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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.
The Zurich Foundation for Textile Research supports research activities in the textile industry.Deadline 28.02.2026
The Mobiliar Jubilee Foundation awards financial contributions to institutions or individuals for specific Swiss projects in the fields of art and culture (exhibitions, theatre, films, concerts), general cultural preservation such as the restoration and renovation of historically valuable buildings, specialist publications as well as science and research for a sustainable future.Deadline 01.03.2026
Semester and one-year scholarships, short-term scholarships for Undergraduates, Graduates, PhD students, Visiting student researchers Swiss citizenship (exception: foreign students who have completed their previous studies in Switzerland)Deadline 01.03.2026
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 02.03.2026
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 02.03.2026
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 02.03.2026
The Research Committee supports the awarding from funds for scientific events, in particular scientific conferences, workshops and symposia at the University of St.Gallen.Deadline 02.03.2026
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 02.03.2026
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 02.03.2026
The Royal Society Wolfson Visiting Fellowships provide an opportunity for talented international research leaders to undertake a flexible 12-month period of sabbatical leave in a UK university or research institution.Deadline 04.03.2026
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.