Federal Department of Economic Affairs,
Education and Research EAER
Federal Commission for Scholarships
for Foreign Students FCS
Academic Year 2018-2019 - Korea, South (Republic of Korea)
Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships
Postdoctoral Scholarships
Academic year:
2018-2019
Country:
Korea, South (Republic of Korea)
Opening of the call:
01 September 2017
Submission deadline:
30 November 2017
Scholarship
Swiss Government Excellence Postdoctoral Scholarships for foreign
researchers
Offered by
The Swiss Government via the Federal Commission for Scholarships for
Foreign Students FCS
Objectives
To enable selected applicants to undertake a postdoctoral research at
one of the 10 Swiss cantonal universities, the two Swiss federal institutes
of technology, the public teaching and research institutes or the
universities of applied sciences.
Universities
Federal Institutes of
Technology
Teaching and
Research Institutes
Universities of
applied Sciences
University of Basel / University of Bern / University of Fribourg / University
of Geneva / University of Lausanne / University of Lucerne / University of
Neuchâtel / University of St. Gallen / University of Zurich / Università della
Svizzera italiana
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ)
Research Institutes of the ETH Domain (PSI; WSL; EMPA; EAWAG)
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID)
University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland / Bern University of
Applied Sciences / University of Applied Sciences Northwest Switzerland
/ University of applied Sciences Eastern Switzerland / Lucerne University
of Applied Sciences and Arts / University of Applied Sciences and Arts of
Southern Switzerland / The Zürcher Fachhochschule
Validity
The Scholarship is only valid for full-time postdoctoral research in
Switzerland. It is not valid for mixed research (part time in Switzerland
and part time in another country; no funding for field work).
Target group
Highly qualified postdoctoral researchers at the beginning of their
academic career from all academic fields. No funding for sabbaticals.
Academic Year 2018-2019 - Korea, South (Republic of Korea)
Duration
12 months (starting in September) no extension possible.
Grant applications for stays lasting less than 9 months will not be treated
as a priority. Grant applications for stays lasting less than 6 months will
be rejected.
Amount and
additional
allowances
The scholarship amounts to a monthly payment of CHF 3’500.
For non-EU and non-EFTA grantees only: mandatory Swiss health
insurance is paid by the FCS.
There are no family allowances.
Scholarship holders from outside continental Europe receive a flight
allowance (lump sum) for a ticket back to their country of origin (provided
at the end of the scholarship).
Special CHF 300 housing allowance (paid once at the beginning of the
scholarship).
One-year half-fare public transportation card.
Support services and various trips, dinners and sightseeing tours
organised for Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship holders.
Eligibility
criteria and
specific conditions
PhD degree achieved after 31st of December 2014 and before 1st of
September 2018 recognised by the Swiss university. As a proof the
degree has to be submitted to the Federal Commission for Scholarships
before the start of the scholarship.
No funding for sabbaticals.
Applicants who have been in Switzerland for more than one year at the
beginning of the scholarship in September are not eligible.
Applicants must provide a letter from a professor at the Swiss host
institution stating that she/he is willing to support and supervise the
postdoctoral research. Without such support, the application will be
rejected.
Not accepted as academic supervisors for Post-doctoral scholarship
applicants are their former PhD mentors and their co-directors for the co-
tutelle PhD if the academic supervisor is at a Swiss university.
Applicants must have a research proposal including a timeframe. This is
the centrepiece of the application. The applicant must devote all required
attention to it.
Applicants must be in command of the necessary language skills required
for the postdoctoral research.
Applicants who have already benefited from a Swiss Government
Excellence Scholarship are not eligible to apply for a second scholarship.
Scholarship holders are expected to move to Switzerland during their
grant period.
Selection
criteria
The following aspects and selection criteria are primarily considered:
The candidate: academic profile, research capacity and motivation.
The research project: originality and methodological soundness.
The academic context: quality and context of supervision and potential for
future academic cooperation.
Application
timeframe
Opening of the call:
01 September 2017
Application deadline:
30 November 2017
Beginning of the scholarship:
01 September 2018
Academic Year 2018-2019 - Korea, South (Republic of Korea)
Application
procedure
The application package can be obtained by email from the Swiss
Embassy in Republic of Korea (South Korea) (see below).
Application
documents
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Please submit 3 sets (=1 original + 2 copies) of application documents in
exact order given below: The 1st set contains the original, signed
documents plus the confidential letters of recommendation and if
applicable the attested translations. The other two sets are the copies of
the 1st set except for the confidential letters of recommendation (only 1st
set).
Signed FCS application form (typed and printed) with photo.
A full CV with list of academic publications.
A motivation letter (max. 2 pages).
A complete research proposal (max. 5 pages, signed), using exclusively
the FCS research proposal form.
A copy of the letter from an academic host professor (including her/his
short CV) at the chosen Swiss university confirming why she/he is willing
to supervise and support the post-doctoral research.
Two confidential letters of recommendation from two different professors
in the applicant’s field (use exclusively the FCS reference form – originals
in sealed envelopes only for the 1st set).
Photocopies of certificates and grade sheets from previously attended
universities/colleges and diplomas with grades, starting with the most
recent. If not in English, French, Italian or German with attested certified
translations.
Signed medical certificate (use only the FCS health certificate form).
Two
copies of the applicant’s passport (main page with personal data).
Dual nationals add copies of both passports.
Please do not put the documents into plastic folders or binders.
Contact institution
for the application
Questions and application documents, should be submitted to the following
address
– if not mentioned otherwise below*:
Swiss Embassy in Republic of Korea (South Korea)
20-16, Daesagwan-ro 11gil, Yongsan-gu, Seoul
04401 Seoul
E-mail:
seo.science@eda.admin.ch
Tel:
0082 2 739 9511
Web:
http://www.eda.admin.ch/seoul
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