{"id":359,"date":"2020-09-24T11:13:54","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T11:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/ecosystems\/swiss-confederation-awards-government-excellence-scholarships-2020\/"},"modified":"2020-09-24T11:13:54","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T11:13:54","slug":"swiss-confederation-awards-government-excellence-scholarships-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/news\/swiss-confederation-awards-government-excellence-scholarships-2020","title":{"rendered":"Swiss Confederation awards Government Excellence Scholarships 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbfi.admin.ch\/sbfi\/en\/home\/education\/scholarships-and-grants\/swiss-government-excellence-scholarships.html#1582163571\">Types of scholarship<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbfi.admin.ch\/sbfi\/en\/home\/education\/scholarships-and-grants\/swiss-government-excellence-scholarships.html#782754137\">Selection criteria<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbfi.admin.ch\/sbfi\/en\/home\/education\/scholarships-and-grants\/swiss-government-excellence-scholarships.html#557188199\">Application procedure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbfi.admin.ch\/sbfi\/en\/home\/education\/scholarships-and-grants\/swiss-government-excellence-scholarships.html#1658819252\">Interested?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbfi.admin.ch\/sbfi\/en\/home\/education\/scholarships-and-grants\/swiss-government-excellence-scholarships.html#2146630976\">Selection<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbfi.admin.ch\/sbfi\/en\/home\/education\/scholarships-and-grants\/swiss-government-excellence-scholarships.html#1816515618\">Awards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbfi.admin.ch\/sbfi\/en\/home\/education\/scholarships-and-grants\/swiss-government-excellence-scholarships.html#1471199719\">Outlook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/eskas_faq.pdf\">FAQs for scholarship applicants &amp; academic supervisors&nbsp;(PDF, 148 kB, 25.09.2017)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/bericht_eskas_alumni_befragung.pdf\">\u00abStipendien, die das Leben ver\u00e4ndern\u00bb&nbsp;(PDF, 1 MB, 03.04.2019)<\/a>Online Befragung von ESKAS Bundesstipendiat\/innen der Jahrg\u00e4nge 1996-2015 (German, summary in English)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Each year the Swiss Confederation awards Government Excellence Scholarships to promote international exchange and research cooperation between Switzerland and over 180 other countries. Recipients are selected by the awarding body, the Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships are aimed at young researchers from abroad who have completed a master\u2019s degree or PhD and at foreign artists holding a bachelor\u2019s degree.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RRZjsHok5N4\">One minute introduction to Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DpHDBWURJNA\">Introduction to Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships<\/a>&nbsp;(5 min.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Types of scholarship<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>research scholarship<\/strong>&nbsp;is available to post-graduate researchers in any discipline (who hold a master\u2019s degree as a minimum) who are planning to come to Switzerland to pursue research or further studies at doctoral or post-doctoral level.<br \/> Research scholarships are awarded for research or study at all Swiss cantonal universities, universities of applied sciences and the two federal institutes of technology. Only candidates nominated by an academic mentor at one of these higher education institutions will be considered.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Art scholarships<\/strong>&nbsp;are open to art students wishing to pursue an initial master\u2019s degree in Switzerland.<br \/> Art scholarships are awarded for study at any Swiss conservatory or university of the arts. This scholarship is available to students from a limited number of countries only.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Selection criteria<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The FCS assesses scholarship applications according to three criteria:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>a) Candidate profile<br \/> b) Quality of the research project or artistic work<br \/> c) Synergies and potential for future research cooperation<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Application procedure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Interested?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Select your country of origin according to your passport<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbfi.admin.ch\/sbfi\/en\/home\/education\/scholarships-and-grants\/swiss-government-excellence-scholarships\/countries-a-l.html\"><strong>Countries A &#8211; L<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbfi.admin.ch\/sbfi\/en\/home\/education\/scholarships-and-grants\/swiss-government-excellence-scholarships\/countries-m-z.html\"><strong>Countries M &#8211; Z<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check the application deadline and the different types of scholarship on offer. These vary according to country. You will also find details of what to do next and where to get more information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Selection<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Applications are subject to&nbsp;<strong>preliminary selection<\/strong>&nbsp;by the relevant national authorities and\/or the Swiss diplomatic representation. The&nbsp;<strong>short-listed applications<\/strong>&nbsp;are then assessed by the Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS), which takes the final decision.<\/p>\n<p>The FCS is composed of professors from all Swiss public universities. Scholarship awards are decided on the basis of academic and scientific excellence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The FCS will announce its decisions regarding the new scholarship awards by the end of May at the latest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outlook<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The FCS will select scholarship holders for the 2021-22 academic year by the end of May 2021. Scholarships for the 2022-23 academic year will be advertised online from August 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Types of scholarship Selection criteria Application procedure Interested? Selection Awards Outlook FAQs for scholarship applicants &amp; academic supervisors&nbsp;(PDF, 148 kB, 25.09.2017) \u00abStipendien, die das Leben ver\u00e4ndern\u00bb&nbsp;(PDF, 1 MB, 03.04.2019)Online Befragung von ESKAS Bundesstipendiat\/innen der Jahrg\u00e4nge 1996-2015 (German, summary in English) Each year the Swiss Confederation awards Government Excellence Scholarships to promote international exchange and research [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}