Employer profile for Society in Science - The Branco Weiss Fellowship

Society in Science – The Branco Weiss Fellowship is unique. It provides young researchers around the world with a generous personal grant, giving them the freedom to work on whatever topic they choose anywhere in the world, for a maximum duration of five years.

This research funding is designed to support postdoctoral researchers after their PhD and before their first faculty appointment. Those in current postdoctoral positions are also eligible.

Society in Science was initiated and financed by the Swiss entrepreneur Dr. Branco Weiss, who passed away in October 2010. The program is coordinated by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH).