Collection of country-specific fundings

Various national funding agencies providing fellowships (to go away from or come to Switzerland):

USA

NIH postdoc grants available for US citizens/permanent residents/ foreigners working in USA: https://researchtraining.nih.gov/career/postdoctoral-residency

NIH postdoc early career grants available for US citizens/permanent residents/ foreigners working in USA: https://researchtraining.nih.gov/career/early-career

NIH grant fellowship that is open to US citizen or permanent resident, with research or clinical doctoral degree: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-19-188.html

CRI Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship is available for candidates who obtained a PhD within the past 5 years and want to do their research in the US or abroad, at a non-profit institution. No citizenship restrictions. 36 months long. For salary, insurance or research/travel expenses. Research fields restricted to fundamental immunology or cancer immunology: https://www.cancerresearch.org/scientists/fellowships-grants/post-doctoral-fellows/application-guidelines

Austria

FWF (Austrian Science Fund) Erwin Schrödinger Fellowships (including a potential return phase to Austria) are aimed at young and especially highly qualified scientists of any discipline. Their goal is to promote scientific work at leading foreign research institutions and to gain experience abroad during the postdoc-phase.

For female researchers:

The overall goal of the REinforcing Women In REsearch (REWIRE) COFUND Programme, a Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions COFUND project funded by the European Commission,  is to establish a support scheme for excellent postdoctoral female researchers to foster their scientific development, to nurture their expertise and to make a profound impact on their future careers.

Italy

iCARE-2 is an international fellowship program co-funded by the Italian Association for Cancer Research (AIRC) and the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Sk?odowska-Curie Grant Agreement, intended to promote the mobility of experienced researchers to and from Italy.

Important: for cancer-related research projects only.

Germany

DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)

Research in Germany (general information page about the German research landscape)

France

FRM Fondation Recherche Médicale (different funding options available to do Medical Research in France)

Fondation Fyssen offers postdoctoral fellowship in the fields of Ethology, Paleontology, Archaeology, Anthropology, Psychology, Epistemology, Logic and Sciences of nervous system.

Canada

Banting Postodoctoral Fellowships for stipend or research/travel expenses are 24 months long. This fellowship is available for Canadien citizens, permanent residents of Canada and foreign citizens.

N.B.: This list of funding options is non-exhaustive and we need your help to expand it! Don’t hesitate to contact us by email apns@asso-unil.ch to contribute if you know of additional funding opportunities!