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
Walo Kamm Foundation
The foundation is active in the areas of education, health, human rights, development cooperation, environmental and climate protection, and the protection of children and women in Switzerland and abroad.Deadline 22.06.2026
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards
The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards recognize and reward world-class research and artistic creation, prizing contributions of singular impact for their originality and significance.Deadline 30.06.2026
Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation
The Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation supports projects in the fields of culture, education, humanitarian aid and medical research. They aim to improve people’s quality of life and promote mutual cultural understanding.Deadline 06.07.2026
Fulbright Foreign Student Program
This program offers opportunities for graduate and Ph.D. students, young professionals and artists to study or conduct research at U.S. universities or other appropriate institutions.Deadline 03.08.2026
Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
This is a non-degree, post-doctoral award program for researchers, university lecturers, and experts from academic institutions in Switzerland.Deadline 03.08.2026
SNSF: Postdoc.Mobility
Postdoc.Mobility fellowships are aimed at researchers who have done a doctorate and who wish to conduct a research stay abroad. The objective of a research stay abroad is to enable them to acquire more in-depth knowledge, to extend their scientific network and independence and to enhance their research profile, in view of a future scientific or academic career in Switzerland.Deadline 04.08.2026
More funding databases
Fundraiso
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.
Stiftungschweiz
Database of charitable trusts in Switzerland. Free use of basic features upon registration.
Register of Swiss Foundations
Extensive (but not exhaustive) register of all foundations in Switzerland.
Ressortforschung des Bundes
Übersicht über die Politikbereiche der Ressortforschung des Bundes 2025-2028.
German Foundation Index
The most comprehensive online navigation aid for the German foundation landscape.
Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
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
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.
Funding opportunities for researchers according to career level
This website of the Grants Office St.Gallen provides for a list of funding opportunities according to the researcher's career level.
Foundations in the cantons St.Gallen, Thurgau and Ticino
The cantons of St.Gallen, Thurgau and Ticino maintain a joint register of foundations.