Every year, NCCR Robotics opens a call for scholarships for female
master students who wish to spend a period of 3-6 months in an NCCR
Robotics lab.
Application Deadline: 5th September 2019
Eligible Countries: International
To be taken at (country): Switzerland
About the Award: The NCCR Robotics Master Scholarship for Women
aims to allow excellent female students to come within the NCCR labs
and take advantage of their infrastructure/competence to run an
ambitious master project.
NCCR Robotics can offer supervision in a
stimulating research environment as well as social and networking
events with students and researchers from the group.
This initiative seeks to promote and stimulate the work of women researchers in the field of robotics.
Type: Masters
Eligibility: The scholarship is directed to female master students about to start their master’s research work/thesis, who:
demonstrate outstanding motivation and potential to conduct their project in one of the labs of an NCCR Robotics PI
meet the requirements for student enrolment at the host university.
Applying
students must already be enrolled in a Master course as a regular
student in their home institution. The internship should be part of
their curriculum.
Number of Awards: Not specified
Value of Award: A
Scholarship of Excellence will be awarded to selected candidates to
cover main costs of travel, accommodation and living expenses.Up to 5
scholarships per year can be attributed, each up to CHF 2.000 per month,
for a duration of 3 to 6 months.
If
selected, students can choose from one of the NCCR Robotics labs,
hosted at EPFL, ETH Zürich, Universities of Zürich and Bern or Istituto
Dalle Molle di Studi sull’Intelligenza Artificiale.
Interested candidates must get their home institution international exchange office’s green light to apply.
Combining
this scholarship with others is not possible. Candidates are required
to declare all the scholarships they will receive during their master,
and eligibility will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Duration of Award: 3-6 months
How to Apply: Documents and forms to be filled for your application (incomplete and late applications will not be considered):
Application form (available soon)
Curriculum vitae
Motivation letter (maximum 1000 words)
Official transcripts from your university stating your academic results of the last 2 years up to the most recent one
2 reference letters from a Professor or/and previous employer (maximum 1000 words)
Scan of your passport / id card
It is important to go through all application requirements on
the Programme Webpage (see link below) before applying
