ETH4D Research Challenges & Pilot Grants
ETH4D Research Challenges
The goal of the ETH4D Research Challenges is to enable collaborations on project-?based research between ETH researchers, non-?academic partners and partners from low- and lower-middle ?income countries to develop effective solutions for poverty reduction.
An ETH4D Research Challenge needs to be a clearly defined research question that has the objective of creating positive impact for people living in low- and lower-middle-income countries. It must be a research question related to (a) the research interests of an ETH Zurich research group and (b) the current or future work of a private or public organisation. Only solid research proposals with high scientific quality will be funded.
ETH4D Pilot Grants
ETH4D Pilot Grants provide a smaller amount of funding to explore new collaborations or pilot new applied research projects in low- and lower-middle income countries.
ETH4D Pilot Grants can be used for feasibility and pilot studies that might lead to a proposal for a larger research collaboration.
Main application criteria
Main applicant: ETH professor from any discipline of the ETH domain.
Grant sum: 20 - 200 kCHF
Matching funds: The applicant and/or project partners must provide 50% of the requested grant sum in the form of in-kind and/or cash contributions.
Project duration: up to 18 months
Eligible partner countries: All countries in the external pageOECD DAC-LIST 2024-2025call_made except for upper-middle income countries. If well justified, projects in upper middle-income countries can be funded in exceptional cases.
Application Documents:
- Project narrative (Downloadusing narrative template (DOCX, 47 KB)vertical_align_bottom)
- Bibliography
- Work packages and Milestones shown in a Gantt-Chart.
- Budget (Downloadusing budget template (XLSX, 16 KB)vertical_align_bottom)
- Letter(s) of support from the non-academic partner(s), clearly stating the interest in the project and the partnership, its relevance to the organisation, and the time-related and financial contributions the partner is willing to make to the project
- CVs of all involved partners (2 pages max. per partner)
Please read the DownloadEligibility Criteria and Application Requirements (PDF, 162 KB)vertical_align_bottom before applying.
All application documents must be written in English and submitted in this online application form.
Main applicant: ETH professor from any discipline of the ETH domain.
Grant sum: up to 20 kCHF
Project duration: up to 18 months
Eligible partner countries: All countries in the external pageOECD DAC-LIST 2024-2025call_made except for upper-middle income countries. If well justified, projects in upper middle-income countries can be funded in exceptional cases.
Application Documents:
- Project narrative (Downloadusing narrative template (DOCX, 47 KB)vertical_align_bottom)
- Bibliography
- Work packages and Milestones shown in a Gantt-Chart
- Budget (Downloadusing budget template (XLSX, 14 KB)vertical_align_bottom)
- Letter(s) of support from the non-academic partner(s), clearly stating the interest in the project and the partnership, its relevance to the organisation, and the time-related and financial contributions the partner is willing to make to the project
- CVs of all involved partners (2 pages max. per partner)
Please read the DownloadEligibility Criteria and Application Requirements (PDF, 162 KB)vertical_align_bottom before applying.
All application documents must be written in English and submitted in this online application form.
Research Challenge & Pilot Project Grantees
ETH4D currently supports several ongoing Research Challenge & Pilot projects.
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