The Graduate School of Social Sciences (G3S) at the University of Basel provides the institutional framework for all graduate programs within the Department of Social Sciences. The working lan-guages of the school are English and German. We are advertising three start-up scholarships (30'000 CHF/12 months each) for the next academic year, beginning in April 2025. The start-up grants will be transferred to successful candidates in two installments of CHF 15'000 each; one in April 2025 and the second one in October 2025 after evaluation of the candidates' activities during the first six months.