{"id":9328,"date":"2026-08-26T09:20:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mef.sum.ba\/engl\/?p=9328"},"modified":"2026-08-26T09:20:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:20:17","slug":"swiss-government-excellence-scholarships-for-phd-and-research-programmes-in-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mef.sum.ba\/engl\/index.php\/2026\/08\/26\/swiss-government-excellence-scholarships-for-phd-and-research-programmes-in-switzerland\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships for PhD and Research Programmes in Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Academic Year 2027\u20132028<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Government of Switzerland, through the Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS), is pleased to announce the opening of the application cycle for Swiss Government<br \/>\nExcellence Scholarships for the 2027\u20132028 academic year.<br \/>\nThese prestigious scholarships are available to international scholars and researchers who wish to<br \/>\npursue:<br \/>\n\u25aa Doctoral (PhD) studies<br \/>\n\u25aa Research Fellowship<br \/>\nat Swiss higher education institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that Bachelor&#8217;s, Master&#8217;s and Arts programmes (including music and fine arts) are not eligible for this scholarship scheme.<br \/>\nHow does one apply for a Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship?<br \/>\nApplications must be submitted exclusively online via the GO ESKAS (Grants Online ESKAS):<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbfi.admin.ch\/scholarships_eng\">https:\/\/www.sbfi.admin.ch\/scholarships_eng<\/a><br \/>\nPaper submissions are no longer accepted!<br \/>\nTimeline<br \/>\n\u25aa Applications open on: 20 August 2026<br \/>\n\u25aa Application deadline: 20 November 2026<br \/>\nIf you have any questions that are not addressed on the SERI website, please email:<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:sarajevo.scholarships@eda.admin.ch\">sarajevo.scholarships@eda.admin.ch<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academic Year 2027\u20132028 The Government of Switzerland, through the Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS), is pleased to announce the opening of the application cycle for Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships for the 2027\u20132028 academic year. These prestigious scholarships are available to international scholars and researchers who wish to pursue: \u25aa Doctoral (PhD) studies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9329,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":7}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mef.sum.ba\/engl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mef.sum.ba\/engl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mef.sum.ba\/engl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mef.sum.ba\/engl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mef.sum.ba\/engl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9328"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mef.sum.ba\/engl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9330,"href":"https:\/\/mef.sum.ba\/engl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9328\/revisions\/9330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mef.sum.ba\/engl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mef.sum.ba\/engl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mef.sum.ba\/engl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mef.sum.ba\/engl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}