Career support and funding

• Three-week training programme in research

• Integrated in the master's of medicine curriculum

• Includes a simulated congress with abstract submission, abstract peer review, and oral presentations based on participants' master's thesis work

• PhD curriculum in clinical research

• Open individuals planning a research curriculum in drug development, nursing sciences, public health/epidemiology, and sports sciences

• Seed money/temporary funding support for the preparation of a major grant proposal as principal investigator (NCCR, ERC, Horizon 2020)

• Can support the realisation of a promising interdisciplinary project idea (e.g. SNSF Sinergia application)

• Supports local senior registrars

• Bridging fund for research team (temporary salaries, PhD student salaries, consumables)

• Includes protected time for principal investigator (PI)

• For further information, get in touch with the Medical Faculty, Vizerektorat Forschung

• Can be started during master's of medicine curriculum

• Can build upon master's thesis project

• Name stands for "Wissenschaftliche Kompetenz flexibel" (flexible scientific competencies)

• Modular and flexible training of scientific competencies allowing tailored support for master's thesis

• Integrated in the medical studies curriculum

• To be completed between 3rd and 5th year of medical studies

• Supports young physicians or residents working on an MD thesis at the University of Basel

• Applications must be submitted within three years of completing a master's degree

• Funds primarily allocated to protected time (12 months at 100% or 24 months at 50%); limited project funds possible

• Open to physicians in internal medicine

• Supports researchers returning from experience abroad

• Funds salary complement for SNSF Ambizione fellows, Eccellenza professors, junior PIs, and MD-PhDs

• For further information, get in touch with the Medical Faculty, Vizerektorat Forschung

• Supports local senior registrars or advanced residents in the field of internal medicine, ideally after an experience abroad

• Covers 50% salary (protected time) to be devoted to a high-quality research project

• Can include limited funds for research team salaries and consumables

• Funding released upon completion of federal postgraduate qualification (FMH)

• Supports local postdoctoral researchers, advanced residents, or young senior registrars

• Applicants may also apply for mobility fellowship funds for a research stay abroad

• Can support researcher returning from abroad

• Minimal consumable costs (10% of total funds) essential for the execution of the project can also be applied for

• MD-PhD curriculum in experimental biomedical research, public health research, or clinical research

• More information concerning the (MD-)PhD Clinical Research programme can be found here

• Candidates can apply for a national MD-PhD grant as long as dedicated research time is 80% or more

• Supports local senior registrars or advanced residents with FMH and MD titles in the fields of oncology, infectiology/immunology, and neuroscience

• Covers 50% salary (protected time) to be devoted to a high-quality research project

• Can include funds for research team salaries and consumables

• Candidates must be employed at a University Clinic in Basel, Baselland, or Aarau

• PhD curriculum in clinical research

• Candidates can combine clinical work (50% position) and research (dedicate remaining time to a patient-oriented research project)

• Programme open to physicians, psychologists, physiotherapists, etc.

• Start-up funding for group leaders intending to submit an application for interdisciplinary project funding (e.g. SNSF Sinergia grant)

• Project needs to involve at least two faculties of the University of Bern

• Funding primarily intended to finance a doctoral student or postdoctoral fellow

Can build upon master's thesis project

• MD-PhD curriculum in basic sciences, public health sciences, clinical sciences, or biomedical ethics

• MD-PhD programme open to physicians, veterinarians, and dentists

• Candidates can apply for a national MD-PhD grant as long as dedicated research time is 80% or more

• Supports clinicians before their habilitation

• Funding can be allocated to protected time, salaries of collaborators, or consumables (max. 10% of total funding)

• Early career support for researchers in the preparation of third-party funding applications

• Can fund a pilot project

• Funds protected time for clinical research projects or laboratory research as long as a link to patients is clearly presented

• Can fund 25% protected time for four years for a PhD student in clinical sciences as long as the matching funds are provided by the institution

• Can fund 20% protected time for two years for a resident or senior registrar as long as the matching funds are provided by the institution

• Supports residents

• Candidates with an MD-PhD or a PhD are usually favoured

• MD-PhD curriculum in fundamental or clinical research

• Candidates can apply for a national MD-PhD grant as long as dedicated research time is 80% or more

• Supports senior registrars

• Includes mentoring

• Doctoral degree is mandatory

• Candidates with an MD-PhD or a PhD are usually favoured

• Partial funding of a specific project can be requested in the application

Mobility fellowships for clinical and research stays abroad

• Priority given to translational research projects promoting collaboration between fundamental and clinical research teams

• Further information can be found here

• Supports biomedical research projects (except oncology)

• Supports junior researchers with an MD and/or a PhD

Supports doctoral students or junior researchers from the University of Geneva or Geneva University Hospitals (HUG)

Supports medical research on children and adolescents

Supports medical research in oncology and related fields of research in Switzerland or abroad

Supports small-scale pilot projects

• Fundamental or clinical research internship during semester holidays

• Aims at preparing students for a potential MD-PhD later on

• Allows students to mention "research" on their master's degree

• Possibility to perform a second internship abroad

• Small grant provided (CHF 300/week in Switzerland or up to CHF 2000/month for an internship abroad)

• Includes mentoring opportunity until the end of studies

• A grant facilitating the reintegration of a physician with an MD-PhD or a PhD into clinical training

• Enables a physician to continue a research activity while pursuing a clinical specialisation

• Covers the salary of a resident (20-25% for two years or 50% for one year)

• Supports young clinical researchers who already have an experience in clinical or fundamental research

• Covers the salary of applicant (50% for one year or 100% for six months)

• Submissions from young group leaders are encouraged

• Supports new interdisciplinary collaborations within the Faculty of Biology and Medicine that could not be performed by a single research group

• Funding is primarily foreseen for the project although protected time for the applicant can also be requested

• Supports projects in precision medicine

• To foster collaboration of a CHUV-FBM-affiliated researcher with another institution in the region around Lake Geneva (EPFL, UNIGE)

Supports clinical research projects in precision medicine

• Supports young physicians interested in pursuing an MD thesis

• Matching funds to be provided by the medical service where an MD thesis will be pursued

• Supports senior registrars

• For candidates without an academic title (e.g. privat-docent)

• There is no weblink for this funding instrument and a direct application is not possible. For more information, contact your head of service.

• MD-PhD curriculum in fundamental and clinical research

• Includes a joint programme of the Faculty of Biology and Medicine and the EPFL

• Candidates can apply for a national MD-PhD grant as long as dedicated research time is 80% or more

• For some more insights, watch this video (in French)

• Holding an MD degree allows access to certain hospital management positions or to an academic career

• MD thesis can build upon master's thesis

• Supports precision medicine project in the humanities domain (e.g. history of medicine, ethical issues)

• Candidates with an MD-PhD or a PhD are usually favoured

• For residents, senior registrars or senior consultant researchers without an academic title at the time of submission

• Funding is primarily foreseen for the project although protected time for the applicant can also be requested

• Supports innovative projects in precision medicine

• Applicants hold a PhD or an MD

• For health researchers of the fundamental research section of the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne

• Dedicated to women holding a PhD or an MD

• To foster career development

• Builds on an independent project already initiated

• Can include training funds

• Can cover costs of a stay abroad (academic project or training)

• Supports precision medicine project

• Candidates with an MD-PhD or a PhD are usually favoured

• For residents, senior registrars or senior consultant researchers without an academic title at the time of submission

• Funding is primarily foreseen for the project although protected time for the applicant can also be requested

• Research project can be performed in the natural sciences, public health sciences, clinical research, or biomedical ethics

• The MD-PhD programme is a joint effort of the SAMS and SNSF

• Link to SNSF website

• Supports residents engaging in patient-oriented research involving humans beings (patients and healthy volunteers) as well as material of human origin and health-related personal data

• Research must take place in Switzerland

• Supports small, patient-oriented research projects

• Can only be requested by recipients of a YTCR beginner grant

• Supports highly qualified researchers who aspire to a permanent professorship

• Physicians can devote up to 50% of work time to clinical activities

• Funding includes salary/protected time

• Fellowship for a research stay abroad

• Physicians can devote up to 20% of work time to clinical activities

• Supports young researchers who wish to conduct and lead an independent research project in Switzerland

• Researchers can apply for an Ambizione grant with or without salary/protected time

• Physicians can devote up to 20% of work time to clinical activities (minimum 10%)

• Supports outstanding women researchers showing high potential for obtaining a professorship

• Physicians can devote up to 50% of work time to clinical activities

• Funding includes salary/protected time

Supports the preparation of an MD thesis

• Starting funds for a new research group leader

• Generally linked to a job advertisement for a research group leader

• An MD thesis is a minimal requirement to pursue an academic career in clinical research

• Can be started during a master's of medicine curriculum

• Can build upon a master's thesis project

• MD-PhD curriculum in basic natural science education and research

• Candidates can apply for a national MD-PhD grant as long as dedicated research time is 80% or more

PhD curriculum for graduates in healthcare professions as regulated in the Swiss Healthcare Occupations Act (GesBG) or in academic health science disciplines in health care (including nursing sciences) from universities of applied sciences or universities

Enables doctoral students to conduct part of their dissertation at a research institute abroad

• Supports talented physician scientists before a professorship so they can remain clinically active throughout the funding period

• Includes a mentoring programme

• An extension for 6-12 months is possible upon approval of the evaluation committee

Supports postdoctoral fellows of all genders whose research activities have been interrupted or delayed to balance career and family

Funds primarily protected time; limited project funds are possible

• PhD curriculum in clinical research in a clinical setting

• Candidates must hold a university master's degree in medicine, biomedicine, biology or psychology