About
The Zeno Karl Schindler Foundation was created in August 2005 in Geneva by Jacqueline C. Schindler in memory of her father Zeno Karl Schindler, an eminent electronic engineer and former CEO of Schindler Holding. The foundation's purpose is to encourage, develop and support cutting-edge research in engineering, environmental sciences, medieval studies (including languages, literature, philology, history, art history, musicology, philosophy, and theology), and Digital Humanities at the intersection of medieval disciplines and information sciences. Since 2005, the foundation has granted more than 500 subsidies and scholarships to researchers and academics of any nationality.
Funding Opportunities
Master Thesis Grant
The Zeno Karl Schindler Foundation Master Thesis Grant supports collaborative inter-university cutting-edge research for master's students with top academic credentials. The grant is available for students studying towards an engineering degree (including environmental engineering and scientific design/construction applications), medieval disciplines, or digital humanities at the intersection of medieval disciplines and computer or data science. The grant aims to encourage research collaboration between two universities located in two different countries - the home university of the candidate and a hosting university or research institute. One of the two institutions must be situated and governed in Switzerland. The grant contributes to covering local living costs while the candidate visits the hosting institution in person for the entire period, along with travel costs for economy-class return airfare or train ticket. Applicants are expected to have grade point averages in the top tier (roughly top 10-15%) for their institution. The foundation emphasizes that this is a highly competitive program and will not provide information or justification for acceptance or rejection decisions. The grant cannot be used to cover fees charged by the hosting university, and all hosting-related fees must be waived or covered by the hosting chair or laboratory. The program requires exclusive attendance at the hosting university during the grant period and does not support students enrolled in existing inter-university degree or exchange programs for exchanges between those program universities.
Claudio Leonardi Fellowship
The Claudio Leonardi Fellowship of the Zeno Karl Schindler Foundation for Medieval Latin Studies has been established to support scholarship in Medieval Latin Studies, with a particular focus on research by young scholars. The fellowship was created in honor of Claudio Leonardi (1926-2010), founder and first President of the Società Internazionale per lo Studio del Medioevo Latino (S.I.S.M.E.L., Florence). The fellowship allows one doctoral or early-postdoctoral candidate to spend a period of three to six months abroad pursuing research in their chosen field with a monthly stipend of 2,500 Swiss francs. The period of stay abroad must be completed by the end of the year following the year in which the application was submitted. In addition, the recipient may make use of an additional subsidy of 3,000 Swiss francs toward the cost of publication of their doctoral thesis or postdoctoral research, on condition that the printed publication acknowledges the foundation support. The request for this additional subsidy must be made at latest three years after the date of the deposit of the thesis or research work.
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