ETH4D Doctoral Mentorship Grants 2025 (up to 15k CHF)

Applications are open for the ETH4D Doctoral Mentorship Grants 2025.ETH for Development (ETH4D) provides grants for mentoring doctoral candidates from low- and lower-middle-income countries. The mentorship is a one-year appointment and comprises the following components:

• Mentorship from one ETH professor, senior scientist or postdoc over a period of one year of the mentee’s doctoral studies. They suggest monthly meetings and clearly defined goals of the project, e.g., presentation at a conference, joint publication. ETH mentors are free to serve on the doctoral committee of the ETH4D mentee, but this is not a requirement.
• Research stay at the mentor’s research group (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) for 1-3 months during the mentorship period.
• Financial support for attending a conference and/or research material.

Grant of Doctoral Mentorship

The grant covers expenses up to a maximum of 15k CHF and includes the following:

• Economy roundtrip ticket (max. 2 kCHF) to and from Switzerland for the research stay
• Visa fees
• Travel allowance to attend an academic conference
• Research material (e.g. lab equipment) (max 6 kCHF in total).
• Fees for health insurance
• Local transportation
• Accommodation
• Living allowance for the duration of the research stay at ETH Zurich

Check : Elisabeth & Amélie Fund 2025 Call for Projects (up to €50,000)

Eligibility for Doctoral Mentorship

• Eligible are doctoral candidates who are registered at a university or research institute in a least- developed, low- and lower-middle-income country according to the OECD/DAC list.
• The application needs to be submitted by the ETH professorship hosting the doctoral candidate. Applications directly submitted by the doctoral candidate will NOT be considered.

Application

The following application documents are required:

• Budget (Download template)
• A single PDF contianing the following:
  • Project description
  • Motivation letter of the doctoral candidate (1 page)
  • Most recent university transcripts
  • CV of doctoral candidate (max. 2 pages) incl. publications
  • Two academic reference letters
  • Doctoral project proposal (if available)
  • Support letter of the hosting ETH professor, including any financial and in-kind contributions
  • Work plan for the stay in Zurich in the form of a Gantt chart

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