Call for Applications: 2025 “Swiss L’Oréal - UNESCO For Women in Science Award”

We are pleased to announce the opening of the 2025 “Swiss L’Oréal - UNESCO For Women in Science” Program, an initiative jointly organized by L'Oréal Switzerland, the Swiss Commission for UNESCO, and the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences SATW. This prestigious program aims to recognize and support the exceptional contributions of women scientists in Switzerland across STEM fields.

The program is committed to empowering women in science, fostering gender equality in research, and providing professional and financial recognition to outstanding women researchers.

For this first edition, the program will award a total of CHF 100,000 distributed in 4 endowments of CHF 25,000 each to postdoctoral female researchers conducting exceptional work in STEM fields in Switzerland.

Key Information:

Eligibitlity Criteria:
Applicants must:

  • Identify as female and have completed a PhD in STEM fields (life and environmental sciences, physical sciences, mathematics, computer sciences, engineering, architecture, or medicine). Psychology, education sciences, and social sciences are not eligible.
  • Have no more than three years of full-time equivalent postdoctoral research experience, excluding career breaks but including teaching and/or industry experience.
  • Not currently hold, have previously held, or been promised a permanent academic position.
  • Be conducting research at a Swiss university or research institute, but may be of any nationality.

Applications are welcome from candidates seeking to establish or re-establish their research career after a career break.

We kindly ask for your support in disseminating this opportunity within your institution and among your networks. Your engagement will help us identify and celebrate the exceptional contributions of women in science. Should you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Edith Schnapper, Head of STEM Promotion at the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences: / 044 226 50 26

Best regards,
The For Women in Science project team:

Nathalie Berclaz, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs Director | Effie Mataliotaki, Head of Corporate Affairs & Engagement, L’Oréal Switzerland 
Edith Schnapper, Head of STEM Promotion, Swiss Academy of Engineering Engineering Sciences SATW
Gabriela Tejada, Vice-president of the Swiss Commission for UNESCO, Deputy Director of the College of Humanities at EPFL 

Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences SATW / D. Spichiger, SCS
03.02.2025