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Switzerland and the EU have agreed on a partial association to the first pillar of Horizon 2020 (“Excellent Science”), which will come into effect on 15 September 2014. The Federal Council has approved the financial support of researchers in Switzerland that are part of Horizon 2020 projects in all...

Higher Education The choice of tertiary-level education is large and varied. The institutes of higher education can be separated into two types having the same status but with different educational goals: the traditional universities and the universities of applied sciences (UAS). The main task of...

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GARCIA Project Swiss National Conference: Early academic careers in times of uncertainty: challenges for gender equality policies and practices Concerned with fighting against gender stereotypes and promoting an egalitairian gener culture in seven different European universities, the GARCIA...

For Horizon 2020, Switzerland was considered as a partially associated country until the end of 2016. National measures were applied to fund Swiss project participations in those areas of Horizon 2020 to which Switzerland was not associated during this time. As of 2017, Switzerland retrieves full...

Open Call for Proposals The Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program is a non-degree, post-doctoral award program for Swiss reserachers, university lecturers and experts from academic institutions in Switzerland who wish to conduct post-doctoral research, lecture, or pursue combined lecturing and...

Open for Applications The Fondation suisse allows students, postgraduates and researchers who have Swiss nationality or C permit, a stay in the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris (CIUP). The length of the stay is one semester or one year (with possibility of extension). Information about...

Your PhD project qualifies as a cotutelle de thèse if you are researching and writing your PhD thesis at a Swiss university and a university abroad under the joint supervision of two experts; your doctoral degree will subsequently be awarded by both partner institutions. To cover travel and living...

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) campaign aims to help the Associated Countries to Horizon 2020, especially those that recently signed the association agreement, to improve their participation in submitted and successfully evaluated proposals. The special event on 31 March 2017 at the EPFL...