EPFL CYD Fellowships – Cyber-Defence Research Talent Program

This fellowship programme at EPFL (in partnership with Cyber-Defence Campus) supports excellent researchers, students, and future entrepreneurs working on new solutions in cybersecurity, data science, and related fields.

What You’ll Get:

• Fully funded fellowships for different levels: Master thesis work (≈ 6 months), doctoral studies (up to 4 years + possible extension), distinguished postdoctoral (≈ 2 years), and proof-of-concept projects (12 months).

• Funding includes salary or monthly living allowance, research costs, and support for travel/conferences in the doctoral and postdoctoral tracks.

• Access to CYD Campus infrastructure based in Switzerland (EPFL / ETH Zurich, Thun, etc.), mentorship, and startup or commercialization pathways where relevant.

Who Can Apply:

• Applicants of any nationality.

• Must be associated with or supervised by a Swiss higher education institution (for most tracks).

• Students must be enrolled (Master / PhD), or postdocs researchers with a strong track record.

• Proof of concept track also open to those with entrepreneurial vision (e.g. start-ups, product/service ideas in cyber-defence).

Focus Areas / Mission:

• Research in protecting confidentiality, integrity, availability of cyber- and cyber-physical systems.

• Data sharing, fusion, crowdsourcing in cyber systems.

• AI / data science methods for security-relevant data.

• Privacy, trust, security technologies.

Timelines & Deadlines:

• Doctoral & Distinguished Postdoc tracks: next application deadline 20 August 2025 (17:00 CEST).

• Master Thesis & Proof-of-Concept tracks: open on rolling calls, no fixed deadline.