L’ETHZ, Leading house pour l’Asie, annonce deux calls pour des programmes bilatéraux entre la Suisse et la Corée: Young Researchers’ Exchange Programme with South Korea (séjours doctoraux et post-doctoraux de 3-6 mois en Corée, délai au 29 novembre) et Innovation Partnership Grants with China, Japan, South Korea, and the ASEAN Region (fonds de recherche de CHF 20’000, délai au 15 novembre 2019).
Young Researchers’ Exchange Programme with South Korea
The Leading House Asia and the National Research Foundation (NRF) of the Republic of Korea jointly fund the exchange of young scientists between South Korea and Switzerland. The instrument funds 3 to 6 months research stays in the partner country. Swiss researchers can apply to ETH Zurich for a stay in South Korea and Korean researchers to NRF for a stay in Switzerland.
- Eligibility: PhD Students, young postdocs and in exceptional cases also Master students from Swiss universities, Universities of Applied Sciences and research institutes are invited to apply. The call is open to all scientific disciplines including social sciences and humanities.
- Funding: Grants will cover travel costs and a monthly living allowance for a research stay at a Korean university or research laboratory.
- Deadline: 29 November 2019.
- Details and application form: on ETH Global Website – Mobility
Innovation Partnership Grants with China, Japan, South Korea, and the ASEAN Region
Innovation partnership grants support the establishment of cooperation between Swiss researchers from universities, universities of applied sciences or public research institutes with non-academic innovation agents in China (incl. Hong Kong and Taiwan), Japan, South Korea and member states of the ASEAN. These agents can be corporates, SMEs or start-ups, innovation parks or similar entities with a focus on applied sciences or technical development.
- Eligibility: All senior scientists of Swiss federal and cantonal universities, universities of applied sciences and universities of teachers’ education, as well as public research institutions, are eligible. The Swiss scientist is the main applicant. Innovation agent partners must be senior staff affiliated with a company, start-up, innovation park or similar agency in one of the partner countries. Universities from the partner country can participate as third parties. The call is open to all scientific disciplines including social sciences and humanities.
- Funding: max. 20k CHF
- Deadline: 15 November 2019.
- Details and application form: on ETH Global Website – Innovation
