Career support and funding

• Three-week training programme in research

• Integrated in the master's of medicine curriculum of the University of Basel

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

• 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

• 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

• 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 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)

• PhD curriculum in clinical research

• Open to 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)

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

• Supports researchers from the University of Basel

• 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 of the University of Basel

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

• Open to local 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 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

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

• The programme is open to physicians, psychologists, physiotherapists, etc.

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 local 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 of the University of Bern in the preparation of third-party funding applications

• Can fund a pilot project

• Start-up funding for local 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

• 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 or 50% for two years) for a local 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 local resident or senior registrar as long as the matching funds are provided by the institution

• Supports residents working in Switzerland with at least one year of clinical experience and a prior research record

• Application has to be made jointly by the candidate and the potential host, who must be an ETH Zurich professor willing to act as mentor

• 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

Mobility fellowships for clinical and research stays abroad

• Fundamental or clinical research internship during semester holidays

• Aims at preparing local 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

• Supports senior registrars on their way to scientific independance

• 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

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

• Further information can be found here

• Supports medical research on children and adolescents within the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Geneva

• Applications from young independent researchers or those on their way to independance are encouraged

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

• Can fund pilot projects

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

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

• Supports biomedical research projects (except oncology)

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

• 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

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

• Enables a local 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 local and young clinical researchers who already have an experience in clinical or fundamental research

• Covers the salary of a person replacing the applicant in its clinical duties (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 of the University of Lausanne 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 clinical researcher affiliated to the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne

• Supports local 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 local senior registrars 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.

• Supports local 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 local 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

• Supports precision medicine project

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

• For local 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 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

• 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

• 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 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

• SNSF Starting Grants is an integrative call including the transitional measure for the 2023 ERC Starting Grant and SNSF Professorial Fellowships (previously SNSF Eccellenza and SNSF PRIMA)

• Starting funds for a new research group leader

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

Supports of local physician in preparation of an MD thesis

• 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

• PhD curriculum in clinical research in a clinical setting

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

Enables doctoral students from the University of Zurich to conduct part of their dissertation at a research institute abroad

• Supports local 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

• Funds primarily protected time of PhD students enrolled at the University of Zurich or future PhD students having a binding confirmation from their future PhD supervisor at the University of Zurich

• Limited project funds are possible

• Funds primarily protected time of postdoctoral fellows employed by the University of Zurich or planning a research project at the University of Zurich (in consultation with the future host institute)

• Salary of a co-worker and limited project funds are possible