Open Calls

The Frontiers Planet Prize awards a National Champion for each participating country and offers three prizes of CHF 1 million each to three International Champions, selected by an independent Jury of 100.

The prize welcomes breakthrough research across all disciplines, on condition it is focused on planetary boundaries and presents original research findings or insightful reviews and syntheses that help to reduce the destabilization of the Earth system.

SSPH+ is a National Nomination Body of the 4^th edition of the Frontiers Planet Prize (FPP). We encourage scientific leaders to submit a qualifying research article co-authored in peer reviewed literature within 2 years prior to the launch of the FPP competition (i.e., date of acceptance: 1 November 2023 to 31 October 2025). Make sure to select a paper in line with the prize criteria.

Applicants must be an SSPH+ Faculty member or a scientist employed in the research team of an SSPH+ Faculty member (see the list of SSPH+ Faculty members). In case of uncertainties about your eligibility, please contact us in advance.

How to apply:

Please carefully read the FPP brochure and submit the FPP application form and the PDF of your research article to Maša Davidović by 15 October 2025 at the latest. For more information, please refer to the call document attached. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.

We look forward to receiving your application! Please feel free to share this call within your network and encourage colleagues who might be interested and eligible to apply.

SSPH+ is committed to supporting the development of postdocs and early-career researchers by encouraging their engagement in teaching.

We are pleased to announce the fourth call for new course proposals.

We invite postdocs and early-career scientists from SSPH+ partner institutes* to propose online courses of 2–3 hours aimed at PhD and MD students enrolled in the SSPH+ Inter-University Graduate Campus (IGC).

*Eligible applicants are those who earned their PhD within the last 8 years and are affiliated with a SSPH+ partner institute or working within the team of a SSPH+ Faculty Member.

Key details:

• Course Format: 2–3 hour online course
• Target Audience: PhD and MD students within the SSPH+ IGC

Compensation:

• CHF 500 for course development (first year, if selected)
• CHF 500 for delivering the course

For more information on the course concept and proposal guidelines, please refer to the attached documents:

• General Information
• Course Proposal Template

Submission Deadline: 31 October 2025

Please send your proposal to: awalser@ssphplus.ch

We are pleased to announce a call for course proposals for a new IGC course: Advanced Survey Methods for Population Health

This course will be part of the course program of the SSPH+ Inter-university Graduate Campus (IGC).

The Academic Board of the IGC will evaluate all submissions and select the proposal that best meets the educational goals and structural requirements of the IGC program. We particularly welcome proposals that involve early-career researchers—either by including them in the teaching team or through their leadership in the course development.

Please send your course proposal by 31 October 2025 to awalser@ssphplus.ch.

Detailed information about the course concept, general guidelines, and a proposal template are attached.