• The doctoral supervisor must be an ETH professor and must have a guaranteed ETH position for the entire duration of the proposed project. Candidates may be co-supervised by advisors at at a Federal Research Instittue (Eawag, Empa, PSI, & WSL), but they must also have an advisorship from a professor at ETH Zurich.
• It is expected that the ETH Zurich professor supports the candidate in elaborating the full proposal, if the concept note should be selected, and to supervise the candidate, if the full proposal is selected for funding.
• The supervisor confirms their commitment to the project by a letter of support, indicating their contribution to the project in cash or kind.

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The research Project 

• The research topic is within the thematic scope of ETH Zurich.
• The proposal is a new doctoral project, not complementary funding to an on-going research.
• Subject of the proposed research is the development of methods, technologies, tools or products, which generate a direct impact for underprivileged people in low-income countries.
• The ecological, socio-economic and cultural context is taken into account.

The Partnership

• Projects involving research partners from a low-​income country have to be based on the
  KFPE principles.
• All partners are involved in project formulation and development.
• All partners make a substantial in-​kind or cash commitment.
• The project is integrated in the general activities of the involved institutions.
• Projects must include partners from countries on the external pageOECD DAC-​2024-25

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Application of Engineering for Development (E4D) Doctoral Scholarship Programme