Engineering for Development (ETH4D) Doctoral Mentorship Programme

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

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Application Deadline: 31 October 2023.

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 least- developed, low- and lower-middle-income country according to the DownloadOECD/DAC 2022 – 2023 list (PDF, 204 KB)vertical_align_bottom.
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:

Mentorship from one ETH professor, senior scientist or postdoc over a period of one year of the mentee’s doctoral studies. We 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.
Financial support for attending a conference and/or research material

Benefits

The grant covers expenses up to a maximum of 15k CHF and includes the following:

Economy roundtrip ticket (max. 2 kCHF) to and from Switzerland for the research stay
Visa fees
Travel allowance to attend an academic conference
Research material (e.g. lab equipment) (max 6 kCHF in total).
Fees for health insurance
Local transportation
Accommodation
Living allowance for the duration of the research stay at ETH Zurich

For More Information:

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