CYD Fellowships
Cyber-Defence Campus: research, development and training for cyber defence
A Talent Program for Cyber-Defence Research
Cyber-threats have been accelerating due to the exponential growth of network connectivity. These new capabilities provide myriad opportunities for security hackers to wreak significant damage for commercial, political, or other gains.
CYD Fellowships are designed to promote new solutions to major challenges in the fields of security and data science by bringing together basic and applied research in cyber-defence.
CYD fellows are hosted by a higher education institution in Switzerland and conduct their research at the CYD Campus located on the premises of EPFL and ETHZ and in its 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.
Interested researchers may apply twice a year for CYD fellowships. The first call for applications is now closed, and a new call will be launched on 15 June 2020 with a deadline set on 31 August 2020 (17:00 CET). Both new applications and resubmissions are strongly encouraged.
Living allowance, research and conference funds for 6 months
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Salary, research and conference funds for 4 years (with a possible one-year extension)
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Salary, research and conference funds for up to 3 years
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The first call for applications was closed on 15 April 2020. The second call for applications will be opened on 15 June 2020 with a deadline set on 31 August 2020 (17:00 CET).
The application toolkit of the second call for proposals will be available as of 15 June 2020.
Access the application platform here.
