Three new INSPIRE Potentials fellows will join MARVEL for their Master's research projects

• Cecilia Botta from Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italy, will join the group of Daniele Passerone at Empa from March 2025.
• Sofiia Chorna from the ENSTA, Paris, France, will join the group of Michele Ceriotti at EPFL from April 2025.
• Niya Petkova from University of St Andrews, UK, will join the group of Giuseppe Carleo at EPFL from July 2025.

These three students bring the number of fellowships to 56 since the 2016 launch of the initiative, which involves two calls per year. Of these, 15 are already continuing at the PhD level in a MARVEL group or ex-MARVEL group. Of those who left, at least 21 are continuing at the PhD level outside MARVEL in Switzerland or abroad. For those continuing at the PhD level in the field of MARVEL, the INSPIRE Potentials project is often crucial in the decision to stay in the domain.

Take the opportunity to discover the testimonials of some of our previous INSPIRE Potentials fellows here .

The INSPIRE Potentials fellowships aim to empower excellent female students to conduct their Master's research project in simulation and modelling in a laboratory belonging to the NCCR MARVEL. They consist of a six-month 12'000 CHF fellowship (+ 500 CHF for travel + separate coverage of tuition fees and medical insurance (for non EU participants)). 

Please note that the next application deadline is 15 April 2025. All the information is available here.