Research Scholarships for students from Mexico

Descrição

The State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) Swiss Government Excellence PhD Scholarships for foreign students. The application deadline is until November 20, 2016.

Amount and additional allowences

- The scholarship amounts to a monthly payment of CHF 1,920.
- Tuition fees are waived.
- For non-EU and non-EFTA grantees only: mandatory Swiss health insurance is paid by the FCS.
- Non-European grantees receive a lump sum for their airfare (provided at the end of the scholarship).
- Special CHF 300 housing allowance (paid once at the beginning of the scholarship).
- One-year half-fare public transportation card.
- Support services and various trips, dinners and sightseeing tours organised for Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship holders.

Objectives

To enable selected applicants to undertake research in the realm of their PhD or medical specialisation at one of the 10 Swiss cantonal universities, the two Swiss federal institutes of technology, the public teaching and research institutes or the universities of applied sciences.

Validity

The Scholarship is only valid for full-time research in Switzerland. It is not valid for mixed research (part time in Switzerland and part time in another country).

Target group

Highly qualified postgraduate researchers from all academic fields as well as young medical doctors.

Elegibility criteria and specific conditions

- Master’s degree or equivalent university degree.
- The applicant must not be more than 35 years old at the time of the application.
- Applicants who have been in Switzerland for more than one year at the beginning of the scholarship in September are not eligible.
- Applicants must provide a letter (or e-mail) from a professor at the Swiss host institution stating that they are willing to supervise the research. Without such confirmation the application will be rejected.
- Applicants must have a research proposal including a timeframe. This is the centrepiece of the application. The applicant must devote all required attention to it.
- Applicants must be in command of the necessary language skills required for the research/studies.
- Applicants who have already benefited from a Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship are not eligible to apply for a second scholarship.

The following dimensions and selection criteria are primarily considered:

- The candidate: academic profile and research capacity.
- The research project: originality and methodological soundness.
- The academic context: quality of supervision and the potential for future academic cooperation.