Society in Science – Branco Weiss Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Branco Weiss Fellowship – Society in Science is a unique postdoc program. It awards young researchers around the world with a generous personal research grant, giving them the freedom to work on whatever topic they choose anywhere in the world, for up to five years.
This research fellowship is designed to support postdoctoral researchers after their PhD and before their first faculty appointment. Those in current postdoctoral positions are also eligible. Ideally, fellows pursue unconventional projects in new areas of science, engineering and social sciences.
The fellowship program was initiated and financed by the Swiss entrepreneur Dr. Branco Weiss, who passed away in October 2010. The program belongs to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH).
Up to 5 years
CHF (Swiss Francs) 100,000 per year for salary and research costs.
Applicants must:
- Officially hold a PhD by the deadline and have received their PhD within five years of the deadline.
- Propose a project that departs from the mainstream of research in their discipline.
- Demonstrate in the proposal a willingness to engage in a dialogue on relevant social, cultural, political or economic issues across the frontiers of their particular discipline.
- Not hold or have held a faculty or faculty-equivalent position (e.g. assistant professor, lecturer).
- Have been born after January 1, 1984.
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Contact
Sonja Isliker
Branco Weiss Fellowship
Society in Science
ETH Zurich
Tel: +41 44 632 20 84
Email: [email protected]