Overview
Application deadline
Complete fellowship details
Application deadline
A rolling call for Master Thesis Fellowship applications is open. Applications may be submitted throughout the year. The 15th call will open on 3 December 2026. The submission deadline for Stage 1 (see Selection process) will be 25 February 2027 (17:00 CET).
Application toolkit
Please, read carefully all documents available in the application toolkit to prepare your application. The toolkit for Master Thesis Fellowship applications is available here. The toolkit for Doctoral and Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship applications (14th call) is available here.
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. The CYD Fellowships is a talent program for cyber-defence research. It offers Master Thesis, Doctoral, and Distinguished Postdoctoral fellowships to candidates with an outstanding academic and, if applicable, professional track record. This program is highly competitive, and the primary evaluation criterion is excellence, as measured by academic records and professional accomplishments. Candidates applying for a CYD fellowship are expected to have excellent grade transcripts. The Master Thesis fellowships are on a rolling-call basis so Master students may apply any time. There are two calls per year for Doctoral and Distinguished Postdoctoral fellowships. The 15th call will open on 3 December 2026. The deadline for applications will be 25 February 2027 (17:00 CET). Both new applications and resubmissions are encouraged. 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.
CYD Master Thesis Fellowships
Living allowance and research funds for 6 months More details here
CYD Doctoral Fellowships
Salary, research and conference funds for 4 years (with a possible one-year extension) More details here
CYD Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowships
Salary, research and conference funds for up to 2 years More details here
Submission platform
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Contact
EPFL Research Office Av. Auguste-Piccard 1 CH – 1015 Lausanne [email protected]
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