Switzerland - 2025

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Switzerland - 2025

Welcome to our platform For Women in Science.
Switzerland will launch the Program beginning 2025. You will soon be able to read the full details about this call for application.
Thank you for your understanding. We are looking forward to your next visit!

For Women in Science is the successful global cooperation of UNESCO and L'Oréal. Together, these two partners have promoted women in science since 1998 – strengthening the excellence of research, fostering gender equality and highlighting the visibility of women in research ("role models").
The “Swiss L’ORÉAL- UNESCO For Women in Science” Program will be launched in 2025 in partnership with L’Oréal Switzerland, the Swiss Commission for UNESCO and the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences SATW. The Swiss program will support four outstanding female early-career scientists working in Switzerland each year - with an award worth 25,000 Swiss francs.

Calendar

What are the key dates ?

  • February 3, 2025 Start of the call for application/nomination
  • March 31, 2025 Closing of the call for application/nomination
  • September 4, 2025 Candidates' final selection

Program Overview

Partners
  • L'Oréal Switzerland
  • The Swiss Commission for UNESCO
  • The Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences SATW
Award(s) of the Prize

4 endowments

Amount per endowment

25,000 CHF per endowment

Main eligibility criteria
  • Candidates must identify as female postdoctoral level researchers who have already been completed their Phd in the STEM fields of life and environmental science, physical sciences, mathematics and computing, engineering, architecture or medicine.
  • Candidates must have no more than 3 years’ active full-time equivalent postdoctoral experience (discounting career breaks but including teaching experience and/or time spent in industry).
  • Candidates must not currently hold a permanent academic position or have ever held a permanent academic position in the past or have received a promise of a permanent academic position before the start date of the award.
  • Candidates must conduct research in the fields of life and environmental sciences, physical sciences, mathematics and computing, engineering, architecture or medicine.
  • Psychology, education sciences, and social sciences are not eligible for this award.
  • Candidates may be citizens of any country but must be conducting their research at a Swiss university or research institute.
  • Applications are also welcome from candidates who wish to establish/re-establish themselves after a career break or other period of absence from active research in the STEM fields.
Selection criteria
  • Excellence of the applicant’s current and past research
  • Relevant, timely, clearly articulated research proposal
  • Feasibility of the proposed activities
  • Potential to leverage the grant to enhance the candidate's career and/or assist with a successful return to scientific research
Initial launch date
2025