Welcome to the Funding Finder of the University of St. Gallen!
Are you looking for financial support for your studies? Or do you need funding for your research?
Choose the appropriate category below and find all relevant funding types of scholarships, study loans, grants, awards, prizes and other financial help that foster your personal career in your studies or your research.
Upcoming deadlines for submission
SNSF Early Postdoc.Mobility Fellowships
The Early Postdoc.Mobility Fellowships of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) are designed for postdocs at the beginning of their career who wish to enhance their scientific profile by working at a research institution abroad.Deadline 01.09.2019
SNSF: Agora
Agora supports researchers from all disciplines and career stages who want to communicate with the public. The scheme aims to promote the spread of knowledge as well as the exchange of views and perspectives about scientific research.Deadline 02.09.2019
Leducq Foundtion
The mission of the Leducq Foundation is to improve human health through international efforts to combat cardiovascular and stroke.Deadline 05.09.2019
SNSF: Doc.CH in the humanities and social sciences (HSS)
Doc.CH (HSS) is aimed at promising researchers who wish to write a doctoral thesis on a topic of their own choice in the humanities and social sciences in Switzerland.Deadline 10.09.2019
Canon Research Fellowships
Annually, the Canon Foundation in Europe grants up to 15 Fellowships to highly qualified European and Japanese researchers in all fields. The European Fellowship holders pursue a period of research in Japan whereas the Japanese Fellows do their research at host institutions in Europe.Deadline 15.09.2019
SNSF: Project funding in all disciplines
Research in all disciplines: Project funding is aimed at experienced researchers working in Switzerland who wish to obtain funding for a project of their own. The research topic can be chosen freely.Deadline 01.10.2019
HORIZON 2020 ERC European Research Council - Starting Grants
ERC Starting Grants aim to support up-and-coming research leaders who are about to establish a proper research team and to start conducting independent research in Europe. The scheme targets promising researchers who have the proven potential of becoming independent research leaders. Scientific excellence is the only evaluation criterion.Deadline 16.10.2019
Jean Monnet Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Jean Monnet Fellowships programme is open for scholars who have obtained their doctorate more than 5 years prior to the start of the fellowship. The Fellowship programme is open to post-docs, tenure track academics and those wishing to spend their sabbatical at the Robert Schuman Centre.Deadline 25.10.2019
More funding databases
Fundraiso
Funding Database for Foundations and Associaltions mainly in Switzerland. Free registration is necessary to use the database. You can search for free keywords, countries, cantons and kinds of funding.
Stiftungschweiz
Database of charitable trusts in Switzerland. Free use of basic features upon registration.
Register of Swiss Foundations
Extensive (but not exhaustive) register of all foundations in Switzerland.