ETH Pioneer Fellowship 2024 is open to master’s, doctoral, and postdoctoral students worldwide. It is hosted and partially funded by Zurich University in Switzerland. A 10- to 18-month research experience is provided by this program, which also pays for all associated costs.
This program offers two different fellowships: The Pioneer Fellowship Social Impact Incubation Program and the Pioneer Fellowship Deep-Tech Incubation Program. Through the Deep-Tech initiative, ETH researchers and students with an entrepreneurial spirit can transform their research-based methods and technologies into commercially viable services and goods, which can eventually result in profitable spin-off businesses. The Social Impact program prioritises initiatives that help those in low- and middle-income nations, particularly those who make less than $10 a day.
Students can work with world-class researchers and gain real-world experience while advancing their academic and professional careers with the ETH Pioneer Fellowship. The ideal learning environment in Switzerland, a country renowned for its technological know-how and innovation, will be acquired by participants, together with innovative talents and an entrepreneurial attitude.
One of the best universities in the world, ETH Zurich accepts students from a wide range of academic disciplines and cultural backgrounds. With the help of this fellowship, overseas students can pursue their goals and receive free education in Europe.
Country: Switzerland
Financial coverage: Partially Funded
Opportunity Type: Fellowships
Eligibility Criteria:
- Candidates must be one or two enterprising people who want to use ETH Zürich to commercialise their research findings.
- Masters and doctoral students at ETH as well as ETH researchers are eligible applicants.
- Businesses that are not yet incorporated are welcome to apply.
- A host professor at ETH Zurich must fully support the research proposal.
- The initiative needs to make a strong business case.
- The business case for the Social Impact Pioneer Fellowships must focus on helping those in low- and middle-income nations who make less than $10 a day.
Benefits:
- A lump sum payment of 150,000 CHF will be given to the selected fellows to cover project-related expenses and their salaries.
- The stipend will pay for all project-related costs, such as travel and tuition.
- Fellows in the ETH Pioneer Deep-Tech Incubation Program 2024 receive vital resources to further their research endeavours and assist in starting their own businesses.
- The host professor will facilitate the fellows’ entrepreneurial training and provide them with coaching from leading professionals.
- They will get access to the entrepreneurial ecosystem and the ETH infrastructure.
- Fellows will get the chance to travel to Switzerland and experience the institute’s culture firsthand.
- The majority of project expenditures, excluding salaries, are covered by the fellowship, including general expenses, fieldwork and travel expenses, industrial fair participation, and tuition for certificates of advanced study.
Deadline: September 1, 2024
