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ETH ZURICH EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP & OPPORTUNITY PROGRAMME

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Application Deadline: December 15, 2023

LOCATION: Zurich

The Excellence Scholarship & Opportunity Programme (ESOP) supports students with a scholarship, mentorship and a network of the ETH Foundation. The scholarship covers the full study and living costs during the Master’s degree course.

ELIGIBILITY:

Very good result in Bachelor’s degree programme (top 10% of Bachelor’s degree programme = grade A)
Please make sure to be reachable under the telephone number specified in your CV as the selection process might include a phone/VC interview in February
 

If you are already enrolled in a Master’s degree programme at ETH Zurich, or hold a Master degree, you are not eligible for ESOP.

In addition to the documents for the Master admission you will need to upload a pre-​proposal for your master thesis (Downloadguidelines_preproposal (PDF, 86 KB)vertical_align_bottom).

BENEFIT:

The Excellence Scholarship/ESOP consists of a scholarship covering living and study expenses (CHF 12’000 per semester) as well as a tuition fee waiver.
ESOP is awarded for the regular duration of the Master’s programme (three or four semesters). This also applies for the tuition fee waiver.

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ETH4D DOCTORAL MENTORSHIP GRANTS

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Application Deadline: 31 October, 2023

LOCATION:  Zürich

ETH4D provides grants for mentoring doctoral candidates from low- and lower-middle-income countries. The mentorship is a one-year appointment program.

ELIGIBILITY:

Eligible are doctoral candidates who are registered at a university or research institute in a least-​ developed, low-​ and lower-​middle-income country according to the DownloadOECD/DAC 2022 – 2023 list (PDF, 204 KB)vertical_align_bottom. 

The application needs to be submitted by the ETH professorship hosting the doctoral candidate. Applications directly submitted by the doctoral candidate will NOT be considered.

More information can be found in the DownloadETH4D Doctoral Mentorship Programme Criteria document. (PDF, 168 KB)vertical_align_bottom

BENEFIT:

The grant covers expenses up to a maximum of 15,000 CHF and includes the following:

Economy roundtrip ticket (max. 2 kCHF) to and from Switzerland for the research stay

Visa fees

Travel allowance to attend an academic conference

Research material (e.g. lab equipment) (max 6 kCHF in total).

Fees for health insurance

Local transportation

Accommodation

Living allowance for the duration of the research stay at ETH Zurich

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