DOCTORAL EXCHANGE GRANT
These grants are to support collaborative inter-university cutting-edge research for students with top academic credentials studying towards an engineering degree (with engineering understood as the use of scientific principles for the design, construction or production of physical or virtual structures or systems)*, or towards a degree in all medieval disciplines, as well as towards a degree in digital humanities at the intersection of medieval disciplines and computer or data science.
* This definition excludes biology, chemistry, physics and all life science.
The grant aims to encourage research collaboration between two universities, namely the home university of the candidate and a hosting university or research institute, one of the two being preferably situated in Switzerland. The grant will contribute to cover local living costs of the candidate while visiting the hosting university or research institute exclusively and travel costs with a flat rate economy-class return airfare/train ticket from the home university to the hosting university.
Please note that this grant will not cover tuition, visiting student, hosting or laboratory nor any other fees.
"The candidacy will be taken into consideration only if the applicant will not receive any other source of funding included assistant salary."
THE FOUNDATION WILL NOT GIVE ANY INFORMATION, JUSTIFICATION NOR REASON FOR THE DECISIONS CONCERNING THE ACCEPTANCE OR NOT OF AN APPLICATION.
Please consider that no reply will be given to such requests.
Stipend duration
Four to twelve months.
Grant
A stipend of 2’500 Swiss francs per month to defray local living expenses at the hosting university, plus agreed economy-class return airfare/train ticket from the home to the hosting university.
No other fees and/or university overhead (tuition fees or visiting fees) will be covered.
The last installment of the grant (CHF 2'500.-) will be paid only upon receipt of a statement sent directly from the thesis advisor at the home university (the same who signed the project), confirming that the attendance was successfully completed.
NOTE: PLEASE FOLLOW ACCURATELY THE APPLICATION PROCEDURE BELOW. FALSE OR INCOMPLETE OR LATE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED AND WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY ANSWER.
Application procedure
Applicants should send an email to the ZKS Foundation’s email address (info@zenokarlschindler-foundation.ch) with attached the following three files:
The first, the “Application form” completely filled in.
The second, the "Affidavit" duly completed, dated and signed.
The third in single PDF format containing the following documents in that order:
IF YOUR APPLICATION IS NOT ACCEPTED, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO APPLY A SECOND TIME FOR THE SAME GRANT.
Note: in considering the application, the ZKS Foundation may contact the hosting professor.
When
Twice a year : March 15 and September 15 of each year, midnight (Swiss time).
Retroactive candidacies are only accepted if the stay abroad isn’t finished at the time of the deadline for which the candidacy is presented.