Call for Young Researchers' Exchange Programme with China

The 2020 call for proposals for young researchers' exchange between China and Switzerland is now closed.

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The Leading House Asia at ETH Zurich supports the exchange of young researchers between Switzerland and China. The 2020 call is now open and offers the opportunity for young Chinese researchers to be hosted in a Swiss research group.

Swiss senior researchers from universities, universities of applied sciences or research institutes and from all scientific disciplines can apply to host young Chinese scholars (PhD students or post-​doctoral researchers) in Switzerland for 6-​24 months. A scholarship is jointly provided by the China Scholarship Council (CSC) and the Leading House ETH Zurich to cover living allowance and international travel.

The Swiss main applicant (hosting researchers) must apply to ETH Zurich as the Leading House using the application form below. At the same time, the Chinese visiting fellow must submit his/her application to the CSC. (For application details, please refer to CSC's external pagewebsite).

The call is now closed.

DownloadApplication form and guidelines (DOCX, 1.1 MB)

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