Scholarship Details: The childhood cancer research group conducts epidemiological research on risk factors and outcomes of cancer in children. We collaborate closely with clinicians and research groups in Switzerland and abroad. The PhD project will examine the risk of childhood cancer in relation to place of living and environmental exposures. The main research question will [...]

Scholarship Details: The climatology group of the Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research and Institute of Geography, University of Bern is looking for a PhD student in the area of Arctic climate change. The student will work in an international project related to decadal-scale climate and atmospheric circulation variability in the Arctic. The task will [...]

Scholarship Details: The computational neuroscience group at the Department of Physiology studies mathematical models of neurons and synapses in the context of cortical information processing and learning. Particularly we are interested in biologically plausible models for learning and memory Which explain animal and human behavior. The current project aims to extend the theory of reinforcement [...]

Scholarship Details: Sandec seeks a highly motivated and qualified individual as a Scientific Research Assistant for a two year applied research project. The successful candidate will contribute to the development of Eawag/Sandec scientific research activities on resource recovery and reuse (RRR) in the sanitation and faecal sludge management sectors.

Scholarship Details: ISID and the Swiss Society for Infectious Diseases (SSI) jointly sponsor the SSI/ISID Infectious Diseases Research Fellowship Program. The purpose of this Fellowship Program is to support infectious disease physicians and scientists from developing and middle income countries through multidisciplinary clinical and laboratory training at select biomedical institutions in Switzerland. Opportunities for training [...]

Scholarship Details: Scholarships granted by the Rector at to foreign Students (living abroad) who would like to undertake their master studies. Scholarships granted by the Rector at to foreign Students (living abroad) who would like to undertake a research stay at PhD Level.

Scholarship Details: The Chair of Integrative Risk Management and Economics (Prof. A. Bommier) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH-Zurich) invites applications for 2 Doctoral positions in Economics.Applications should include a cover letter, a CV, a transcript of grades and a 1-2 page statement of motivation including your research interests.

Scholarship Details: Two practice-oriented fellowships (of $20.000 Dollars each) will be awarded for investigating a particular theme and get-involved also in real-world projects. SHAGAL|iodaa Practice Fellowships Programme provides an unparalleled opportunity for one or two outstanding newly design graduates to gain meaningful work experience in architecture, urban landscape, ecological urbanism, and being part of writing [...]

Scholarship Details: The Bulgarian-Swiss Research Programme is funded through the Swiss contribution to the EU enlargement. The call for proposals is now open. Three-year Joint Research Projects (JRP) between Swiss and Bulgarian researchers are to be funded. The maximum amount to be granted for a single JRP will be CHF 400,000.

Scholarship Details: The position is part of the running transdisciplinary project “Sustainable Water Infrastructure Planning” (SWIP) of the National Research Program “Sustainable Water Management” (NRP 61). The successful candidate will be part of a team of senior scientists and two PhD students that are developing a novel integrated, participatory planning procedure for municipal water infrastructures. [...]

Scholarship Details: EDA-EMERGE aims at training a new generation of young scientists in the interdisciplinary techniques required to meet the major challenges in the monitoring, assessment and management of toxic pollution in European river basins, taking into account the enormous complexity of contamination, effects and cause-effect relationships. By integrating innovative mode-of-action based biodiagnostic tools including [...]

Scholarship Details: Different research groups in Switzerland are involved as a potential host institution. The candidate has to contact directly the group of interest to enquire on the availability to support the proposed research project or on the possible research topics offered by the host institution.

Scholarships Details: The aim of the WWF Prince Bernhard Scholarship Fund (PBS) is to provide financial support to individuals wishing to pursue short-term professional training or formal studies that will help them contribute more effectively to conservation efforts in their country. As a priority, PBS supports mid-career training for those working in the field of [...]

Scholarship Details: The Swiss Government through the Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS) grants a limited number of scholarships to developing countries, among which Indonesia is included. These scholarships are offered to Indonesian POSTGRADUATE students wishing to undertake research or study in a master programme at a Swiss university or Federal Institute of [...]

Scholarship Details: PhD position in the area of music psychology. The research focuses on psychological mechanisms underlying emotional responses to music, and involves experiments in a laboratory environment featuring self-report and psychophysiological measurement.

Scholarship Details: Methods for assessing the toxicity of pesticides to aquatic invertebrates currently do not account for important organism characteristics. For example, the sensitivity to pesticides might be influenced by age and sex. Regarding the population level effects of pesticides, it matters whether the individuals who die are young or old – the young ones [...]

Scholarship Details: Switzerland is offering ten university bursaries to South African students for the academic year 2011/2012. Preference will be given to doctoral and post doctoral application but does not exclude masters applications. These bursaries are granted for studies and research at Swiss Universities and Federal Institutes of Technology (you will find a list of [...]

Scholarship Details: Switzerland is offering ten university bursaries to South African students for the academic year 2011/2012. Preference will be given to doctoral and post doctoral application but does not exclude masters applications. These bursaries are granted for studies and research at Swiss Universities and Federal Institutes of Technology (you will find a list of [...]

Scholarship Details: Applicants must hold, or anticipate receiving before enrollment, a university degree that would formally qualify them to enter a PhD or equivalent program in their home country (MSc., Diploma, DEA etc.). US applicants with only a Bachelor must have successfully completed courses in Biophysics and must have laboratory experience leading to a research [...]

Scholarship Details: This project, funded by European Space Agency (ESA) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), concerns the design of dynamically reconfigurable millimeter wave devices and antennas, which is becoming a prime need in space-related applications. The different technologies that can be used to implement a given electromagnetic reconfiguration concept (e.g. semiconductors, RF-MEMS, liquid [...]

Scholarship Details: The Computational Physics group at the Institute for Building Materials, ETH Zurich (http://www.ifb.ethz.ch/comphys) is developing and applying numerical methods and simulations to many different areas ranging from general statistical physics, sociophysics, and complex fluids, to material science and geomorphology. The group is multinational and offers a creative environment, with many possibilities for interdisciplinary [...]