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.