Opportunities
Discover our funding programmes below
Overview of all opportunities: DownloadETH4D funding programmes overview (PDF, 69 KB)
Contact: , Programme Manager of Grants and Exchanges
ETH4D Research Grants
The goal of the ETH4D Research Grants is to enable collaborations on project-based research between ETH researchers and non-academic partners and partners from low- and middle-income countries.
ETH4D Research Challenges:
ETH4D Research Challenges aim to support research collaborations between ETH researchers and non-academic partners (i.e. Private Sector, NGOs, Governmental Organisations) and partners from low- and middle-income countries to identify effective solutions to poverty reduction combining technologies, policies and a profound understanding of human behaviour.
Deadline: 21 April
ETH4D Pilot Grants:
ETH4D Pilot Grants provide a smaller amount of funding to explore new collaborations, pilot a new applied research project or scale up existing research projects in low- and lower-middle income countries.
Deadline: 21 April
ETH4D Humanitarian Action Challenges:
ETH4D Humanitarian Action Challenges aim to support research collaborations between ETH Zurich researchers, EPFL researchers and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to develop effective solutions to leverage science and technology for a greater impact of humanitarian action.
Deadline: Beginning of 2025 (tbd)
ETH4D Scholarships
ETH4D Doctoral Mentorship Programme:
The ETH4D Doctoral Mentorship Programme provides grants for mentoring doctoral students from low- and lower-middle-income countries.
Deadlines: 30 March, 15 October
ETH4D Faculty Exchange Grants
The ETH Faculty Exchange Grants allow ETH scientists to bring collaborators from low- and middle-income countries to ETH Zurich for a research stay or a workshop/conference; or to fund ETH scientists to travel to partner institutions for lectures, courses and collaboration meetings.
Deadlines: 30 March, 15 October
ETH4D Research to Action
Social Impact Pioneer Fellowship
The Social Impact Pioneer Fellowship supports ETH students and researchers in developing their research-based technologies into viable products and services with a social impact. The Social Impact Pioneer Fellowship is awarded to projects that serve people living with less than 10 USD per day in low- and middle-income countries. All countries on the OECD DAC List 2023 are eligible (DownloadOECD DAC List 2023 (PDF, 204 KB)).
Deadlines: 1 March, 1 September
Research to Action Grants
The ETH4D Research to Action Grants aim to bridge the gap between academic research and practice. The grants support students and researchers to discuss their work with practitioners and ensure that results are being used, implemented and disseminated.
Deadlines: 30 March, 15 October
ETH4D Selection Committees
Chair: Prof. Tobias Schmidt D-GESS
Members:
- Prof. Emmanuel Frossard D-USYS
- Prof. Jan Dirk Wegner D-BAUG
- external pageDr. Nana Diarra Scientific Communication Specialist at external pagePromega Corporation (external member)
- Dr. Adina Rom (ETH4D Executive Director)
This committee evaluates all submissions for the ETH4D Research Challenges and Seed Grants.
Chair: Prof. Isabel Günther D-GESS
Members:
- Prof. Guillaume Habert D-BAUG
- Dr. external pageFiona Terry, Head of the Centre for Operational Research and Experience (ICRC)
- external pageDr. Klaus Schönenberger external pageEPFL (External member)
- Prof. Konrad SchindlerD-BAUG
This committee evaluates all submissions for the ETH4D Humanitarian Action Challenges.
Chair: Prof. Isabel Günther D-GESS
Members:
- Prof. Bradley Nelson D-MAVT
- Prof. Johan Six D-USYS
- external pageDr. Nana Diarra Scientific Communication Specialist at external pagePromega Corporation (external member)
- Dr. Adina Rom ETH4D Executive Director
This committee evaluates all submissions for the E4D Doctoral Scholarship.
Chair: Dr. Adina Rom ETH4D Executive Director
Members:
- Prof. Elizabeth Tilley D-MAVT
- external pageDr. Wilfred Elegba Plant Scientist and Consultant for Learning & Partnerships (external member)
This committee evaluates all submissions for the ETH4D Exchange Grants, E4D Continuing Education Scholarship, ETH4D Doctoral Mentorship Programme and ETH4D Research to Action Grants.
Further Opportunities
Further related external pageopportunities for students and researchers from low-income countries can be found here.