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The Velux Stiftung supports researchers who aim to discover and transfer new knowledge to those who can forster change to create a positive impact on all humankind. With the funding program in forestry, the foundation wants to contribute to this challenge by supporting solution-oriented research based on an interaction between science and practitioners.Deadline 22.09.2025
The Faraday Discovery Fellowships are prestigious long-term awards that will support the mid-career research leaders to undertake research. The programme is aimed at outstanding mid-career Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics researchers and will provide grants of up to £8m over a ten-year period to support the development of world-leading research groups in the UK.Deadline 23.09.2025
The Royal Society International Exchanges are for scientists based in the UK who want to stimulate new research collaborations with leading scientists overseas through either a one-off visit or bilateral travel.Deadline 25.09.2025
The postdoctoral fellowships programme, Junior Leader “la Caixa”, is aimed at hiring excellent Researchers - of any nationality - who wish to continue their research career in Spanish or Portuguese territory on any discipline. Deadline 25.09.2025
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 26.09.2025
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 29.09.2025
The Velux Stiftung supports researchers who aim to discover and transfer new knowledge to those who can forster change to create a positive impact on all humankind. With the current ophthalmology funding program, Velux Stiftung wants to contribute to ultimately reduce visual impairments and blindness in LMICs through research funding.Deadline 29.09.2025
The Hagerbach Test Gallery – a Swiss research infrastructure of national importance - invites applications for research projects, which address fundamental challenges in energy systems, space habitat and safety, underground heavy construction, and smart cities requiring infrastructure support. Deadline 30.09.2025
As part of the Eureka initiative, Swiss companies and research institutes are invited to undertake R&D projects focusing on circular value creation (CVC) at an international level.Deadline 30.09.2025
Students starting a postgraduate course are eligible to apply for a Postgrad Solutions Study Bursary.Deadline 30.09.2025
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.