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Open Calls

Deadline: May 31, 2023

Young Researchers' Exchange Programme - Special 2023 Call Japan

The Leading House ETH Zurich and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) jointly fund the exchange of early career scientists between Japan and Switzerland. This Special 2023 Call for Exchange Grants Japan is a one-time-only, special call whereby Japan-based doctoral students and early-career postdoctoral students directly apply to the Leading House Asia.

Deadline: May 15, 2023

2023 Call for Innovation Partnership Grants

The Leading House Asia launches the call for the Innovation Partnership Grants to support the establishment of a cooperation between Switzerland-based researchers with non-academic innovation agents (i.e. companies, start-ups, hospitals) in East and Southeast Asia including Japan.

Deadline: May 15, 2023

2023 Call for Opportunity Grants

The Leading House Asia launches the call for Opportunity Grants to support initiatives of researchers from Swiss universities, universities of applied sciences, universities of teacher education, and public research institutes, linked to specific events or incidents in East and Southeast Asia including Japan.

Deadline: April 30, 2023

2023 Call for Young Researchers' Exchange Programme Japan

The Leading House Asia launches the 2023 Call for Young Researchers' Exchange Programme with Japan for a funded 3-6-month stay at a research institution in Japan. Open to doctoral students of all disciplines and employed at Swiss HEI.

Deadline: April 24, 2023

UZH Summer School 2023: Deep Dive into Blockchain - Linking Economics, Technology and Law

For a full understanding of Blockchain, with all its implications and potential for application in practice, it is absolutely crucial to look at it from a multidisciplinary perspective. In this Summer School, students will understand the three key pillars of blockchain systems, namely the technology, the economics and the legal aspects behind it. Building on this, they will then explore other fields of application, such as forensics and data analytics. This program is highly interactive, with hands-on practice sessions incorporating the most advanced and promising blockchain-based platforms.

Deadline: April 24, 2023

UZH Summer School 2023: Finance for the Future: Investments, Sustainable Finance and FinTech

This Summer School will focus on the past, present and future development of the Swiss financial system and wealth management in Switzerland. Students will enhance their knowledge in macroeconomics and finance. Furthermore, they will learn about the most recent and promising trends in FinTech and Sustainable Finance, and will apply their gained knowledge in a portfolio management game. This program not only offers the unique opportunity to get insights by leading experts in academia and business, but also to explore Zurich - one of the most important financial centers in the world.

Deadline: April 24, 2023

UZH Summer School 2023: International Sports Law: Legal Challenges in the Fight Against Doping

This Summer School offers unique insights into the legal context in which international sports organizations currently operate as well as into the limits to their autonomy in designing internal procedures. Participants will explore the relevance of the European Convention on Human Rights in the context of organized sport, for instance procedural guarantees or the prohibition of discrimination.
Specific issues that will be addressed include the limits to disciplinary and investigative autonomy of sports organizations in internal disciplinary proceedings, e.g. relating to doping, and the role and limits of adjudication by arbitral tribunals and internal bodies of such organizations in general.

Deadline: Anytime (at least 4 months in advance)

Scientific Exchanges

The Swiss National Science Foundation SNSF offers Scientific Exchanges that are aimed at researchers who want to host their own scientific event in Switzerland, invite colleagues from abroad for a research visit to Switzerland, or visit their colleagues in another country.
Scientific conferences and workshops are the two types of event covered by the scheme. Research visits by Swiss researchers to other countries or by researchers from abroad to Switzerland are funded for a period of 1 to 6 months. For scientific events, the travel expenses and food and board costs of participants from abroad are covered, for research visits those of travelling guests.
The Scientific Exchanges funding scheme also supports the organisation of events that allow research communities to exchange best practices on how to develop a Data Management Plan, preparing research data and making it publicly available.

Upcoming call (Summer 2023)

Research Partnership Grants

The Research Partnership Grants support research projects with partner institutions which have to be based on an existing partnership.
A goal of this instrument is to allow researchers to conduct feasibility studies or pilot projects in order to apply for grants from larger funding agencies. A Research Partnership Grant builds on existing collaborations projects between researchers and scientists affiliated to a Swiss institution and researchers from the partner country.
Research Partnership Grants can fund the preparation of a joint project proposal for submission to large funding agencies or research projects to develop a long-term partnerships between two institutions or chairs. Activities to intensify joint teaching or curriculum development are also covered by the grant.

Recurring call: Currently closed

JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships

The programme "JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships" enables researchers in Switzerland to stay in Japan for 12 to 24 months. The Swiss National Science Foundation SNSF is acting as the nomination body for the Postdoctoral Fellowships of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).

Closed Calls

UNIL Summer Undergraduate Research Programme in the Biological Sciences

The UNIL's School of Biology launches a call for applications to the 2023 Summer Undergraduate Research (SUR) Programme in the biological sciences. This English-taught 8-week programme (July 3rd to August 25th, 2023) aims at introducing Bachelor-level students to the world of biological and biomedical research: Individual students will be each integrated in a different experimental research laboratory of the School of Biology.

Application deadline: January 31th, 2023 (midnight CET)

MASTER OF ADVANCED STUDIES: EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL GOVERNANCE

The University of Geneva is currently accepting applications for the Master of Advanced Studies in European and International Governance 2023-2024 (MEIG Programme) which is organized in cooperation with the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Deadlines for application and for scholarship requests: 15 November 2022 (first deadline), 31 December 2022 (second deadline) and 15 February 2023 (last deadline).

JSPS Researcher Exchange Program - FY2023 Call for Proposals

The Leading House ETH Zurich and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) jointly fund the exchange of postdocs between Japan and Switzerland. The instrument supports research stays of 3–6 months in the partner country. Applications from Japanese early-stage researchers are accepted until August 31, 2022.

Innovation Partnership Grants

Innovation Partnership Grants support the establishment of a collaboration between Switzerland-based academic researchers and non-academic “innovation agents” in East and Southeast Asia.

Deadlines for application: July 31, 2022.

Opportunity Grants

The 'Opportunity Grants' support bottom-up initiatives of researchers from Swiss universities, universities of applied sciences, universities of teacher education, and public research institutes, linked to specific events or incidents in East and Southeast Asia.

Deadlines for application: July 31, 2022.

Strategic Japanese-Swiss Science and Technology Programme (SJSSTP)

For 2022, the SNSF and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) are launching a joint call for proposals on the theme of “Designing Future Societies”. A maximum of 10 joint projects will receive funding for three years.

Deadlines for application: June 30, 2022.

Young Researchers’ Exchange Programme 2022

The Leading House ETH Zurich and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) jointly fund the exchange of early career scientists between Japan and Switzerland. The instrument funds research stays of 3–6 months in the partner country.

Deadlines for application: June 30, 2022.

MAS European and Asian Business Management 2022-2024

The University of Zurich is currently accepting applications for its MAS European and Asian Business Management 2022-2024 program.

Deadlines for applications:
• 30 April 2022 for Non-EU / EFTA citizens (due to visa requirements)
• 30 June 2022 for EU / EFTA citizens

APEV Design Contest for International Students

The Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles (APEV) is organizing a contest on the design of electric vehicles. The call for participation is open for international students and will close on June 20, 2022.

MASTER OF ADVANCED STUDIES: EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL GOVERNANCE

The University of Geneva is currently accepting applications for the Master of Advanced Studies in European and International Governance 2022-2023 (MEIG Programme) which is organized in cooperation with the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Deadlines for application and for scholarship requests: 15 November 2021 (first session), 31 December 2021 (second session) and 15 February 2022 (last session).

Doctoral Fellowship Programme EPFLglobaLeaders

The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) launched the second call for EPFLglobaLeaders, a new international doctoral fellowship programme funding early stage researchers to become leaders in the transition towards sustainable societies.

Deadline: 15 April 2021

2021 JAPANESE – SWISS YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ EXCHANGE PROGRAMME

The Leading House Asia ETH Zurich and the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) jointly fund the exchange of early career scientists between Japan and Switzerland.

Deadline: 30 June 2021
Program: doctoral

CALL FOR OPPORTUNITY GRANT 2021

The opportunity grants support bottom-up initiatives of researchers from Swiss universities, universities of applied sciences, universities of teacher education, and public research institutes, linked to specific events or incidents in Japan.

Deadline: July 18, 2021

8TH CALL OF THE EUROPEAN INTEREST GROUP CONCERT-JAPAN

EIG Concert-Japan is an international joint initiative that supports and enhances science, technology and innovation cooperation between European countries and Japan.

Deadline: July 9, 2021

Funding Opportunities

Leading House Asia

Mandated by Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), ETH Zurich is in charge of promoting and fostering scientific cooperation with key institutions in the East and South East Asian region, including Japan, for the funding period 2021–2024. The funding instruments within the programme are open to researchers of all Swiss universities, universities of applied sciences and research institutes.

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Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships

The Swiss Government provides Excellence Scholarships for outstanding young Japanese researchers and artists. The call for the 2023-2024 academic year is currently open for applications and will be closed on November 18, 2022.

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Study in Switzerland

Thanks to Switzerland’s favorable geographical location, multilanguage configuration, safety, high life quality, and as a host of many international organizations and global companies, it enjoys many advantages as a place for learning. Its universities are renowned internationally for offering excellent education in a multilingual and multicultural environment. Swiss universities offer a wide range of courses of study at all levels (bachelor, master, doctorate) at different institutions of higher education (academic universities, universities of applied sciences, universities of teacher education) and in different languages (German, French, Italian, English).

Further information about studying and living in Switzerland

Scholarships & financial assistance

Overview of Swiss Universities and Universities of Applied Sciences

Links and contact information to mobility offices are embedded in the slideshows below

Universities

ETH Zurich

欧州大陸の大学ランキングで常にNo.1の評価を得ているスイス連邦工科大学チューリヒ（ETH Zurich）はスイス及び世界の研究と教育の中心的役割を担っている。

EPFL

1853年の創立より、スイス連邦工科大学ローザンヌ校（Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL）は、世界の知識人を引き付ける一流の研究・教育機関へと発展した。

University of Basel

1460年に創設されたスイス最古のバーゼル大学は、研究と教育における幅広い経験を持っている。

University of Bern

スイスの首都にあるベルン大学はすべてにおいて最高の質を提供している。

University of Fribourg

フリブール大学は、スイスで唯一、二言語を併用（仏語－独語）している大学であり、非常に国際的な伝統がある。

University of Geneva

1559年にジャン・カルヴァンによって創立されたジュネーブ大学は、欧州の一流大学の一つであり、世界のトップ100校の一つにも数えられている。

University of Lausanne

ローザンヌ大学では、医学、生命科学、地球科学、環境学、経営学、人文科学、社会学に力を入れている。

University of Lucerne

その起源は1600年に遡るものの、ルツェルン大学は2000年からスイスの12大学に加わることとなった。

University of Neuchâtel

ヌーシャテル大学には、人文科学・科学・法学・経済経営学の4学部があり、35の専門分野がカバーされている

University of St. Gallen

ザンクト・ガレン大学（HSG）はスイスの独語圏に「ビジネス・アカデミー」として1898年に設立された。

Università della Svizzera italiana

1996年に創立されたルガーノ大学（USI）は、イタリア国外で、講義をイタリア語で行う唯一の大学である。

University of Zurich

チューリヒ大学（UZH）は1833年に創立されたスイス最大の大学である。

Universities of Applied Sciences

Berne UAS (BFH)

UAS Northwestern CH (FHNW)

UAS Eastern CH (OST)

Lucerne UASA (HSLU)

UAS Western CH (HES-SO)

UASA Southern CH (SUPSI)

STO Tokyo

Zurich UAS (ZFH)

Kalaidos UAS

University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons (FHGR)

research.swiss

research.swiss is a centralised platform showcasing scientific and technological cooperation opportunities between Switzerland and the rest of the world. Launched by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) in collaboration with Swissnex, the new platform aims to facilitate collaboration in research and innovation by providing researchers, higher education institutions and innovators with a unique overview of the most important funding instruments, calls for joint research projects, and mobility programmes.

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