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@snsf_ch

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In collaboration with Scholars at Risk Switzerland, the SNSF is providing 1 million francs to finance researchers from #Ukraine who can be hosted at a Swiss university. Other measures are in preparation. #StandWithUkraine

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A major milestone for researchers in Switzerland: this spring, they can participate again in an ERC call after an almost three-year hiatus. Being involved in #HorizonEurope , the largest research programme worldwide, is key for Swiss research.

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@SBFI_CH

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🇨🇭🇪🇺 negotiations on the overall package have officially started. Negotiations on association to EU programmes such as @HorizonEU , #Euratom , #DigitalEuropeProgramme , @iterorg and @EUErasmusPlus are part of negotiations on the overall package.

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SNSF strongly condemns the Russian invasion of #Ukraine and will support researchers affected by the war. This includes supporting stays by Ukrainian researchers at Swiss higher education institutions via #ScholarsAtRisk .

SNSF supports Ukrainian researchers

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#ScienceNeedsEurope : "It's a relief that Swiss voters have today rejected #BGI and reaffirmed the bilateral agreements. Now Swiss research can continue to play a strong role in our country's prosperity." SNSF Director, Angelika Kalt. #CHvote

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#ScienceForUkraine : in addition to a million francs for stays at Swiss universities with #ScholarsAtRisk , we are taking a series of further measures to support researchers from Ukraine.

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#ScienceNeedsEurope : Why we oppose the #LimitationInitiative and how you can support our efforts to address the concerns of research and how it benefits Switzerland.

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10 months

The call for proposals for the “SNSF Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023” will open on 1 September 2023 and the applications will need to be submitted by 1 December 2023. The call document is already available on our website:

Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowships

Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowships - Grants for early career researchers.

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Due to Switzerland’s current status as a non-associated third country in #HorizonEurope , the Swiss government has mandated the SNSF to launch the SNSF Starting Grants 2023. The call opens on 1.11.22. The submission deadline is 1.2.2023.

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#ResearchNeedsEurope : The European Commission has temporarily excluded Switzerland from the list of countries eligible for Horizon Europe. “In this situation, research is held hostage in a political game,” says Yves Flückiger of swissuniversities.

EU bars Switzerland from Horizon Europe as it tells UK to start applying for grants

The European Commission has excluded Switzerland from a provisional list of third countries eligible for Horizon Europe funding, leaving Swiss universities to wonder what will come of applications...

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The SNSF is pleased that the Federal Council has approved the draft of the negotiation mandate with the EU. Rapid association to Horizon Europe and the related programmes and initiatives is crucial for Swiss research.

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SNSF is launching a new round of the SNSF Consolidator Grants on behalf of the Confederation. The call opens on 3 July and closes on 16 October 2023. SNSF Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowships and SNSF Advanced Grants will also be continued. More details soon.

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Only the idea counts, and not the track record: the SNSF is launching a new funding scheme #Spark for innovative and original research projects. It will fund the scheme with 10 million francs in 2019. #SNSFresearch

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#SNSF70 : After World War II, leading scientific organisations were convinced: Switzerland needs to catch up with international research. So, on 1 August 1952, they founded the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), for which the Federal Council approved funds.

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Four more years: Matthias Egger reelected President of the SNSF National Research Council for a second term. Thank you, Matthias, for your untiring efforts on behalf of research funding in Switzerland.

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More visibility for women in research and more focus on female perspectives in research policy decisions: the SNSF is introducing quotas for women on its committees. #WomenInScience

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Call for SNSF Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 This call is aimed at researchers wishing to obtain a position in a not-for-profit research institution in Switzerland for 12 to 24 months. Submission deadline: 1 December 2023

Call for SNSF Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023

Grants for early-career researchers wishing to consolidate their scientific training and pursue their academic career in Switzerland.

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"We're glad that Swiss voters have today rejected the initiative calling for a ban on animal and human testing. Swiss research will strive to live up to the trust they have placed in us." Matthias Egger, President of the SNSF National Research Council. #vote22 #animalresearch

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"A lack of #genderequality limits the competitiveness of Swiss #research and slows down social and economic progress. That’s why we support the demands of the women’s strike.” Angelika Kalt, Director of the SNSF

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New funding scheme for more #GenderEquality : SNSF Professorial Fellowships combines the advantages of PRIMA and Eccellenza. With the new scheme, we aim to increase the number of women in key #research positions.

PRIMA and Eccellenza become SNSF Professorial Fellowships

Gender equality measure now directly integrated: The two schemes at the highest level of SNSF career funding are to be merged. The existing PRIMA budget will continue to be reserved for women.

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Call for proposals for SNSF Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowships (SPF) This scheme is aimed at postdocs who intended to apply to the #MarieSklodowskaCurieActions before Switzerland’s non-association to #HorizonEurope . Submission deadline: 15.12.2021.

SNSF Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowships (SPF)

Grants for young researchers who want to have an expert scientific training and to develop their academic career in Switzerland.

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Call for SNSF Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 The call is addressed to researchers who wanted to apply for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship in order to advance their academic career in Switzerland. #HorizonEU #SwissEU4Science

SNSF Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowships (SPF) 2022

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The SNSF welcomes the European Commission’s readiness for exploratory talks on an association to Horizon Europe. Participation in the EU research programme is of central importance for Swiss research and its competitiveness.

Iliana Ivanova

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Happy to confirm exploratory talks on Swiss 🇨🇭association to Horizon Europe 🇪🇺can start. We are ready! EU is open to cooperation in research and innovation with partners who share our values. 🤝

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SNSF is continuing its transitional measures “SNSF Advanced Grants” and “SNSF Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowships" in 2022 because Switzerland is not associated to #HorizonEurope . The respective calls will open on 1 August and 1 September 2022.

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#SNSFcoronaUpdate : The Swiss government has appointed a scientific advisory body to assist the authorities in overcoming the crisis. The task force is headed by Matthias Egger, epidemiologist and president of the National Research Council of the SNSF.

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The Covid-19 pandemic affects numerous SNSF-funded projects. We are providing flexible solutions for the researchers. They can apply for extensions or supplementary grants. The new submission deadline for project funding proposals is 8 April.

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Agreement reached also with Wiley. Congratulations to swissuniversities and the negotiating team on this milestone! Every new Read&Publish agreement is an important step towards Open Access as the default option in science publishing.

swissuniversities and Wiley sign transformative Open Access agreement

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#ScienceForUkraine : nine million francs for hiring researchers from Ukraine in Swiss institutions - in collaboration with #ScholarsAtRisk , we are expanding our efforts on behalf of researchers affected by the war.

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The SNSF congratulates Anna Fontcuberta i Morral on her appointment as EPFL President. She is a professor of material science and she has held numerous roles at the SNSF. Currently she is a member of the Presiding Board of the National Research Council.

Anna Fontcuberta i Morral becomes first woman to be elected President of EPF Lausanne

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The demands of the women's strike on 14 June 2019 also concern science. The SNSF supports women researchers in many ways. But that’s not enough. #womeninscience #Frauenstreik #grevedesfemmes

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Important step towards 100% #OpenAccess : Swiss universities sign "Read & Publish" agreements with Elsevier and Springer Nature. Researchers will now be able to grant free, unlimited and immediate access to articles in over 4000 journals. #OA

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Until now, the SNSF has also funded Open Access articles in special issues. But the number of special issues has risen strongly and their processes are inconsistent. Therefore, we will no longer pay any fees for such articles from February 2024.

The SNSF is no longer funding Open Access articles in special issues

Large increase, inconsistent processes: from February 2024, the SNSF will no longer fund Open Access articles in special issues.

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3 years

Drawing lots in research funding? That may sound whacky, but it can be more transparent and fair. After a successful pilot phase, we are allowing the #DrawingOfLots in all funding schemes - as a tiebreaker between two or more equally good proposals.

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#CostOfLiving : we are financing higher salaries for employees in SNSF-funded research projects. The measure takes effect on 1 March 2023.

Project staff: adjustment of salaries to inflation

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On behalf of the federal government, the SNSF is launching TransitionalMeasures for researchers who planned to apply for an #ERCAdvancedGrant or an #MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2021. #ERC #research

Horizon Europe: SNSF transitional measures starting October

Switzerland is currently a non-associated third country in relation to the EU's Horizon research and innovation programme. Based on a government mandate, the SNSF has set up transitional measures to...

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Ambizione call for projects Ambizione grants are aimed at young researchers who wish to conduct, manage and lead a project of their own at a Swiss higher education institution. Submission deadline: 1 November 2023

Ambizione

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Ambizione grants of the SNSF offer early-career researchers the opportunity to boost their careers. The scheme contributes to the promotion of young researchers in Switzerland. The new call will be open until 1 November 2023.

Ambizione

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The SNSF welcomes the European Commission's announcement to open exploratory talks with Switzerland on the Horizon and Erasmus+ packages and hopes that this will lead to an agreement as soon as possible, says Laure Ognois of the Swiss National Science Foundation.

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@swissinfo_en

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What’s the latest Swiss-EU news on Horizon Europe and Erasmus+? An explainer on the key developments @movetia_ch ; @VSSUNESUSU ; @SBFI_CH ; @snsf_ch ; @Conseil_EPF @FlueckigerYves ; @unige_en ; @LucianaVaccaro_ ; @CH_universities

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We are pleased to announce our cooperation with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Together we facilitate collaboration between researchers in Switzerland and #Canada . #InternationalResearch

Complementary funding of Swiss and Canadian researchers

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@snsf_ch

4 years

Better chances of a professorship thanks to #PRIMA : we are supporting 18 excellent women researchers with 1.4 million francs each on average. This will cover their own salaries, the salaries of their team and other project costs. #SNSF_research

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#ScienceForUkraine : Everything you need to know about our measures for researchers from Ukraine:

Measures for researchers from Ukraine

The SNSF is making available 1 million francs to host researchers from Ukraine at universities in Switzerland through Scholars at Risk. We are also supporting them with the following additional...

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@snsf_ch

4 years

To all women in research: On Tuesday, 11 February, our social media platforms are all yours. Tell your stories on your channel of choice. We will retweet and repost to enhance their visibility. #WomenInScience #SNSFequality

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@snsf_ch

2 years

We will launch the call for the SNSF Starting Grants 2022 on 1 December 2021. They will also replace the Eccellenza Professorial Fellowships 2022. Interested researchers can submit their proposals until 1 February 2022. More information will follow in the next few days.

SBFI SEFRI SERI

@SBFI_CH

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EU Framework Programmes: SERI has mandated @snsf_ch to implement transitional measures for the 2022 ERC Starting Grants. See ‘State of play Horizon Europe’: . 🇨🇭 full association to #HorizonEU remains the Federal Council's declared goal.

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#HorizonEurope : full association to the research programme is crucial for Swiss science and the Swiss economy. In a letter to the Federal Council, the SNSF and its ERI partners have called for rapid stabilisation of bilateral relations with the EU.

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The @snsf_ch is testing a new, standardised CV format. It includes the academic age, the Relative Citation Ratio, narratives and full @ORCID_Org integration: . @DORAssessment @cwtsleiden @RoRInstitute

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Concerning the situation in #Afghanistan : The #ScholarsAtRisk network helps scientists who are at risk in their own country. The SNSF supports this work and is offering financial support to Swiss institutions that take in at-risk researchers.

Helping scientists in Afghanistan

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Michel Mayor and @DidierQueloz will receive the #NobelPrize in #Physics . The SNSF has supported the two @UNIGEnews researchers in many projects throughout their careers. We are proud and send them our sincere congratulations!

The Nobel Prize

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BREAKING NEWS: The 2019 #NobelPrize in Physics has been awarded with one half to James Peebles “for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology” and the other half jointly to Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz “for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star.”

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The ETH Board, swissuniversities, SNSF, Innosuisse and the Swiss Academies have organised today’s joint press call in order to state their views on the Limitation Initiative and affirm the importance of research cooperation with Europe.

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SNSF Starting Grants Call 2024 The call is aimed at researchers who intended to apply for an #ERCStartingGrant in 2023 to conduct an independent scientific project and lead a research team in Switzerland. Submission deadline: 1 February 2024

SNSF Starting Grants 2024

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Call for Postdoc.Mobility. Expand your research experience with a stay abroad. Submission deadline: 1 February 2023.

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4 years

#SNSFcoronaUpdate : The Covid-19 pandemic shows how important it is to have free and unrestricted access to research data and publications. Open science must become the new normal. #OpenScience #OpenAccess #OpenData

We need open science – crisis or no crisis

For years, the SNSF and other organisations have been demanding open science as the new normal. The corona crisis drastically confirms the validity of this demand.

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#Ambizione : the SNSF has awarded 84 grants to young researchers. They will receive an average of 766,000 francs to run their first independent research project at a higher education institution in Switzerland. #SNSF_Research

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We’re changing the process for the Data Management Plan (DMP): researchers now only need to submit the DMP when their project has been approved. This applies to all calls that start after 17 April and to the current Spark call.

Data Management Plan only required for approved projects

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📷 Calling all researchers in Switzerland: send your best #photos and #videos to the SNSF Scientific Image Competition 2024! 🗓️Deadline: 31 Jan 2024 🖼Exhibition: Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography ⚖️ President of the jury: Alexander Sauer, photographer

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Open access to research results after no more than six months: the SNSF sends an open letter to the publishers @ElsevierConnect @SpringerNature und @WileyBusiness asking them to reduce their embargo periods. #OpenAccess #OA

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SNSF Starting Grants Call 2024 – the SNSF plans to launch the next call on behalf of the Confederation in November 2023. Interested researchers can already start preparing their applications. More information in the autumn.

SNSF Starting Grants

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Postdoc.Mobility: fellowships for researchers after the doctorate who wish to gain more in-depth knowledge in their field and become more scientifically independent. The new call will be open until 1 February 2024.

Postdoc.Mobility

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This week in Washington: The SNSF and the US National Science Foundation will sign a memorandum of understanding to strengthen cooperation. More information to follow soon.

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From January 2025, Torsten Schwede will be President of the SNSF Research Council. The renowned bioinformatician and current Vice President for Research at the University of Basel will support the restructuring of the Research Council already in 2024.

Torsten Schwede appointed as new President of the SNSF Research Council from 2025

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We are receiving a lot of questions about the #coronavirus , for instance on the duration of projects and the submission deadlines for funding schemes. We are in the process of finding answers and will share information as soon as possible on our social media channels and website.

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SPIRIT – Call for proposals The Swiss funding programme supports international research projects by researchers from around the world. Each year, we fund around a dozen projects. The call is open until 2 November 2022.

SPIRIT

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We are testing a new CV format to increase transparency and comparability. All applicants in biology and medicine will automatically take part in the pilot project. The new format also facilitates qualitative assessments in line with DORA principles.

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#ScienceNeedsEurope : The free movement of people is vital for Swiss research. In the video, SNSF Director Angelika Kalt explains why. #LimitationInitiative

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Postdoc.Mobility: fellowships for young researchers who wish to gain more in-depth knowledge in their field and become more scientifically independent. The new call will be open until 1 February 2023.

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Postdoc.Mobility: fellowships for young researchers who wish to gain more in-depth knowledge in their field and become more scientifically independent. The new call will be open until 1 February 2022.

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We support the #StickToScience campaign for an open and inclusive European Research Area. You, too, can show your support by signing at:

Home of Stick to Science initiative

Total : 5984. Latest signatories: Stick to Science An online signature campaign for an open and inclusive European Research Area The Stick to Science initiative has been set up by the European...

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SNSF supports 24 projects with its SNSF Advanced Grants 2021. They have been awarded a total of 50 million francs. #TransitionalMeasures

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High share of female students, but only a minority of female professors - this is still the reality at Swiss universities. Is there also a #LeakyPipeline for SNSF grant applications? More on this in the #SNSFDataStories . #WomenInScienceDay

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#SNSFcoronaUpdate : appeal to all scientific publishers to make their publications accessible without charge in the current exceptional circumstances. This will effectively bolster the fight against coronavirus.

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#IranProtests : We are shocked and concerned about the violence against students, teachers and many other people. It violates basic human rights and is a serious threat to the academic freedom the SNSF has always sought to defend.

SNSF calls on Iranian government to end violence immediately

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The SNSF has a new CV format! Sign up for one of our webinars on Aug 24 and Sept 20 or check our website to find out more. We're looking forward to your questions! #sfDORA Register for webinar of Aug 24:

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#Ambizione : the SNSF has awarded 79 grants to young researchers. They will receive an average of 770,000 francs to run their first independent research project at a higher education institution in Switzerland. #SNSF_Research

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The SNSF’s #Eccellenza scheme is providing funds for 45 outstanding young researchers on track to a permanent professorship to do research under optimal conditions for five years.

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Cost-of-living adjustment: SNSF increases salary bands for staff working on its projects. The rise takes effect retroactively as of 1 January 2024.

Increase in salary bands for project staff

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Big step in SNSF research funding: from now on, we will apply a uniform evaluation process. Numerous innovations make selecting the best projects and researchers even fairer and more efficient.

Evaluation enhanced and standardised

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The SNSF and the National Science Foundation have signed a memorandum of understanding – on the occasion of Guy Parmelin’s visit to Washington. It will make it easier for researchers to carry out joint projects.

SNSF boosts collaboration with US funding agency

Researchers in Switzerland will find it easier to carry out projects with partners in the USA.

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In 2020, the SNSF again invested around CHF 1 billion in Swiss research. At the end of the year, over 6000 SNSF-funded projects were underway, involving nearly 20,000 researchers. At short notice, we funded 73 projects on COVID-19.

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Maria Luisa Balmer (University of Bern/Inselspital) has won the 2023 Marie Heim-Vögtlin Prize in recognition of her medical research into the links between intestinal flora and obesity and diabetes. Video: Press release:

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New call for proposals: #Spark enables researchers from all disciplines to test or develop novel and unconventional scientific approaches, methods, theories or ideas within a short time. Submission deadline: 4 March 2024.

Spark: call for proposals

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Only one funding application and one evaluation for joint research projects: the SNSF now also has a lead agency agreement with the USA's National Science Foundation. Researchers can send us applications as of April 2023.

Lead Agency projects: now also possible with the USA

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Ambizione grants of the SNSF offer early-career researchers the opportunity to boost their careers. The scheme contributes to the promotion of young researchers in Switzerland. The new call will be open until 1 November 2022.

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Scientific excellence requires building on the talent of a diverse pool of women. To celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we counted how many talented women we funded across all scientific disciplines: In 2023, the number stood at 5979. #WomenInScience

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3 years

Ambizione call Ambizione grants are aimed at young researchers who wish to conduct, manage and lead a project of their own at a Swiss higher education institution. Submission deadline: 1 November 2021

Ambizione

Ambizione grants are aimed at young researchers who wish to conduct, manage and lead an independent project at a Swiss higher education institution.

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Swiss National Science Foundation

@snsf_ch

5 years

The Swiss Science Prize Marcel Benoist with prize money of CHF 250,000 has been awarded to @eth_en Professor @NicolaSpaldin . She received the #prixbenoist for developing a new class of materials that could revolutionise data storage. Congratulations!

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Swiss National Science Foundation

@snsf_ch

3 years

Better chances of a professorship thanks to #PRIMA : we are supporting 18 excellent women researchers with 1.4 million francs each on average. This will cover their own salaries, the salaries of their team and other project costs. #SNSF_research

Thanks to PRIMA: 18 women researchers on the path to a professorship

Leading a research project with the own team for five years – a grant from the PRIMA funding scheme makes it possible. In the fourth call, 18 out of 141 applicants were successful.

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Swiss National Science Foundation

@snsf_ch

1 year

Which disciplines receive the highest funding from the SNSF? Which institutions are awarded the most grants? Who's been supported? In a series using R code, we show you how to analyse SNSF open data. #RStats #SNSFDataStories

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Swiss National Science Foundation

@snsf_ch

2 years

#ERCStartingGrants2023 : If submissions are not possible, the federal government will mandate the SNSF to launch the SNSF Starting Grants 2023 in November 2022. In any case, interested researchers can already prepare their application.

SNSF Starting Grants

Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)

www.snf.ch

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Swiss National Science Foundation

@snsf_ch

4 years

#SNSFcoronaUpdate : The SNSF has received a mandate from the Federal Council to conduct a special NRP on #COVID19 . The call will be launched at the end of April.

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Swiss National Science Foundation

@snsf_ch

3 years

Call for Postdoc.Mobility Expand your research experience with a stay abroad. Submission deadline: 1 February 2022.

Postdoc.Mobility

Postdoc.Mobility fellowships support postdocs who wish to conduct a research stay abroad.

www.snf.ch

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Swiss National Science Foundation

@snsf_ch

4 years

#SNSFcoronaUpdate : We are enabling Switzerland's rapid participation in a drug trial launched by the WHO. 15 Swiss hospitals will test the antiviral potential of four drugs in treating Covid-19. The SNSF is financing the trial with CHF 1.6 million.

SNSF finances WHO study in Switzerland on Covid-19 treatment

Swiss hospitals are to participate in a new international clinical drug trial to fight the new coronavirus. SNSF funding will ensure a quick start.

www.snf.ch

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Swiss National Science Foundation

@snsf_ch

5 years

Based on a European evaluation procedure, 31 researchers from Switzerland have been awarded one of the highly coveted @ERC_Research Starting Grants. 26 of them have received, or are receiving, SNSF funding. Congratulations!

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Swiss National Science Foundation

@snsf_ch

3 years

#CallForProposals : PRIMA grants are addressed to outstanding #WomenResearchers who aspire to a professorship. The grant covers the researcher’s salary and project costs. Submission deadline: 1 November 2021

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Swiss National Science Foundation

@snsf_ch

4 years

SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowships: call for proposals The fellowships are aimed at highly qualified early-career researchers who are aiming to obtain a permanent professorship. Submission deadline: 1 February 2021

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Swiss National Science Foundation

@snsf_ch

4 years

After the highly successful start of #Spark , the Research Council has almost trebled the budget to CHF 27 million. A second Spark call is planned in February. The requirements will be announced shortly before the call.

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Swiss National Science Foundation

@snsf_ch

3 years

The 2021 SNSF #Scientific Image Competition is open! Send us your best #photos and videos by 31 January 2021. The images will be exhibited at the Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography. The public will vote in March 2021! #SwissScienceImage

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Swiss National Science Foundation

@snsf_ch

3 years

Careers to inspire young researchers: Camilla Jandus and Alba Grassi are the first PRIMA grantees to be appointed to a professorship. #WomenInScience #WomenInResearch

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Swiss National Science Foundation

@snsf_ch

4 years

#SNSFOpenAcessCheck : new web application for researchers in Switzerland. Create your own open access report! It will show you which of your articles already are and which ones could easily become openly accessible. #OpenAccess #OA

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Swiss National Science Foundation

@snsf_ch

4 months

Call for Project funding Researchers can determine the nature and topic of their research project independently. Open to all disciplines. Submission deadline: 3 April 2024, 17:00 CEST

Project funding

Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)

www.snf.ch

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Swiss National Science Foundation

@snsf_ch

1 year

How endemic viruses spread, optimised hardware thanks to AI, and equal opportunities put to the test: 62 researchers receive an SNSF Starting Grant 2022. #TransitionalMeasures #HorizonEurope

SNSF Starting Grants 2022: 62 projects approved

Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)

www.snf.ch

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Swiss National Science Foundation

@snsf_ch

2 years

Better chances of a professorship thanks to #PRIMA : we are supporting 17 outstanding women researchers with an average of CHF 1.5 million each. The grant covers their own salaries, the salaries of their team and further costs over a 5-year period.

17 women researchers funded with PRIMA

Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)

www.snf.ch

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