Competitive Sabbaticals UZH

Protected time for revising research projects, to prepare a major third-party funding application or to publish a monograph is crucial.

That is why the University of Zurich has introduced additional competitive sabbaticals for UZH professors at all faculties.

Objectives and formal conditions

The competitive sabbatical is geared toward helping professors complete the final stages of a larger research project (e.g. completion of a monograph, an Opus magnum, or of fundamental research articles), to open up a new field of research or prepare a large competitive third-party funding application.
At least two semesters must separate the requested competitive sabbatical from the previous and the next regular sabbatical.
A qualified junior scholar at UZH must assume all teaching responsibilities during the professor's absence.
The University of Zurich adopts the costs for the replacement teaching appointment (max. 6 SWS for full professors, max. 4 SWS for associate professors).
The head of the institute/department must support the professor's application for a sabbatical.

Deadlines

Applications can be submitted on 1 February and 1 August to the responsible Dean. An application is possible for the semester after the next semester (e. g. application per 1.8.2022 for a sabbatical in HS 2023).