Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships – Research Scholarships 2027-28
Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI/FCS) Switzerland · open to applicants worldwide
Swiss federal scholarships for early-career researchers from 183 countries to do PhD or postdoc research at Swiss universities and ETH-domain institutes with a Swiss supervisor.
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About
What it offers: CHF 2,450 per month.
Also: free to apply.
Who can apply: Master's degree completed; maximum age 35; supervisor in Switzerland required; country-specific rules and deadlines.
Free to apply.
Annual; applications opened Aug 20, 2026 with deadlines set per country (submitted via Swiss embassies).
How to apply: through embassy submission.
What to prepare: proposal, cv, references, transcript, supervisor letter.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “talented early career researchers (ECRs) from abroad who have already completed their Master's degree”
Who can apply
- Open to students, researchers
- Master's degree completed; maximum age 35; supervisor in Switzerland required; country-specific rules and deadlines.
What you will need
- Research proposalUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- Academic CVUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- Recommendation letters (drafts for your referees)Upload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- TranscriptOnly you can supply it: upload it once and it is attached wherever it is asked for.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (embassy submission).
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get your personal statement, tailored résumé and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI/FCS) without your tap.
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