UZH Postdoc Grant

Through funding from the UZH Candoc/Postdoc Grants, the University of Zurich supports its junior scholars at the doctoral level (Candoc) and the postdoctoral level (Postdoc). As expected, nearly 8 million CHF can be allocated to approved projects in the year 2023.

Qualified postdoctoral students embarking on an academic career receive UZH Postdoc Grant funding to support them in carrying out a research project at the UZH. Primarily salary funds are granted in order to provide researchers with protected research time for their project.

Who can submit an application?

Postdocs and habilitation candidates (until conferral of habilitation) who are either employed by or plan a research project at the UZH.

Not eligible for funding are assistant professors, externally funded assistant professors, associate professors, and full professors.

What will be funded?

  • The applicant’s salary
  • The salary of a co-worker (for example, a PhD student)
  • Materials (on a limited scale)

The maximum duration of project funding depends on the faculty at which the project is carried out.

Faculty of Theology: 6 months
Faculty of Law: 12 months
Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics: 12 months
Faculty of Medicine: 12 months
Vetsuisse Faculty: 12 months
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences: 24 months
Faculty of Science: 12 months

When is the next deadline?

Calls for the Postdoc funding line take place once per annum.

UZH Postdoc Grant Call 2023

Submission deadline: 1 February 2023 at 17:00 (MEZ/CET)

Earliest start of funding: 1 August 2023

 

Please note

  • The confidential reference letters are integral parts of the application and must be submitted before the definitive submission of the application.
  • The applicants send invitation and reminder e-mails to the reference persons via the application platform, can track the status of the letters and must ensure that the letters have arrived before the definitive submission of their applications (Deadline: February 2023, 17:00 (MEZ/CET)).
  • The reference persons submit their letter via the application platform as a PDF file.

Documents and submission of applications

Application guidelines UZH Postdoc Grant 2023 (valid for this call only) (PDF, 356 KB)

Application platform

 

Portraits of UZH Candoc/Postdoc Grant Recipients

UZH Postdoc Grant MOLECULAR MECHANSIMS OF DISEASE - Rodrigo Villaseñor

UZH Candoc Grant POPULATION ECOLOGY - Dechen Lham

UZH Candoc Grant ANTHROPOLGY - Stefan Leins

UZH Candoc Grant LAW - Sara Pangrazzi