Postdoc.Mobility fellowships

Who can apply: You have a completed doctorate (PhD, MD-PhD), or completed medical studies in human, dental, veterinary, social or preventive medicine with an MD, or you will complete the doctorate within the next 6 months; proposals may be submitted no earlier than 6 months before the thesis defence. You may submit up to three years… What is funded: A fellowship for a research stay abroad after the doctorate, in principle 24 months, followed by an optional return grant of 3 to 12 months that pays a salary and social security contributions for the first period back in Switzerland. The fellowship itself covers subsistence costs, a flat rate for travel, and a… Deadline: 2 February 20h (Swiss local time). Round: The next of the two annual rounds. The funder lists 2 February 2027 and 3 August 2027 as its submission deadlines, and states that August 2027 is the final Postdoc.Mobility deadline before the scheme is replaced in 2028.

Read the full call and apply on the official page: SNSF (Swiss National Science Foundation), official page.

Who can apply

• You have a completed doctorate (PhD, MD-PhD), or completed medical studies in human, dental, veterinary, social or preventive medicine with an MD, or you will complete the doctorate within the next 6 months; proposals may be submitted no earlier than 6 months before the thesis defence. You may submit up to three years after the doctoral examination, taking the examination or thesis defence date as the relevant date; medical researchers without an MD-PhD may submit up to eight years after the state examination with at least three years of clinical activity after it. You need a link with Switzerland: Swiss nationality, a Swiss permanent settlement C-permit, or marriage or registered partnership with a Swiss national. Applicants who meet none of those may still be admitted if they are doing or have done their doctoral studies at a Swiss higher education institution, or obtained their state examination in Switzerland, and had not held a postdoctoral position abroad before the submission deadline. The SNSF states the eligibility criteria for the remaining calls are being adjusted, so read the Postdoc.Mobility regulations before applying.

Stage dates

Dates come from the funder's page for this round. When a round closes, the next round's dates replace these once the funder publishes them.

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