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BDFIL PRIZE COMICS COMPETITION FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF COMICS

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Application Deadline: Monday, June 15, 2026

LOCATION: Switzerland

This year, 2026, BDFIL is partnering with the Lausanne Water Department and the Roman Museum of Lausanne-Vidy for its BDFIL Prize competition, which aims to promote emerging comic book artists.

ELIGIBILITY:

The theme of the 2026 edition is “Running Waterways.” The deadline for submissions is Monday, June 15, 2026

The competition BDFIL Prize is open to anyone 15 years of age or older, living in Switzerland or abroad, whose work has never been published in the form of an album, regularly in a large-circulation newspaper or magazine, or on an expert-reviewed online platform, or under any editorial license. Participants whose work is being published when the jury deliberates (June 16, 2026) will be disqualified. Each participant may enter only one project. As the competition aims to encourage and reward complete artists, collective entries will not be accepted. Winners of previous editions of the competition, except for special mentions, are not allowed to participate.

The competition is free to enter.

You may submit a complete comic story on a single page (A3 format, vertical), with or without text.

BENEFIT:

Three BDFIL prizes:

Prize: 1st Prize CHF 2,000 and the drawing of the 2027 Prize flyer

2nd Prize: CHF 1,500

3rd Prize: CHF 1,000

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master's, Opportunities, Scholarships

UNIL MASTER’S SCHOLARSHIP

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Application Deadline: The academic year 2027/2028 will open in September 2026, and the deadline will be 1 November 2026.

LOCATION: Switzerland

Unil awards around ten excellence scholarships each year, exclusively to students who have graduated from a foreign university and whose academic results are of a very high standard.

ELIGIBILITY:

The list of all eligible master’s degrees at Unil can be found here.

Hold a foreign university degree recognized as equivalent to a Swiss university bachelor’s before starting the Master’s programme at Unil.

Have achieved outstanding academic results during your studies.

Have a minimum language level of C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR):

French for programmes taught in French

English for programmes taught in English (Check the programme page and the FAQ under “What language level is required for the chosen Master’s programme?”)

Not be currently enrolled at Unil.

Have paid the administrative fee of CHF 200 (see section: application contents).

Scholarship recipients are exempt from the standard course registration fees.  Only the semester fees of CHF 80 remain payable.

For candidates who want to apply for a Master in Finance, Psychology, Arts, or Nursing, additional conditions apply that must be scrupulously fulfilled. You can find these conditions on the Admissions Service (SII) page.

BENEFIT:

The Unil Master’s Scholarship is awarded for the minimum statutory period of the Master’s programme and amounts to CHF 1,600 per month (see the general conditions below for further details).

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