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    PHD Scholarships: Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships

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    The Swiss Government is offering Excellence PhD Scholarships for the 2017-2018 academic year to students from Chile. The scholarships provide up to 3 years of funding to undertake PhD studies at one of 10 Swiss universities or 2 federal institutes of technology. Applicants must submit their application to the Swiss Embassy in Santiago, Chile by November 15, 2016. The application should include documents such as academic transcripts, a research proposal, reference letters, and proof of admission to a PhD program in Switzerland. Successful candidates will be selected based on their academic profile, the quality of their research project, and the potential for future academic cooperation. The scholarships cover tuition costs and provide a monthly stipend of CHF 1,920.

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    The Swiss Government is offering Excellence PhD Scholarships for the 2017-2018 academic year to students from Chile. The scholarships provide up to 3 years of funding to undertake PhD studies at one of 10 Swiss universities or 2 federal institutes of technology. Applicants must submit their application to the Swiss Embassy in Santiago, Chile by November 15, 2016. The application should include documents such as academic transcripts, a research proposal, reference letters, and proof of admission to a PhD program in Switzerland. Successful candidates will be selected based on their academic profile, the quality of their research project, and the potential for future academic cooperation. The scholarships cover tuition costs and provide a monthly stipend of CHF 1,920.

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    The Swiss Government is offering Excellence PhD Scholarships for the 2017-2018 academic year to students from Chile. The scholarships provide up to 3 years of funding to undertake PhD studies at one of 10 Swiss universities or 2 federal institutes of technology. Applicants must submit their application to the Swiss Embassy in Santiago, Chile by November 15, 2016. The application should include documents such as academic transcripts, a research proposal, reference letters, and proof of admission to a PhD program in Switzerland. Successful candidates will be selected based on their academic profile, the quality of their research project, and the potential for future academic cooperation. The scholarships cover tuition costs and provide a monthly stipend of CHF 1,920.

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    The Swiss Government is offering Excellence PhD Scholarships for the 2017-2018 academic year to students from Chile. The scholarships provide up to 3 years of funding to undertake PhD studies at one of 10 Swiss universities or 2 federal institutes of technology. Applicants must submit their application to the Swiss Embassy in Santiago, Chile by November 15, 2016. The application should include documents such as academic transcripts, a research proposal, reference letters, and proof of admission to a PhD program in Switzerland. Successful candidates will be selected based on their academic profile, the quality of their research project, and the potential for future academic cooperation. The scholarships cover tuition costs and provide a monthly stipend of CHF 1,920.

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    Federal Department of Economic Affairs,

    Education and Research EAER


    Federal Commission for Scholarships
    for Foreign Students FCS

    Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships

    PhD Scholarships
    Academic year:
    Country:

    2017-2018
    Chile

    Opening of the call:


    Submission deadline:

    05.08.2016
    15.11.2016

    Scholarship

    Swiss Government Excellence PhD Scholarships for foreign students

    Offered by

    The Swiss Government via the Federal Commission for Scholarships for
    Foreign Students FCS

    Objectives

    To enable selected applicants to undertake a PhD at one of the 10 Swiss


    cantonal universities, the two Swiss federal institutes of technology or
    public teaching and research institutes.

    Universities

    University of Basel / University of Bern / University of Fribourg / University


    of Geneva / University of Lausanne / University of Lucerne / University of
    Neuchtel / University of St Gallen / University of Zurich / University of
    Lugano

    Federal institutes
    of technology

    Ecole polytechnique fdrale de Lausanne (EPFL)


    Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich)

    Teaching and
    research institutes

    Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID)

    Validity

    The scholarship is only valid for full-time PhD studies in Switzerland. It is


    not valid for mixed PhD programmes (part time in Switzerland and part time
    in another country).

    Target group

    Highly qualified postgraduate students (possessing the required degrees)


    from all academic fields.

    Duration

    3 years maximum (starting in September).

    Amount and
    additional
    allowances

    The scholarship amounts to a monthly payment of CHF 1,920.


    Tuition fees are waived.
    For non-EU and non-EFTA grantees only: mandatory Swiss health
    insurance is paid by the FCS.
    Non-European grantees receive a lump sum for their airfare (provided at
    the end of the scholarship).

    2017-2018 / Chile

    Eligibility criteria
    and specific
    conditions

    Selection criteria

    Application
    procedure

    Special CHF 300 housing allowance (paid once at the beginning of the
    scholarship).
    One-year half-fare public transportation card.
    Support services and various trips, dinners and sightseeing tours organised
    for Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship holders.
    Masters degree or equivalent university degree recognised by the Swiss
    university.
    The applicant must not be over 35 years old at the time of the application.
    Applicants who are in Switzerland for more than one year at the beginning
    of the scholarship in September are not eligible.
    Applicants must provide a letter (or email) from a professor at the Swiss
    host institution stating that they are willing and entitled to supervise the
    PhD.
    In those cases where the PhD is pursued within a structured doctoral
    school, applicants must include in their application an admission letter or
    proof that they are being considered for admission. Without such a
    document, the application will be rejected.
    For EPFL doctoral school candidates, the admission letter from the EPFL
    doctoral school is required. As this takes time, applicants must plan
    accordingly and submit their application for admission to the EPFL doctoral
    school sufficiently in advance of the scholarship programme deadline.
    Without these documents, the application will be rejected.
    Applicants must have a research proposal including a timeframe (this is the
    central piece of the application. The applicant must devote all required
    attention to it).
    Applicants must be in command of the necessary language skills required
    for the PhD studies/research.
    Applicants who have already benefited from a Swiss Government
    Excellence Scholarship are not eligible to apply for a second scholarship.
    PLEASE NOTE:
    The FCS application for a PhD scholarship and the application for
    admission by a Swiss university for a PhD study are two separate
    procedures. Acceptance to a PhD study at your chosen Swiss university is
    a conditio sine qua non for a potential FCS scholarship. However, it does
    not guarantee a positive decision by the Federal Commission for
    Scholarships for Foreign Students FCS. It is the applicants responsibility to
    manage both procedures in parallel.
    The following dimensions and selection criteria are primarily considered:
    The candidate: academic profile and research capacity.
    The research project: originality and methodological soundness.
    The academic context: quality of supervision and the potential for future
    academic cooperation.
    The application package can be obtained by email from the Swiss
    Embassy in Santiago de Chile.
    The deadline for the submission of applications is 15.11.2016.
    Applications should be submitted in triplicate, with the number of copies
    indicated (hard copies only). The original, signed documents and attested
    translations should be submitted, along with two copies. For details see the
    Application Guidelines available at your contact institution (see below).

    2017-2018 / Chile

    Application
    timeframe

    Opening of the call:


    Application deadline:
    Selection interview, if applicable ask:
    Beginning of the scholarship:

    Application
    documents

    (Please provide

    The official FCS 2017-2018 application form (typed and printed). No


    handwritten forms will be accepted.
    A full curriculum vitae with list of academic publications.
    A letter of motivation (max. 2 pages).
    A complete research proposal (max. 5 pages), use only the official
    research proposal form provided with the application package.
    A copy of the letter or email from a professor at the chosen Swiss
    university confirming that they are willing and entitled to supervise the PhD
    studies.
    Include a short CV of your academic host supervisor.
    In those cases where the PhD is pursued within a structured doctoral
    school, applicants must include in their application a copy of the PhD
    admission letter or proof that they are being considered for admission.
    Without such a document, the application will be rejected.
    For EPFL doctoral school candidates: an admission letter from the EPFL
    doctoral school is required. As this takes time, applicants must plan
    accordingly and submit their application for admission to the doctoral
    school well before the scholarship programme deadline. Without those
    documents the application will be rejected.
    Photocopies of all certificates and grade sheets from previously attended
    universities/colleges and diplomas with grades. (If the originals are not in
    English, French, German or Italian, the copies must be translated into one
    of these languages and attested.) Attestations can be made by a university
    or government officer.
    Two letters of recommendation from professors in the applicants field
    (use only the official reference form provided with the application package).
    A health certificate (use only the official health certificate provided with
    the application package).
    Each application set should contain two copies of the applicants
    passport (main page with personal data).

    originals plus two sets


    of copies on A4 paper.
    Please do not staple the
    documents and/or put

    them into plastic folders


    or binders).

    Contact institution
    for the application

    05.08.2016
    15.11.2016
    Swiss Embassy
    1.9.2017

    Questions and application documents should be submitted to the following


    address:
    Swiss Embassy in Santiago de Chile
    Amrico Vespucio Sur 100, Las Condes, Santiago de Chile
    Email:
    Tel:
    Web:

    san.vertretung@eda.admin.ch
    0056 2 2928 0100
    http://www.eda.admin.ch/santiago

    2017-2018 / Chile

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