ETH4D Doctoral Mentorship Grants 2024 (up to 15k CHF) Deadline: 15 October, 2024

Applications are open for the ETH4D Doctoral Mentorship Grants 2024. ETH for Development (ETH4D) provides grants for mentoring doctoral candidates from low- and lower-middle-income countries. The mentorship is a one-year appointment and comprises the following components:

• Mentorship from one ETH professor, senior scientist or postdoc over a period of one year of the mentee’s doctoral studies. They suggest monthly meetings and clearly defined goals of the project, e.g., presentation at a conference, joint publication. ETH mentors are free to serve on the doctoral committee of the ETH4D mentee, but this is not a requirement. 
• Research stay at the mentor’s research group (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) for 1-3 months during the mentorship period. 
• Financial support for attending a conference and/or research material.

Grant

The grant covers expenses up to a maximum of 15k 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  

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 OECD/DAC list.
• 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.

Deadline: 15 October, 2024

Application

The following application documents are required:

• Budget (Download template)
• A single PDF contianing the following:
  • Project description
  • Motivation letter of the doctoral candidate (1 page)
  • Most recent university transcripts 
  • CV of doctoral candidate (max. 2 pages) incl. publications
  • Two academic reference letters
  • Doctoral project proposal (if available)
  • Support letter of the hosting ETH professor, including any financial and in-kind contributions
  • Work plan for the stay in Zurich in the form of a Gantt chart

Click here to apply

For more information, visit ETH4D.