Welcome to the Funding Finder of the University of St. Gallen!

Are you looking for financial support for your studies? Or do you need funding for your research?
Choose the appropriate category below and find all relevant funding types of scholarships, study loans, grants, awards, prizes and other financial help that foster your personal career in your studies or your research.


Upcoming deadlines for submission

  1. Fulbright Foreign Student Program

    This program offers opportunities for graduate and Ph.D. students, young professionals and artists to study or conduct research at U.S. universities or other appropriate institutions.Deadline 03.08.2026

  2. Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program

    This is a non-degree, post-doctoral award program for researchers, university lecturers, and experts from academic institutions in Switzerland.Deadline 03.08.2026

  3. SNSF: Postdoc.Mobility

    Postdoc.Mobility fellowships are aimed at researchers who have done a doctorate and who wish to conduct a research stay abroad. The objective of a research stay abroad is to enable them to acquire more in-depth knowledge, to extend their scientific network and independence and to enhance their research profile, in view of a future scientific or academic career in Switzerland.Deadline 04.08.2026

  4. Swiss Technology Award

    Open-i yearly offers the Swiss Technology Award. Open-i is the pioneering Swiss innovation community and dialogue platform for the economy and the science sector. Their goal is to bring innovative thinkers and doers together in order to pave the way for cooperation that will secure Switzerland’s leading role as an innovative and successful market.Deadline 14.08.2026

  5. WissKom Award 2026

    Auszeichnung für besondere gesellschaftliche Strahlkraft durch herausragende WissenschaftskommunikationDeadline 25.08.2026

  6. ERC Advanced Grant

    Long-term funding for established, leading researchers to pursue a ground-breaking, ambitious projectDeadline 27.08.2026

  7. Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan

    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 28.08.2026

  8. JSPS International Fellowships for Research in Japan

    The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) carries out programs that provide excellent researchers from other countries an opportunity to conduct collaborative research, discussions, and opinion exchanges with researchers in Japan. Deadline 28.08.2026

  9. Ausbildungs-Stiftung Kanton Schwyz, Kanton St. Gallen (Bezirk See und Gaster)

    Die Ausbildungs-Stiftung für den Kanton Schwyz und die Bezirke See und Gaster (Kanton St. Gallen) vergibt Stipendien und Forschungsbeiträge für tertiäre Ausbildungen.Deadline 31.08.2026

  10. ECSA Suisse Best Article Prize

    With this prize, ECSA Suisse promotes young researchers in Switzerland. The prize is awarded to scholars affiliated to a Swiss University or research institute who published an excellent single-authored research article in an academic journal. Deadline 31.08.2026