Branco Weiss Fellowship: Postdoc fellowship program 9985 views

Branco Weiss Fellowship is a unique postdoc program. Fellowship is awarded to young researchers from around the world with a generous personal research grant, giving them the freedom to work on whatever topic they choose anywhere in the world.

Subject areas:

• Science
• Engineering
• Social sciences

Funding: The Society in Science fellowship program is financed by the Swiss entrepreneur Dr. Branco Weiss. The program belongs to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH).

Eligibility:

• Applicant must officially hold a PhD on January 15, 2019
• Applicant’s project departs from the mainstream of research in the chosen discipline.
• Applicant must have a record of exceptional scientific achievement.
• Applicant must demonstrate in the proposal a keenness to engage in a dialogue on relevant social, cultural, political or economic issues across the frontiers of your particular discipline.
• Applicant must not have born before January 1, 1983

Duration:

The 5 year fellowship is granted in two installments.

• The pioneer phase: the first 2 years of research; at the end of this phase a review is conducted
• The exploitation phase: the remaining three years

Fellowship value:

• CHF 100’000/year
• Grant is to cover all legitimate cost of research like salary and/or equipment, travel cost, consumables, personnel

Application:

• Applications to be submitted online
• Following documents (in pdf files)to be uploaded:
• Letter of motivation describing the research within the discipline and including a scientific vision explaining why the project differs from the mainstream (max. 1 page)
• Curriculum Vitae (4 pages max.)
• Project proposal (4 pages max.) with project abstract text
• Copies of three best publications
• Note that letters of support do not have to be submitted upon application but will only be asked for once your application is taken further.