In cooperation with the Intermediate Staff Association of the University of Bern, the Vice-Rectorate Research calls for proposals to the Fund for the Promotion of Young Researchers twice a year.
Application deadline: 16 October 2025
The European University Alliance ENLIGHT connects the University of Bern with nine other research-intensive comprehensive universities which jointly pursue the goal of structural development and create an interconnected campus for students, lecturers, researchers and employees.
The course teaches the basic principles of good scientific practice and gives an overview of international standards of conduct.
Transferable skills program for doctoral students and postdocs of every discipline.
The University of Bern, with its funding program "UniBE Short Travel Grants for (Post)Docs", supports doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers in attending short research stays abroad, to advance their own research projects and to gain more international experience.
Application deadlines 2026: 1 March / 1 September
UniBE Doc.Mobility is granted for stays abroad which usually last twelve months. Support takes place in the form of an employment as a doctoral student, but with a place of research abroad.
Application deadlines 2026: 1 March / 1 September
Lunchtime events concerning academic career, working conditions and intermediate staff politics.
The University of Bern's department of "Learning and Development" supports you in your teaching activities with coaching and around 50 events a year.
The COMET Career Programme supports female researchers in successfully pursuing their academic careers.