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SNIS promotes academic research in the interdisciplinary area of international studies with an interest in phenomena that transcend traditional nation-state boundaries.Deadline 14.05.2025
Falling Walls fosters discussion on research and innovation and promotes the latest scientific findings among a broad audience from all parts of society. Deadline 15.05.2025
The Pivot Fellowship programme, supported by the Simons Foundation, helps researchers with a strong track record in their current field to make contributions to a new discipline. Deadline 15.05.2025
Mandated by the Swiss Confederation, the Germaine-de-Staël programme promotes French-Swiss research partnerships. It is open to all research disciplines and covers travel and accommodation costs for short stays with the partner team.Deadline 15.05.2025
Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences support excellent science journalism with the ‘Prix Média’, Prix MultiMédia’ and the “Prix Média Newcomer”.Deadline 18.05.2025
This in-person intensive two-week course with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) hosted in Brussels seeks to foster a curiosity and solutions-driven mindset through a series of actions — open dialogue, consultation, exploration, and reflection — and to create a dynamic feedback loop that leads to transferable and scalable outcomes.Deadline 19.05.2025
Die Aebli-Näf Stiftung fördert die Aus- und Weiterbildung von Lehrerbildnerinnen und Lehrerbildnern in der Schweiz.Deadline 20.05.2025
Die Aebli-Näf Stiftung fördert die Aus- und Weiterbildung von Lehrerbildnerinnen und Lehrerbildnern in der Schweiz. Sie fördert einen Beitrag an die Kosten eines Weiterbildungs- oder Forschungsaufenthalts an einem selbst gewählten Kompetenzzentrum, der im Zusammenhang mit dem Förderzweck der Stiftung steht.Deadline 20.05.2025
Die Aebli-Näf Stiftung fördert die Aus- und Weiterbildung von Lehrerbildnerinnen und Lehrerbildnern in der Schweiz.Deadline 20.05.2025
Swiss companies and research institutes are invited to participate in the Swiss-Polish cooperation programme. This programme aims to ensure sustainable development and long-term economic growth through the development of research-based knowledge.Deadline 26.05.2025
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.