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The Biozentrum encourages talented, ambitious and highly motivated young scientists to apply to the Biozentrum Basel International PhD Program. This program offers prestigious PhD fellowships that are awarded on a competitive basis, provide direct entry into the Biozentrum PhD program and offer the fellows a unique rotation-based selection of a research group of their own choice and a number of other incentives.

Scholarship Level: PhD - Postgraduate

Application deadline: June 20th, 2017.

Host institution: University Of Basel, Switzerland

Scholarship degree subject: PhD degree programmes in Molecular Life Sciences

Scholarship benefit(s): PhD fellowships offers:

The “Fellowships for Excellence” cover the salary of the fellows for three years (including rotations). Should the PhD thesis exceed this time, group leaders and fellows are expected to together identify alternative funding. In addition, other incentives are offered to “Fellowships for Excellence” PhD students to support their scientific and personal growth. Currently the following perks are in place (annual changes may apply):

A personal, annual stipend, e.g. to allow attendance of meetings, acquisition of books or computers (currently CHF 6’000 total for 3 years).
Preferential registration for some courses in the Biozentrum Graduate Teaching program.
Yearly study trip to a city with ties to Siemens, e.g. Berlin, Munich, St. Petersburg.
Scientific meetings and networking opportunities with current “Fellowships for Excellence” students and alumni.
Personal certificate of acceptance into the “Fellowships for Excellence” program.
Support for the preparation of the personal CV and postdoctoral application by Biozentrum faculty members in the “Fellowships for Excellence” committee.
Financial support for travel to postdoctoral interviews at the end of the PhD thesis.
Target Nationality: International students can apply for these PhD fellowships.

Eligibility: The following eligibility criteria applies:

This program offers prestigious PhD fellowships that are awarded on a competitive basis, provide direct entry into the Biozentrum PhD program and offer the fellows a unique rotation-based selection of a research group of their own choice and a number of other incentives. Applicants must:


Before enrollment, applicants must either already hold or anticipate to receive a university degree that qualifies them for a PhD program at the University of Basel (MSc, Diploma, etc.). In exceptional cases, outstanding students with a BSc degree are also eligible to apply to the “Fellowships for Excellence” program; they however will have to pass additional courses at the Biozentrum after acceptance. PhD students who already have enrolled at the Biozentrum or plan to start their PhD thesis before September 1 of the same year as the open call are not eligible to apply to the “Fellowships for Excellence” program.

Application information:

The mode of application for the PhD fellowships is online. For the application, electronic copies of the diploma/MSc degree with grades and transcripts as pdf files, a CV or scientific resume (maximum one page, pdf format), a description of research interests in general and one with a specific focus on a potential PhD thesis at the Biozentrum as well as the names and contact information of 2 referees from the candidate’s previous academic environment (usually faculty members) are required. The referees will be contacted automatically and will be asked for an online evaluation as well as a reference letter.

Scholarship URL: http://fundingforstudy.com/2017/02/04/university-basel-phd-scholarships-international-students/