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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 21.09.2026
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
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
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
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
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
The International Co-Investigator Scheme provides funding for cross-border projects which include a subproject abroad.Deadline 01.10.2026
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
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
SNIS honours high-quality, policy-relevant academic papers with the International Geneva Award.Deadline 21.10.2026
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.