part of your online application, you will need to provide: 

a personal statement

relevant knowledge/training skills

the name of a proposed supervisor

You will also need to upload the following documents:

a Curriculum Vitae (CV)

a research proposal (three to five pages long, unless a specific project provides different guidelines)

degree certificates and official transcripts for all completed and in-progress degrees (plus certified translations if academic documents are not issued in English)

contact details for two academic references

English language requirements: You must prove that your English language abilities are at a high enough level to study this degree programme.

This is the case for all applicants, including UK nationals.

You can meet our English language requirements with one of the following:

an English language test (restrictions apply)

a degree that was taught and assessed in English (restrictions apply)

certain professional qualifications

All other English language tests must be no more than three and a half years old on the 1st of the month in which your programme starts, regardless of your nationality.

Degrees taught and assessed in English: They accept an undergraduate or postgraduate degree that has been taught and assessed in English in a majority English-speaking country, as defined by UK Visas and Immigration.

UKVI list of majority English speaking countries: They also accept a degree that has been taught and assessed in English from a university on our list of approved universities in non-majority English-speaking countries (non-MESC).

Approved universities in non-MESC

How old your degree can be: If you are not a national of a majority English-speaking country, then your degree must be no more than five years old on the 1st of the month in which your programme starts.

This time limit does not apply to your degree if you are a national of a majority English-speaking country.

BENEFIT:

Funding: Most PhD students in informatics receive full scholarships to cover their tuition fees and living costs.

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