The EPFL and the Cyber-Defence (CYD) Campus have jointly launched the CYD Fellowships – 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.
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. Candidates applying for a CYD fellowship are expected to have excellent grade transcripts.
SUMMARY:
- Fellowship Sponsor(s): EPFL-Stanford Exchange Programme
- Fellowship Type: Fully funded
- Host Institution(s): EPFL
- Number of Awards: Several
- Study Level: Masters, Doctoral & Post-doctoral
- Nationality: All Nationalities
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CYD Fellowships 2027 | DETAILS
The CYD Campus is a cyber-competence Centre acting as an anticipation platform for identifying and assessing technologies, commercial and social cyber trends, as well as the resulting usage scenarios.
Interested researchers may apply twice a year for Doctoral and Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowships. Both new applications and resubmissions are strongly encouraged.
- CYD Master Thesis Fellowships
- CYD Doctoral Fellowships
- CYD Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowships
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.
Eligibility Criteria
- The fellowships are offered to candidates with an outstanding academic and, if applicable, professional track record
- Applicants must have excellent grade transcript
- Applicants must current be studying for masters, doctoral or Post-doctoral degree
- Applicants must be ready to conduct a research in the fields of security and data science by bringing together basic and applied research in cyber-defence.
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Application Procedures
How-to-Apply: Interested applicants for the CYD Fellowships 2027 are to read through all documents available in the application toolkit to prepare their application.
- Refer here for the toolkit for Master Thesis Fellowship applications.
- Refer here for the toolkit for Doctoral and Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship applications.
- Interested researchers may apply twice a year for Doctoral and Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowships.
- Both new applications and resubmissions are strongly encouraged.
Application Deadline: February 25, 2027
