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December 15, 2025
Our current EPFL IC PhDs (EPIC) edited an applying to PhD guide, which includes tips and words of wisdom from their direct experience. They also gathered some volunteers to review the application material (SoPs and resumes), aimed for applicants who might lack mentorship. If it’s your case, please check them out here!
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Cyber-Defence (CYD) Fellowships – Call for Master Thesis, Doctoral and Distinguished Postdoctoral Applications in Switzerland
To promote research and education in cyber-defence, the EPFL and the Cyber-Defence (CYD) Campus have jointly launched the “CYD Fellowships – A Talent Program for Cyber-Defence Research.”
The 12th call for applications is now open with a rolling call for Master Thesis Fellowship applications and with a deadline of 20 August 2025 (17:00 CEST) for Doctoral and Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship applications. In addition, a CYD Proof of Concept Fellowship program is also now available via an open rolling call. Read more here.
An online Applicant Workshop will be held on 8 July 2025 (11-11:45 CEST).
The CYD Fellowships are supported by armasuisse Science and Technology. For more information contact the EPFL Research Office ([email protected]) or visit the CYD Fellowships dedicated website.
Cyber-Defence (CYD) Fellowships – Proof of concept
The EPFL and the Cyber-Defence (CYD) Campus have jointly launched the brand-new CYD Proof of Concept Fellowships as part of the wider CYD Fellowships programme.
A rolling call for applications under this scheme is currently open and talented future entrepreneurs with an innovative vision in cyber-defence are strongly encouraged to apply.
CYD Proof of Concept fellows should be hosted by a Swiss higher education research center, their own startup based in Switzerland or at the EPFL Innovation Park. They must conduct their project at the CYD Campus located on the premises of EPFL and ETHZ and at its head office in Thun.
The CYD Campus is a cyber-competence center acting as an anticipation platform for identifying and assessing technologies, commercial and social cyber trends, as well as the resulting usage scenarios.