EPFL 2022 Junior Faculty Development Programme for African Scholars for Master

The Junior Faculty Development (JFD) programme is the first programme launched within the framework of the “Excellence in Africa” initiative.

It is pairing up early-stage professors in Africa with EPFL professors, providing funding for jointly-designed research projects over a period of 4 to 5 years. In the course of their project, the Africa-based professors will complete a secondment of up to one year in the laboratory of their colleague at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).

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École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Information

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Grants

EPFL 2022 Junior Faculty Development Programme for African Scholars for Master Founded in 1969, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne) is a non-profit public higher education institution located in the suburban setting of the large town of Lausanne (population range of 50,000-249,999 inhabitants), Vaud. Officially accredited and/or recognized by the Staatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation, Schweiz (State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation, Switzerland), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is a large (uniRank enrollment range: 10,000-14,999 students) coeducational higher education institution. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees such as bachelor degrees, master degrees, doctorate degrees in several areas of study. See the uniRank degree levels and areas of study matrix below for further details. This 50 years old higher-education institution has a selective admission policy based on students' past academic record and grades. International students are welcome to apply for enrollment.

Eligibility Criteria

  • Applicant must be employed or due to be hired by an African higher education institution.
  • Must have earned a PhD degree between January 1, 2011 and November 16, 2022.
  • Must have an outstanding research and publication track record.
  • Must submit a research project that comprises an activity that falls in whole or in part of current domains of scientific or technological research activity at EPFL.
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Offered Benefits

ligible costs include and are limited to:

  • Personnel costs
    • Personnel costs at the host institution of the applicant, but not the salary of the Junior Faculty grantee, who must be employed and paid by his/her African host institution.
    • Personnel costs for a maximum of CHF 210,000 for the full duration of the project for personnel employed on the research project in the laboratory of the EPFL professor.
  • Travel costs
    • Travel, including participation in conferences and workshops and travel linked to the collaboration.
  • Equipment and research funds
    • Scientific equipment(s) and other infrastructure of durable value.
    • Research funds, including consumables, direct costs of infrastructure use, computing time and data access, publication costs, and justified expenses of third parties (subcontracting).
  • Living allowance for secondment at EPFL
    • A living allowance may be approved if there is a written official confirmation from the host institution in Africa that a living allowance for secondment at EPFL cannot be covered by the host institution.
  • Institutional contribution
    • No overheads are allowed for this programme; instead, an amount of maximum CHF 20,000 per year can be dedicated to a defined project aimed at the betterment of the Junior Faculty grantee’s host institution.

Application Process

The application and evaluation process includes two stages.

  • Please read carefully the  application guidelines.
  • All required documents must be submitted on the  online submission platform.
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