UZH Postdoc Grant

Through funding from the UZH Postdoc Grants, the University of Zurich supports its early career researchers at the postdoctoral level. Qualified postdoctoral researchers 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.

Deadline: 3 February 2025, 17:00 (MEZ/CET)

Earliest start of funding: 1 August 2025

Documents and submission of applications

UZH Postdoc Grant 2025 guidelines (only valid for this call) (PDF, 333 KB)

Application platform myUZHgrants (online as of 2.12.2024)

Meet UZH Postdoc Grantee Rodrigo Villaseñor:

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
• Materials (on a limited scale)

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

Meet UZH Candoc Grantee Dechen Lham:

Meet UZH Candoc Grantee Stefan Leins:

Meet UZH Candoc Grantee Sara Pangrazzi:

List of approved Postdoc-Projects 2024 (PDF, 157 KB)

This list is not legally binding.