Social Impact Pioneer Fellowship

SPECIAL CALL for ONE SOCIAL IMPACT PIONEER FELLOWSHIP in Fall 2024

The Social Impact Pioneer Fellowship empowers entrepreneurial ETH students and researchers in developing their research-​based technologies into viable products and services with a social impact to successfully launch a scalable ETH Spin-​off company. The Social Impact Pioneer Fellowship is awarded to projects that serve people living with less than 10 USD per day in low- and middle-income countries. All countries on the OECD DAC List 2024-2025 are eligible (external pagesee OECD DAC-​LIST 2024-2025call_made).

You will receive up to CHF 150’000 for 18 months (12 months for a team of 2 Fellows). In addition, you will get coaching, entrepreneurial training, support by your host Professor, access to ETH infrastructure and the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Eligibility: 

The fellowship is awarded to candidates who fulfill the following criteria:

• A team of 1-2 entrepreneurial individuals who want to commercialise results of their own research (Masters, MAS, or Doctoral thesis or postdoctoral research) at ETH;
• A project where a company has not yet been incorporated;
• The project and team are fully supported by a host professor at ETH;
• A promising business case serving people living with less than 10 Dollars per day in countries that are recipients of official development assistance (external pagesee OECD DAC-​LIST 2024-2025call_made)

Application Window:

The next application window runs from 15 July to 1 September 2024. 

More information on the Social Impact Pioneer Fellowship and Application Form.