ETH4D visiting student grants are designed for applicants to bringing a collaborating PhD or master students for applicants from low and middle countries to ETH Zurich for a short term research program. During this research program applicant will be engaged with professional laboratory participants to learn fresh new methodologies, technics, or develop his/her research project in a unique academic setting. Besides, applicants can build their networks with global participants.

Details:

Deadline: 30 April 2020

Duration: 2 to 3 Months

Location: Switzerland

Benefits of the program:

The grant amount is 10000 CHF and will cover the followings:

• Monthly living allowance up to 2.3 CHF.
• Traveling costs.
• Visa fee.

Eligibilities:

• Applicants must be from one of the eligible countries. The preference will be given to the students from low-income countries.
• Applicants must have registered for a Master’s or PhD degree in a recognized university or research institute in one of the listed countries below.
• Must be in touch with ETH professor before the research stay.

Required documents:

• Application form
• Letter of motivation.
• Recent CV or Resume including a list of publications.
• Letter of support from ETH professor.

 Selection:

• The professional ETH4D committee for Exchanges will evaluate the submitted applicants.
• Successful applicants will be notified two months after the deadline by ETH host professor.

Reporting:

• The ETH host professor will be responsible for the financial and technical reporting of the applicants.

List of eligible countries:

Afghanistan, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Armenia, Albania, Angola, Zimbabwe, Bolivia, Algeria, Bangladesh, Cabo, Verde, Antigua, and Barbuda2, Benin, Cameroon, Argentina2, Bhutan, Congo, Azerbaijan, Burkina, Faso, Côte, d’Ivoire, Belarus, Burundi, Egypt, Belize, Cambodia, El Salvador, Bosnia, and Herzegovina, Central African, Republic Eswatini, Botswana, Chad, Georgia, Brazil, Comoros, Ghana, China, (People’s Republic of) Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guatemala, Colombia, Djibouti, Honduras, Cook, Islands3, Eritrea, India, Costa, Rica, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Cuba, Gambia, Jordan, Dominica, Guinea, Kenya, Dominican, Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Kosovo, Ecuador, Haiti, Kyrgyzstan, Equatorial, Guinea, Kiribati, Micronesia, Fiji Lao, People’s Democratic, Republic Moldova, Gabon, Lesotho, Mongolia, Grenada, Liberia, Morocco, Guyana, Madagascar, Nicaragua, Iran, Malawi, Nigeria, Iraq, Mali, Pakistan, Jamaica, Mauritania, Papua New Guinea, Kazakhstan, Mozambique, Philippines, Lebanon, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Libya, Nepal, Syrian Arab, Republic Malaysia, Niger, Tajikistan, Maldives, Rwanda, Tokelau, Marshall, Islands, Sao Tome, and Principe Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal, Ukraine, Mexico, Sierra, Leone, Uzbekistan, Montenegro, Solomon, Islands, Viet Nam, Montserrat, Somalia, West Bank, and Gaza, Strip, Namibia, South Sudan, Nauru Sudan, Niue, Tanzania, North Macedonia, Timor-Leste, Palau2, Togo, Panama2, Tuvalu, Paraguay, Uganda, Peru, Vanuatu1 Saint, Helena, Yemen, Saint Lucia, Zambia, Saint, Vincent, and the Grenadines, Samoa, Serbia, South Africa, Suriname, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Venezuela, Wallis, and Futuna.

How to apply:

Interested applicants who have registered for a Master’s or PhD degree can submit their documents by an ETH host professor before the deadline.

Application Form 

Send the pdf file of the applicant’s documents to patricia.heuberger@sl.ethz.ch

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