ETH for Development (ETH4D) is currently accepting applications for its Doctoral Mentorship Grants 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About ETH4D Doctoral Mentorship Grants
ETH4D provides grants for mentoring doctoral candidates and master's students from least-developed, low- and lower-middle-income countries.
Benefits of ETH4D Doctoral Mentorship Grants
The grant covers expenses up to a maximum of 10k CHF and includes the following:
- Economy roundtrip ticket (max. 1.5 kCHF) to and from Switzerland for the research stay
- Accommodation
- Living allowance of 850 CHF per monthfor the duration of the research stay at ETH Zurich, to cover food and other personal costs (paid in cash by the host professorship)
- Visa fees
- Health insurance (self-organised)
- Local transport in Zurich
- If applicable
- Research materials
- Conference attendance
ETH4D Doctoral Mentorship Grants Requirements
- ETH professors are eligible to receive funding to host a student. ETH professors who are not currently members of ETH4D must become members upon receiving a grant.
- Eligible mentees are doctoral candidates and master’s students who are registered at a university or research institute in any country listed in the current DAC-list of ODA recipients, except from upper-middle-income countries.
- For students from certain countries, a security screening may be required prior to arrival. ETH4D is not involved in this process.
Application Date and Process
- Completed electronic application form
- Detailed budget using template
- Letters of support, submitted via email from the authors directly to the ETH4D Programme Manager ([email protected])
- One academic reference letter
- Support letter from the hosting ETH professor, including
- Statement of any financial or in-kind contributions, if applicable
- Interest in hosting the candidate, and any planned activities within the group
- For pre-doc applications, the professor should also describe how the stay will help facilitate a future doctoral study
- Submission of all other project documents in a single PDF:
- Project description (see below for requirements)
- Work plan and timeframe of the mentorship, including planned activities, in the form of a Gantt Chart
- Motivation letter of the doctoral candidate or master’s student (3’000 characters excl. space characters, using Arial/ size 11/ line pitch 1.15).
- Master’s students should also describe their plans for applying to a PhD after the pre-doc mentorshipo University transcripts
- CV of doctoral candidate or master’s student (max. 2 pages), incl. publications
- Doctoral project proposal (if available)
Application Deadline
30 March, 2026
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