INSPIRE Potentials – MARVEL Master's Fellowships

An initiative to broaden the opportunities for women in science

This is an initiative started in 2016 by the NCCR MARVEL, and currently planned up until 2025 where we offer 6-months fellowships to women students to conduct their Master's research thesis in a group participating in MARVEL. There were 8 fellowships available every year (typically 4 for each round of applications, but with some flexibility in case of many excellent candidates); each fellowship amounts to 12'000 CHF. You can find here:

All the detailed information, and application procedure
The list of the previous and current INSPIRE Potentials fellows together with some of their interviews
The INSPIRE Potentials poster as pdf file — please print and distribute!

The 15 April 2025 deadline is the last call directly supported by the NCCR MARVEL. Those internships should start at the latest in November 2025.

The details for the 15 October 2025 call are not yet known. They will be shared here in due time.

This initiative was initiated in close collaboration with the NCCR QSIT — Quantum Science and Technology, with a parallel offer in their field. Since 2021, the program there is continued by the Quantum Center, ETH Zürich and the NCCR SPIN