{"id":814,"date":"2026-08-14T16:30:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T16:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolnews.com.ng\/scholarship\/swiss-government-excellence-scholarships\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T16:30:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T16:30:19","slug":"swiss-government-excellence-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schoolnews.com.ng\/scholarship\/swiss-government-excellence-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships (PhD &amp; Research): How to Apply"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-europe","category-phd"],"acf":{"host_country":"Switzerland","host_school":"Swiss public universities and institutions (via SBFI\/ESKAS)","closing_date":null,"study_type":["International Students"],"level_of_study":["phd"],"study_area":["Any\/All fields of study"],"scholarship_value":"CHF 2,450 monthly stipend plus programme benefits &mdash; confirm details on the SBFI country page","description":"<p><strong>Quick answer:<\/strong> The <strong>Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships<\/strong> fund PhD-level and postdoctoral <strong>research fellowships in any discipline<\/strong> at Swiss universities, with a monthly stipend of <strong>CHF 2,450<\/strong>. Nigeria is among the 183 eligible countries, and applications are routed through the <strong>Embassy of Switzerland in Abuja<\/strong> &mdash; not directly to the Swiss government.<\/p><p>For the <strong>2027\/28 cycle<\/strong>, the SBFI publishes each country&rsquo;s application pack and deadline from <strong>20 August 2026<\/strong>. Nigeria&rsquo;s exact deadline is not out yet &mdash; check the SBFI country list (or the Swiss Embassy Abuja website) from that date. Recent cycles for Nigeria have closed in late November.<\/p>","eligibility":"<ul><li>Master&rsquo;s degree (or equivalent) completed before the start of the fellowship.<\/li><li>Aged <strong>35 or under<\/strong> at application.<\/li><li>A research proposal endorsed by a <strong>Swiss host professor<\/strong> &mdash; you need a letter of support from an academic at your target Swiss university before applying.<\/li><li>Application is <strong>free<\/strong>; the SBFI itself warns against anyone charging fees for these scholarships.<\/li><\/ul>","official_scholarship_link":"https:\/\/www.sbfi.admin.ch\/en\/swiss-government-excellence-scholarships","additional_info":"<p><strong>How to apply:<\/strong> (1) identify a Swiss professor in your field and get a supervision\/support letter; (2) download Nigeria&rsquo;s application pack from the SBFI page when the 2027\/28 documents appear (from 20 August 2026); (3) submit your dossier as instructed &mdash; for Nigeria this goes through the Swiss Embassy in Abuja. 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