Engineering for Development (ETH4D) Doctoral Mentorship Programme 2025 (Fully Funded to ETH Zurich, Switzerland)

Application Deadline:  15 October 2024.

Applications are now open for the 2025 Engineering for Development (ETH4D) Doctoral Mentorship Programme. ETH4D provides grants for mentoring doctoral candidates from low- and lower-middle-income countries.

Eligibility Requirements

• Eligible are doctoral candidates who are registered at a university or research institute in a low- and middle-income country according to the external pageOECD/DAC list. Priority is given to applications from least-developed, lower-income, and lower-middle income countries.
• The application needs to be submitted by the ETH professorship hosting the doctoral candidate. Applications directly submitted by the doctoral candidate will NOT be considered.

The mentorship is a one-year appointment and comprises the following components:

• Financial support for attending a conference and/or research material
• Mentorship from one ETH professor, senior scientist or postdoc over a period of one year of the mentee’s doctoral studies. ETH4D suggest monthly meetings and clearly defined goals of the project, e.g., presentation at a conference, joint publication. ETH mentors are free to serve on the doctoral committee of the ETH4D mentee, but this is not a requirement. 
• Research stay at the mentor’s research group (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) for 1-3 months during the mentorship period. 

Application Document

• Budget (Downloadtemplate budget (XLSX, 15 KB))
• A single PDF contianing the following
  • Project description (see criteria document for points that need to be addressed)
  • Motivation letter of the doctoral candidate (1 page)
  • Most recent university transcripts 
  • CV of doctoral candidate (max. 2 pages) incl. publications
  • Two academic reference letters
  • Doctoral project proposal (if available)
  • Support letter of the hosting ETH professor, including any financial and in-kind contributions
  • Work plan for the stay in Zurich in the form of a Gantt chart

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Engineering for Development (ETH4D) Doctoral Mentorship Programme.