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The Flagship Initiative aims to find solutions to current or future challenges relevant to a large part of the economy or society.Deadline 27.10.2026
COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is a funding organisation for research and innovation networks. COST Actions help connect research initiatives across Europe and beyond and enable researchers and innovators to grow their ideas in any science and technology field by sharing them with their peers.Deadline 28.10.2026
The Russell Sage Foundation was established by Margaret Olivia Sage in 1907 for "the improvement of social and living conditions in the United States." The foundation supports visiting scholars in residence and publishes books and a journal under its own imprint.Deadline 28.10.2026
The Russell Sage Foundation was established by Margaret Olivia Sage in 1907 for "the improvement of social and living conditions in the United States." The foundation supports visiting scholars in residence and publishes books and a journal under its own imprint. It also funds researchers at other institutions and supports programs intended to develop new generations of social scientists.Deadline 28.10.2026
The John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellowship aims to provide postgraduate German academics with further academic qualifications at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) at Harvard University.Deadline 30.10.2026
Die Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit bietet auf Grundlage der Idee des Liberalismus Angebote zur Politischen Bildung in Deutschland und in aller Welt. Mit Veranstaltungen und Publikationen helfen sie Menschen, sich aktiv im politischen Geschehen einzubringen.Deadline 31.10.2026
The Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship provides unmatched opportunities for the next generation of researchers. The fellowship offers generous funding and personalized support to outstanding scientists and scholars in any academic discipline.Deadline 01.11.2026
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 02.11.2026
Ambizione grants are aimed at early career researchers who wish to conduct, manage and lead an independent project at a Swiss higher education institution.Deadline 03.11.2026
The IICT programme is targeted at researchers who wish to conduct an investigator initiated clinical trial. Support will be given to trials that address a documented unmet medical need and are of value to the patients but not in industry focus.Deadline 03.11.2026
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.