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REPIC is a joint initiative of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) and the Federal Office for Energy (SFOE) for the promotion of renewable energy, energy and resource efficiency in international cooperation. Deadline 08.12.2025
The Sophie and Karl Binding Foundation is a charitable foundation that is politically and religiously independent. It supports environmental, social and cultural projects throughout Switzerland.Deadline 15.12.2025
The Dr. Theo and Friedl Schöller Research Center at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg aims at contributing to responsible leadership in business and society.Deadline 31.12.2025
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) provides opportunities for PhD students and post-doctoral researchers from other countries to conduct cooperative research under the guidance of their hosts with leading research groups in universities and other Japanese institutions.Deadline 09.01.2026
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) provides opportunities for pre-/post-doctoral researchers from other countries to conduct cooperative research under the guidance of their hosts with leading research groups in universities and other Japanese institutions.Deadline 09.01.2026
The University of St.Gallen supports young researchers with the new “Mobility grant for doctoral students of the University of St.Gallen” (Mobi.Doc) who would like to strengthen their academic profile with a research stay abroad and are not employed within an SNSF project. Deadline 15.01.2026
The Health Forward Programme supports research projects in the field of health sciences that enable the recipients to prepare and submit applications to national or international research funding bodies.Deadline 15.01.2026
The Last Mile programme supports researchers of the University of St.Gallen with funds of the Basic Research Fund (BRF) for the writing of research publications.Deadline 15.01.2026
The Stepping Stone Programme supports research projects at the University of St.Gallen that enable recipients to prepare and submit applications to national or international research funding bodies.Deadline 15.01.2026
Temperatio supports environmental, social and cultural projects.Deadline 15.01.2026
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.