Foundations and Funds
The University of Bern works together closely with different foundations and funds. Please find below a selection of foundations which can support students, researchers and university projects according to the particular circumstances and conditions.
Database Foundations and funds
This database was closed in December 2020. The contents (i.e. the data sets) soon will be made accessible in a suitable form. As a new tool for research on foundations, the Vice-Rectorate Research offers access to the database Fundraiso.
Max und Elsa Beer-Brawand Fonds
A share of the annual income from the endowment of the Max and Elsa Beer-Brawand Fund goes to the University of Bern via the Department of Education. Students, lecturers and members of the mid-level faculty of the University of Bern are eligible for support. The contributions are to be used for events and tasks that particularly emphasise the importance of the University of Bern as a place of research, teaching and academic encounters, or for events and tasks with an interdisciplinary character, in particular in the Faculties of Law, Business, Economics and Social Sciences, Medicine and Humanities. Young researchers and projects that explicitly promote young academics are particularly eligible.
Information on submitting an application – Max und Elsa Beer-Brawand Fonds
Call for applications for autumn semester 2025: The complete application documents including cover sheet must be submitted by 31 May 2025.
The application must be sent electronically as a PDF file to: General Secretariat, E-Mail.
Further information
General Secretariat, Hochschulstrasse 6, 3012 Bern
Markus Krebs, E-Mail
Burgergemeinde Bern (civic community of Bern)
To underline its close connections with the University of Bern, the Burgergemeinde Bern (civic community of Bern) grants one-off, small amounts to scientific plans and projects of the University of Bern as part of a loan approved every year. There is a web-based tool available for making your application. This is where you will find the funding criteria and submission deadlines. Please note that requests are now only accepted electronically using this tool!
Input tool for requests to the Burgergemeinde Bern, the civic community of Bern
