feminno Round 9 - Start in Sept 2025

Welcome to the application tool

Good to see you here. We are curious to get to know you.

Please complete the form below and hand it in by July 31, 2025 at the latest. You can not enter data and leave the site, you may lose your data. Therefore, please prepare your answers in a word file and complete the form in one step.

In case you have any question or issue regarding your application to feminno round 9, please get in contact with Daniela Gunz, feminno program coordinator (daniela.gunz@uzh.ch) - on vacation from June 19 to July 20!

Thank you !

We have confirmed your application with an email. We are curious to learn who you are and will be in touch with you by mid-August 2025.

Name

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We ask you a couple of questions. Please be brief. You only have 1500 characters for each question.

Motivation

Why do you wish to take part in this program? What key questions, decisions, and challenges are you currently facing in your career, and how can the program help you master them? What do you expect from the program? Which experiences, competencies, knowledge, networking etc. do you wish to gain?

Academic Research

Tell us about your research as a PhD, Postdoc etc. How relevant is your research for this program?

Startup Idea

What is innovative about your research and how would you like to develop an innovative project from your research? Describe your idea as best as you can (technology, product). Describe the problem that the technology or product proposes to solve.

Personal Development Plan

Where are you today, and where do you want to be in 5 years, with your startup or industry job? What are your next steps? What are you doing now to reach your goals? What professional field do you intend to work in? What role, what responsibilities do you see yourself filling there? SWOT analysis: Give a short description of your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats when taking the next steps in your career plan.

Please upload your CV (3 pages max.)

CV as PDF, labelled with your name max 3MB

Please upload as PDF

I have understood the fees that apply. I acknowledge that if I cancel my participation after I have been chosen for the program (Aug 15), I will need to pay 50 CHF for admin purposes.

CHF 150 for a PhD student and CHF 400 for a Postdoc of ETH Zurich or University of Zurich. CHF 800 for all other postdocs and PhD students of a Swiss University or University of Applied Sciences (other than ETH Zurich and University of Zurich). CHF 2200 for an alumna.