Zeno Karl Schindler – Foundation

The Zeno Karl Schindler Foundation supports, encourages and develops top research in the fields of engineering and environmental sciences as well as of all medieval disciplines included in medieval studies. Because of projects in both domains, we now also include Digital Humanities.

The ZKS-Foundation realizes its aim principally by subsidizing research projects, by granting subsidies and scholarships to researchers and academics of any nationality that devote themselves to fore-mentioned fields of research. The Foundation also proceeds by granting prizes or other rewards for new and important research work in both domains. The ZKS-Foundation can also donate to universities of all countries for their needs in research equipment as well as support conferences and other scientific meetings.

The ZKS-Foundation is managed by a Foundation Council which consists of five members one of whom is the Founder; the other four members being two representatives of the Université de Genève, Geneva, and another two of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL, Lausanne.

The Foundation Board has all necessary decisional powers to ensure the realization of the Foundation’s purposes.

It can, nevertheless, call on external specialists. As any other foundation, the Zeno Karl Schindler Foundation is subject to the control by the Swiss Federal Office of Foundations’ Supervision.

Since its beginnings more than 120 grants, prizes and other research projects have been developed.

For more actualities visit our ZKS Foundation’s blog. Alternatively, Jacqueline C Schindler has started a Facebook page and a Linkedin page and is looking forward to receive your news and comments.

For the detail and procedure of grants, prizes as well as for any other question of subsidies, please click on the corresponding link here-after:

Master Thesis Grant

Doctoral Exchange Grant

Summerschool Grant

ZKS/SAGG Award in German Medieval Literature

ZKS/Walter Haug Stipend (Medieval German)

ZKS/Claudio Leonardi Stipend (Medieval Latin)

ZKS/EPFL Award in Environmental Engineering and Sustainability

ZKS/MINIARE Fellowship

ZKS/TRAME Fellowship (for the development of TRAME)