Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships Cohort
Provides research mobility support for foreign early-career researchers in Switzerland through SERI scholarship pathways.
The Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships (SGES) 2027-28 cohort is an annual individual scholarship programme awarded by the Swiss Confederation and administered directly by SERI through the Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (ESKAS). The programme supports early-career foreign researchers at postgraduate, doctoral, and postdoctoral levels to conduct research at Swiss cant…
All academic disciplines; hosted at Swiss cantonal universities, ETH Zurich, EPFL, or ETH Domain institutes.
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