The Branco Weiss Fellowship: Society in Science

The Fellowship provides young researchers with a generous personal grant that gives them the freedom to work on whatever topic they choose for a duration of 5 years at an academic institution of their choice anywhere in the world. The fellowship is designed to promote outstanding young scholars and to support promising new areas of research, in particular in science and engineering. Ideally, fellows pursue an unconventional project involving societal aspects. The fellowship is geared primarily to natural scientists and engineers at an early stage of their postdoctoral studies; however, representatives of other disciplines may also apply if they are able to present an appropriate project. You may explore methodologies and concepts which partially link natural and social sciences, be active in both sciences or transfer methodologies and concepts from one to the other. Funding: CHF100,000 / year. The 5-year fellowship will be awarded in the form of an initial two-year (Pioneer Phase) and a subsequent three-year (Exploitation Phase) installment. Up to ten fellowships are expected to be awarded.
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