Registration: Social Impact Pioneer Fellowship Webinars
Are you curious about developing your reserach into a viable products or service with a social impact? Come learn more about the Social Impact Pioneer Fellowship.
Webinars: Social Impact Pioneer Fellowship
Learn more about the opportunities offered by the Social Impact Pioneer Fellowship! In both webinars, you'll be able to have your questions answered prior to submitting your application. You will be able to speak to professionals with a range of perspectives, including current and former Pioneer Fellows, representatives from ETH Entrepreneurship, ETH NADEL - Global Cooperation and Sustainable Development, and successful social impact entrepreneurs.
Webinar 1: 29 January 2025, 12:00-13:00
Joined by:
- Dr. Grace Kagho - current Social Impact Pioneer Fellow, UrbanEcho Founder
- Cornelia Walther - Pioneer Fellowship Programme Manager, ETH Entrepreneurship
- Dr. Fritz Brugger - NADEL Global Cooperation and Sustainable Development Director, entrepreneurship perspective
- Dr. Adina Rom - ETH4D Executive Director
Webinar 2: 20 February 2025, 13:00-14:00
Joined by:
- Dr. Gnanli Landrou - former ETH Pioneer Fellow, Oxara Founder
- Cornelia Walther - Pioneer Fellowship Programme Manager, ETH Entrepreneurship
- Dr. Fritz Brugger - NADEL Global Cooperation and Sustainable Development Director, entrepreneurship perspective
- Dr. Adina Rom - ETH4D Executive Director
About the Social Impact Pioneer Fellowship
The Pioneer Fellowship Social Impact Incubation Program of ETH Zürich empowers entrepreneurial ETH students and researchers in developing their research-based technologies into viable products and services with a social impact to successfully launch a scalable ETH Spin-off company. 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 2025 are eligible (see Download OECD DAC-LIST 2025 (PDF, 640 KB)).
Pioneer Fellows receive CHF 150’000 for 18 months (all fields). In addition, they get coaching, entrepreneurial training, support by your host Professor, access to ETH infrastructure and the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
One Social Impact Incubation Pioneer Fellowship is granted per call. The next call will be open from 1 February to 3 March, 2025.