IDEA League Mobility Grants of the ETH Zurich Postdoctoral Fellowship programme
During or after their fellowship, ETH Fellows have the opportunity to conduct a research stay at one or more of the IDEA League partner universities TU Delft, RWTH Aachen, Chalmers University and Politecnico di Milano. These research stays are between two weeks and three months long. The Mobility Grants are intended to expand the scientific portfolio and network of the ETH Fellow and should benefit the fellow’s work at ETH Zurich or their career development. Thereby, the grants should enable and encourage the use of research infrastructure at other IDEA League universities and/or collaborations with researchers at these universities. A connection to research infrastructures is desirable, but not required. The research stay can also be used to start or work on joint projects. The Mobility Grant is competitive with only 5 grants available each year.
Requests can be submitted anytime. There are four cut off dates per year, after which applications will be evaluated: 1 March, 1 June, 1 September and 1 December.
Applications must be written in English and sent directly by email as a single PDF file to the ETH Zurich Grants Office: . Please use the template provided, and add the letter(s) of commitment of the host(s) and the letter of support of the ETH host professor.
Applicants must contact the host(s) at the partner university/universities themselves. Applications without an invitation letter/letter of commitment of the host are not possible.
All active or former ETH Fellows are allowed to apply. Former ETH Fellows are allowed to apply as long as they are still employed at ETH Zurich.
The research stay can be performed during the active fellowship period or afterwards. The grantee must be employed at ETH Zurich during the entire duration of the Mobility Grant.
The research stay must be performed at one or more of the IDEA League partner universities of ETH Zurich:
- TU Delft, The Netherlands
- RWTH Aachen, Germany
- Chalmers University, Sweden
- Politecnico di Milano, Italy
The planned research stay must be between two weeks and three months. The grant can be split and more than one partner university can be visited for a maximum period of three months in total.
A lump sum of CHF 5’000 will be awarded per month. A maximum of CHF 15’000 can be awarded per grant. For shorter stays, the funding will be adjusted to the duration of the research stay and the expected expenses.
The following costs may be covered through a Mobility Grant: consumables and other research costs, access/user/service fees for research infrastructure, machine time, technology platforms, travel and accommodation. No salaries can be paid by the Mobility Grant. The allocated funding can only be used for expenses during the research stay.