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Mandated by the Swiss Confederation, the Germaine-de-Staël programme promotes French-Swiss research partnerships. It is open to all research disciplines and covers travel and accommodation costs for short stays with the partner team.Deadline 12.05.2026
The Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) fellowship program supports proposals for frontier, potentially transformative research in the life sciences. Applications for high-risk projects are particularly encouraged. The projects should be interdisciplinary in nature and should challenge existing paradigms by using novel approaches and techniques. Deadline 12.05.2026
The Pivot Fellowship programme, supported by the Simons Foundation, helps researchers with a strong track record in their current field to make contributions to a new discipline. Deadline 14.05.2026
Die Aebli-Näf Stiftung fördert die Aus- und Weiterbildung von Lehrerbildnerinnen und Lehrerbildnern in der Schweiz.Deadline 15.05.2026
Educations.com offers a scholarship of up to €5000 to help cover the tuition fees. The scholarship will be awarded for the fall/autumn semester of 2024 and is open to students from any country who will be studying a master’s degree abroad at a European university or school.Deadline 15.05.2026
Die Aebli-Näf Stiftung fördert die Aus- und Weiterbildung von Lehrerbildnerinnen und Lehrerbildnern in der Schweiz.Deadline 15.05.2026
Die Aebli-Näf Stiftung fördert die Aus- und Weiterbildung von Lehrerbildnerinnen und Lehrerbildnern in der Schweiz. Sie fördert einen Beitrag an die Kosten eines Weiterbildungs- oder Forschungsaufenthalts an einem selbst gewählten Kompetenzzentrum, der im Zusammenhang mit dem Förderzweck der Stiftung steht.Deadline 15.05.2026
The Simons Foundation’s mission is to advance the frontiers of research in mathematics and the basic sciences. The Simons Foundation’s Life Sciences division is now accepting applications for its Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution.Deadline 28.05.2026
The Dalle Molle Foundation for Quality of Life awards the ‘Quality of Life’ prize to a current research project which has already been recognised by research support bodies, public institutions or private companies for its scientific quality.Deadline 31.05.2026
The BRIDGE Proof of Concept funding program promotes the further development of scientific results in order to evaluate their economic and/or social potential. It supports researchers who want to implement their research results with a view to entrepreneurial activity or with a partner from the private or public sector.Deadline 01.06.2026
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.