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Call for proposals for a study on technology impact assessment: The tendered study focuses on the central question of how AI companions change interpersonal relationships and what it means in today's digital age to enter into, maintain or end a relationship - with another person or with an AI.Deadline 11.02.2026
The Belmont Forum, whose members include funding organisations, scientific councils and regional consortia, has been funding calls for proposals, also known as Collaborative Research Actions (CRA).Its aim is to promote international transdisciplinary research in the context of global environmental change.Deadline 12.02.2026
With the International Network of Excellence (INE) Program, the Leducq Foundation looks to support original and outstanding research in the areas of cardiovascular and neurovascular disease. Applicants are encouraged to think innovatively and to propose bold new ideas.Deadline 13.02.2026
The Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI) awards an annual prize for an outstanding dissertation (GI Dissertation Prize). The dissertation must be in the field of computer science.Deadline 14.02.2026
Recently completed your PhD and want to harness your deep tech expertise to start a company? Want to do it in New York City and get funding from day one? Want to build a startup while keeping your academic track record? Deadline 15.02.2026
The Peter Bopp Stiftung launches annual subject-specific calls for proposals. Early career researchers, preferably at Swiss universities and recognized Swiss research institutes, may apply for implementation grants. Deadline 15.02.2026
CYD Doctoral Fellowships will provide a salary and research and conference funds for four years (with a possible one-year extension), enabling fellows to complete a PhD thesis at the CYD Campus under the supervision of a professor at a higher education institution in Switzerland.Deadline 25.02.2026
CYD Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowships will provide a salary and research and conference funds for up to two years, enabling fellows to complete a research project at the CYD Campus under the supervision of a professor at a higher education institution in Switzerland.Deadline 25.02.2026
The Zurich Foundation for Textile Research supports research activities in the textile industry.Deadline 28.02.2026
Semester and one-year scholarships, short-term scholarships for Undergraduates, Graduates, PhD students, Visiting student researchers Swiss citizenship (exception: foreign students who have completed their previous studies in Switzerland)Deadline 01.03.2026
Funding Database for Foundations and Associations mainly in Switzerland. Free registration is necessary to use the database. You can search for free keywords, countries, cantons and kinds of funding.
Database of charitable trusts in Switzerland. Free use of basic features upon registration.
Extensive (but not exhaustive) register of all foundations in Switzerland.
Übersicht über die Politikbereiche der Ressortforschung des Bundes 2025-2028.
The most comprehensive online navigation aid for the German foundation landscape.
The online database provides an overview of more than 650 foundations active in Switzerland in the fields of environment and energy as well as education, research and innovation.
culturalpromotion.ch is an information service of the Federal Office of Culture BAK and Migros-Kulturprozent. It assists in the search for funding in the cultural sector.
This website of the Grants Office St.Gallen provides for a list of funding opportunities according to the researcher's career level.
The cantons of St.Gallen, Thurgau and Ticino maintain a joint register of foundations.