ETH4D Humanitarian Action Challenges
Goal of the Humanitarian Action Fellowship (HAF)
As part of the external pageEngineering for Humanitarian Action Initiative (EHA) initiative, the goal of the Humanitarian Action Fellowship is to explore joint research ideas between ETH Zurich, EPFL and theexternal pageInternational Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) or to support the ICRC to pilot, use or scale research findings from completed external pageHumanitarian Action Challenges (HAC) projects.
ETH4D and the external pageEssentialTech Centre (ETC) coordinate and organize the Humanitarian Action Fellowship (HAF). This includes support with matchmaking between ETH/EPFL researchers and ICRC members. As HAF fellows, PhD students or PostDocs from ETH Zurich or EPFL can work at ICRC offices for a duration of 2-6 months. If the fellowship is part of an accepted external pageStream II project (Implementation & Testing), the duration can be extended to 1 year.
During the time of the fellowship, the fellow can:
- Explore ideas for future research collaborations between ETH/EPFL and ICRC (exploratory fellowship)
- Implement and test technologies or support the ICRC to use or scale results from a completed Humanitarian Action Challenge (HAC) project (as part of a Stream II project)
Financial support: The fellowship covers 70% of the fellow's' salary while the remaining 30% needs to be covered by his/her research group
Project duration: 2 - 6 months. If the fellowship is part of an accepted Stream II project, the duration can be extended to 1 year
Required application documents:
- Application proposal using a HAF template (DownloadForm A for exploratory fellowships (DOCX, 235 KB), DownloadForm B for fellowships as part of Stream II projects (DOCX, 235 KB)) that includes the project description, motivation and timeline
- Budget using the DownloadHAF budget template (XLSX, 54 KB)
- Invitation letter from the ICRC specifying the work location as well as the planned start and end dates
- Support letter from the ETH chair or group leader, including confirmation that 30% of the salary will be covered by the group
- CV and list of publications
- Copies of diplomas and grade transcripts
Eligibility: The fellow should be a PhD student, a PostDoc or scientific staff/assistant from ETH Zurich and should have the endorsement of their professor/supervisor.
Connect with the ICRC: If you have a specific interest, we can help you identify suitable partners at the ICRC. For more information please reach out to Salome Räuschel.
Please consult the DownloadHumanitarian Action Fellowship Guidelines (PDF, 100 KB) before applying. All application documents must be written in English and can be sent electronically (in one single PDF file) to Salome Räuschel () via email.
The Humanitarian Action Fellowship is part of the external pageEngineering for Humanitarian Action (EHA) Initiative.