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. Velux Stiftung: Forestry Program

    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 21.09.2026

  2. Faraday Discovery Fellowship

    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 22.09.2026

  3. Sophie and Karl Binding Foundation

    The Sophie and Karl Binding Foundation is a charitable foundation that is politically and religiously independent. It supports environmental, social and cultural projects throughout Switzerland.Deadline 22.09.2026

  4. The Royal Society: International Exchanges

    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 24.09.2026

  5. Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan - Short-term

    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 25.09.2026

  6. SNSF: Project funding in all disciplines

    Research in all disciplines: Project funding is aimed at experienced researchers working in Switzerland who wish to obtain funding for a project of their own. The research topic can be chosen freely.Deadline 01.10.2026

  7. SNSF: International Co-Investigator Scheme

    The International Co-Investigator Scheme provides funding for cross-border projects which include a subproject abroad.Deadline 01.10.2026

  8. Velux Stiftung: Ophthalmology

    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 01.10.2026

  9. Singapore Management University: Presidential Early Career Professorship

    Singapore Management University (SMU), a dynamic and globally engaged university with recognised strengths in areas such as management, computing, law, economics, and social sciences, invites outstanding talents to join us as tenure-track 
Assistant Professor or Associate Professor under the University’s 
new Presidential Early Career Professorship (SMU-PEP) Scheme.Deadline 15.10.2026

  10. SNIS International Geneva Award

    SNIS honours high-quality, policy-relevant academic papers with the International Geneva Award.Deadline 21.10.2026