Candidates

The NCCR SPIN Internship Mobility Grants are aimed at Master’s students who wish to improve their scientific profile by carrying out their study project in a hosting team within the NCCR SPIN network while remaining enrolled at their home institution. They demonstrate excellence, potential and motivation to conduct their Master research or internship project in a laboratory of a principal investigator from NCCR SPIN

Their home institution can be in or outside of Switzerland.

The minimum stay is 3 weeks for a maximum of 9 months.

Candidates are expected to apply in preparation of their MSc thesis research or for a first year Master’s internship.

Award

If your home institution is in Switzerland:

• 800 CHF/month paid directly to the awardee for a stay up to 9 months.

If your home institution is outside of Switzerland:

• 1’200 CHF/month up to 9 months, paid directly to the awardee

• Up to 2’000 CHF of travel costs (one round trip, economy fare) reimbursed

Application procedure

Applications are evaluated on a rolling basis

Applications are to be submitted to Maria.longobardi@unibas.ch

Required documents:

• CV (curriculum vitae)

• Motivation letter including research goals

• Letter of acceptance from the host SPIN team (Consult the list of laboratories below to determine which groups interests you, and contact the associated principle investigator directly to discuss your potential research project)

• 1-2 recommendation letters

• Copy of your University degree(s) / transcripts from all grades

All documents should be in English. Diplomas in French, German or Italian will be accepted, too.

Selection

Selection is made on a competitive and rolling basis. The selected candidates are asked to confirm their venue within 2 weeks. Otherwise, the award may be attributed to another candidate.

Selected candidates are asked to start their stay in the host team at the NCCR SPIN within 6 months after confirmation of receiving the grant.

Payment of the award money is subject to the ongoing activity of the research project.

The funding will be prorated according to the length of the stay.

Travel costs of the awardee for typically one round trip (economy fare) to the home institution will be covered by NCCR SPIN (up to 2’000 CHF).

Accommodation, visa and other fees, etc. are to be paid by the awardee. 

The award is granted only to selected applicants who have completed enrolment at their home university.

List of Laboratories

University of Basel 

Quantum Electron Devices - Prof. Andrea Hofmann

Condensed Matter Theory and Quantum Computing - Prof. Jelena Klinovaja and Prof. Daniel Loss

Nanolino Lab (structure of insulating surfaces, molecular layers on surfaces, nanotribology, and instrumental development of force microscopy) - Prof. Ernst Meyer

Poggio Lab (Nano-mechanics, Nano-magnetism, nano-imaging) - Prof. Martino Poggio

Nanoelectronics Lab - Prof. Christian Schönenberger

Nanophotonics Lab - Prof. Richard Warburton and Dr. Andreas Kuhlmann

Nanophononics Lab - Prof. Ilaria Zardo

Quantum Coherence Lab - Prof. Dominik Zumbühl

IBM Research Zurich

Quantum Technology and Computing - Dr. Andreas Fuhrer, Dr. Gian Salis, Dr. James Wootton and Dr. Patrik Harvey-Collard

IBM Research Zurich - Dr. Heike Riel and Dr. Cezar Zota (Cryogenic electronics, Quantum computing technologies, 3D integration technology, Novel devices based on III-V as well as Weyl materials, Design, fabrication and analysis of RF-transistors)

EPF Lausanne

Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials - Prof. Anna Fontcuberta I Morral

Nanoelectronics Device Laboratory - Prof. Adrian Ionescu

Integrated Nanoscale Photonics and Optoelectronics Laboratory - Prof. Kirsten Moselund

Hybrid Quantum Circuits Laboratory - Prof. Pasquale Scarlino

ETH Zürich

Laboratory for Solid-State Physics - Prof. Klaus Ensslin and Prof. Thomas Ihn

Integrated Systems Laboratory - Prof. Mathieu Luisier

Quantum Device Lab - Prof. Andreas Wallraff

Contact

If you have any questions, feel free to contact Maria Longobardi (Maria.longobardi@unibas.ch)