Type of Grants:
One-year grants, semester grants, short-term grants

Programs for:
Graduates, Postgraduates, PhD students, Visiting student researchers, Postdoctoral researchers, Faculty

Fields:
All fields of study
 

Dr. Heinrich Medicus, a late Swiss professor at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Albany) made a permanent gift of stock to the Swiss Benevolent Society of New York (SBS) to establish an exchange program between Switzerland and the United States for qualified students and scholars. The program offers funding for pursuing study at the master’s or Ph.D. level, or teaching and research at post-doctoral level, at any recognized institution of higher education in the United States.

Medicus grants
2 - 5 partial grants of about US$ 10,000 each to be used toward the cost of tuition and other academic expenses. Grant lengths range from three months to one academic year, and are not renewable.

swissuniversities uses the Fulbright online application for the Medicus grants:

Students: https://apply.iie.org/ffsp2024

Scholars: https://apply.iie.org/fvsp2024

Applicants for a Medicus grant must apply individually for university admission. To be definitely eligible for the grant, the selected candidates must have obtained an official letter of admission by the admissions’ office of the host university.