More Opportunities for SAYN Members: Awards, Grants and Fellowships

Travel support for scientifically active SAYN members presenting their research at national or international neurological congresses.

SAYeNce Travel Grant

Research funding for physicians in neurological specialist training who have not yet obtained the FMH specialist title in neurology. Supports clinical neuroscience as well as applied basic and translational research.

SNS Research Fellowship

Award for outstanding scientific work in clinical neurology or applied basic/translational neurological research.

SNS Prize

Award specifically intended for early-career neurologists who are SNS members and still undergoing specialist training in neurology.

Ellermann Young Researcher Award

Scientific award of the Mogens and Wilhelm Ellermann Foundation for research in neurological sciences, with preference given to younger researchers.

Ellermann Award

Awards for outstanding scientific contributions presented at the SNS Annual Meeting.

Déjérine-Dubois Prize & SAYN Award

The SNS maintains an additional collection of external prizes, fellowships and research opportunities relevant to neurological sciences.

Other Awards & Fellowships

The Swiss Federation of Clinical Neuro-Societies (SFCNS) and its Young Clinical Neuroscientists Network (YouCliN) provide interdisciplinary opportunities across the Swiss clinical neurosciences.

Supports participation in educational courses and scientific meetings relevant to clinical neuroscience.

YouCliN Awards

Recognises outstanding theses in clinical neuroscience.

YouCliN Awards

Award for outstanding independent research publications by young clinical neuroscientists.

YouCliN Awards

Supports a one-month interdisciplinary clinical-neuroscience exchange at another institution within Switzerland. Particularly relevant for physicians approaching completion of specialist training or shortly thereafter.

YouCliN NeXus Training Program

Supports research at a European academic neurological department outside the applicant's country of residence. Opportunities include longer Research Training Fellowships and shorter Research Experience Fellowships.

EAN Research Fellowship

Supports short observational clinical stays at European neurological departments with recognised expertise in particular neurological fields.

EAN Clinical Fellowship

Short neurological training experience for medical students interested in neurology.

EAN Student Teaser Fellowship

Central directory for current EAN fellowships and funding opportunities.

EAN Fellowships & Funding

Additional research programmes, grants and funding opportunities promoted by EAN.

EAN Research Programmes & Funding

Supports postdoctoral researchers undertaking research stays abroad and can include a return phase to Switzerland.

SNSF Postdoc.Mobility

Supports international scientific exchange, including shorter research visits abroad and visits of international researchers to Switzerland.

SNSF Scientific Exchanges

Supports eligible doctoral researchers working within SNSF-funded projects in undertaking research stays abroad.

SNSF Mobility Grants in Projects

Search for additional funding instruments according to career stage and type of research.

SNSF – Find a Funding Scheme

An important funding programme for young physicians entering clinical research. Beginner Grants can provide protected research time, while Project Grants support subsequent research projects.

Young Talents in Clinical Research

Protected research time for more advanced clinician-scientists combining clinical work with an academic research career.

Advanced Physician Scientists Grants

Supports physicians pursuing structured combined medical and scientific training.

National MD-PhD Programme

Prestigious award for research advancing the recognition, treatment or cure of diseases of the nervous system.

Robert Bing Prize

Award for outstanding research in neurological basic sciences.

Théodore Ott Prize

The SAMS maintains an overview of its current research grants, fellowships and awards.

SAMS Research Funding

A substantial fellowship supporting postdoctoral researchers pursuing an academic career in neuroscience in Switzerland.

Swiss Brain League

Award for outstanding brain research conducted predominantly at Swiss institutions.

Swiss Brain League – Brain Research

Supports young researchers, including funding for research training and further education abroad as well as medical research projects in Switzerland.

Scholarships for Stays Abroad

Medical Research Funding

Supports physicians during or shortly after specialist training who undertake additional specialist clinical training, usually at an internationally recognised institution abroad.

Max Cloëtta Foundation

Supports neurological research projects conducted by researchers working at Swiss institutions.

Baasch-Medicus Foundation

Research funding focused on Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders, including career-development opportunities for young researchers.

Synapsis Foundation

Do not overlook your own university. Swiss universities provide mobility grants that can complement or substitute national funding programmes.

Funding and career-development opportunities for early-career researchers.

University of Bern – Early-Career Research Funding

Supports doctoral researchers undertaking research stays abroad.

UZH Doc.Mobility

Mobility scholarships for doctoral researchers.

University of Basel – Mobility Scholarships

Funding for doctoral mobility and research stays abroad.

University of Geneva – Doc.Mobility

Additional funding opportunities, including support for research stays abroad.

FAG – Research Stays Abroad

Central resource for scholarships offered by foreign governments to Swiss students and researchers for study and research abroad.

Government Scholarships for Study and Research Abroad

Information on programmes including Fulbright and other opportunities for Swiss researchers undertaking study or research in the United States.

swissuniversities – Grants for the USA

Specialist neurological societies frequently provide their own research grants, fellowships, educational programmes and travel support. Depending on your field of interest, these can be among the most relevant opportunities available.

ESO offers fellowships, educational activities, research programmes and opportunities for young stroke physicians and researchers.

European Stroke Organisation

ESO Educational & Fellowship Activities

ECTRIMS offers several competitive research and clinical fellowships, travel grants and educational programmes in multiple sclerosis and neuroimmunology.

ECTRIMS

ECTRIMS Fellowships

IHS offers Junior Research Grants, travel grants, scientific awards, educational opportunities and the International Headache Academy (iHEAD).

IHS Grants, Awards & Training Programmes

Provides research funding and scientific prizes in epilepsy, including opportunities for early-career researchers.

Swiss League Against Epilepsy

Alfred Hauptmann Award

The European Huntington's Disease Network and International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society provide fellowships, educational programmes and training opportunities.

European Huntington's Disease Network

International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society

The International Foundation for Research in Paraplegia provides research grants and postdoctoral fellowships supporting spinal cord injury research.

IRP Foundation

The Synapsis Foundation supports research into Alzheimer's disease and related neurodegenerative disorders and offers funding opportunities for researchers at different career stages.

Synapsis Foundation