Call for Young Researchers’ Exchange Programme with South Korea
The 2021 call for young researchers’ exchange between South Korea and Switzerland is now closed.
The Leading House ETH Zurich and the National Research Foundation (NRF) have established an instrument for funding the exchange of early career scientists between South Korea and Switzerland. Doctoral students and early career postdoctoral researchers at Swiss institutions from all scientific fields – including social sciences and humanities – can apply for stays of 3 months in South Korea. The programme will cover airfare and a living allowance in South Korea.
The 2021 call for proposals is now open. For a first-hand insight into the experience of doing a research stay in South Korea, please read former fellows Neeru Mittal's blog post here, and Rob Nuguid's post here.
Timeline 2021
1 April: Call Launch
15 August: Extended Application Deadline
August-Oct: Review Process
Late October: Decision
Early November: Earliest Start
The Switzerland-based prospective applicant must apply to ETH Zurich as the Leading House Asia. The submission of the application takes place in two compulsory steps (as stated in the call guidelines):
- Submission of your application details via the application form online.
- Upload of your application form with the requested appendices in one single pdf document via the application form online.
Applications that do not follow the compulsory two steps, and/nor respect the one single pdf document guideline will be automatically dismissed.
DownloadGuidelines for Switzerland-based candidates (PDF, 183 KB)
DownloadFAQs
South Korean candidates apply directly with NRF external pagehere.