Deadline: March 30, 2025.

The ETH4D Research to Action Grant aims to ensure that research results are being used, implemented, and disseminated. It supports ETH Zurich bachelor students, master students, doctoral candidates, post-docs, senior scientists, and professors to develop prototypes, explore opportunities for entrepreneurship and discuss their work with practitioners. 

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

1. Bachelor students, master students, doctoral students, post-doctoral scientists, senior scientists, and professors are eligible to apply. Students must be enrolled at the time activities are carried out. Projects require a collaborating non-academic partner, based in the project’s country of focus and need a letter of support from the non-academic partner. Collaborations should follow the external pageKPFE Guide for Transboundary Research Partnerships.
2. Projects need to (i) have an institutional link to ETH Zurich e.g. previous research or courses taken at ETH or be connected with ETH initiatives and (ii) demonstrate global development-​related impact by bridging the gap between research and practice. Please note that the grant does not cover expenses in the past.
3. Preference will be given to activities in countries listed as “least developed, low- and lower-middle-income country” according to the external pageDAC-list of the OECD. Applications with a focus area outside of the DAC-list should justify their selection.

GRANT

The grant sum is up to 5 kCHF for students and postdocs and 20 kCHF for professors and senior scientists. 

APPLICATION

• Detailed budget (Downloadtemplate budget (XLSX, 15 KB)). The activities described in the project description should be accounted for in the budget. Please note that this grant does not cover expenses from the past.
• Single PDF containing the following:
  • Project description and objectives (Downloadtemplate project description (DOCX, 16 KB))
  • Project work plan and timeline in the form of a Gantt chart
  • Letter of support from the non-academic partner or collaborator in the country of focus
  • Financial confirmation letter by ETH professor or unit (more details in the criteria document)
  • CV of the applicant, including publication list (max. 2 pages)
  • One reference letter from within ETH (not necessary for applications from professors).

Find more information on the OFFICIAL LINK