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Research stays in South Korea for Swiss-based PhD Students and young postdocs

Publié le 26.08.2019. Mis à jour le 05.05.2021.

ETHZ (as the Swiss Leading House) and the Korean National Research Foundation (NRF) jointly operate an instrument to foster and facilitate the direct exchange in any disciplines between Korean and Swiss research groups, enabling the mobility of young researchers. It is anticipated that 9 fellowships on each side can be financed within this Call.

ETHZ call supports 3-month research stays in South Korea of young researchers (PhD students and young postdocs) from Swiss universities, universities of applied sciences and research institutes. The Host researcher in Korea must be a principal investigator employed full-time at a university or research institute in Korea.


Deadline: 29 November 2019.

Any discipline.


Timeline of the call:

  • Applications open in September: fill out the application form, join Supporting letters from both the Swiss supervisor and the Korean host supervisor, and submit your application to Ms Lucia Arpagaus (lucia.arpagaus(at)sl.ethz.ch).
  • Deadline: 29 November 2019
  • Decisions will be communicated in February 2020
  • Earliest start: 1 March 2020
  • Latest end: 28 February 2021

For more information and application, have a look at the call website and the call guidelines.

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