SNSF Project Funding: Investigator-Initiated Research Across All Disciplines
The Project Funding scheme is the Swiss National Science Foundation's flagship instrument for supporting bottom-up, curiosity-driven research. This competitive program empowers researchers at the postdoctoral level and beyond to pursue their own scientific ideas through fully-funded, self-directed projects.
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Core characteristics include:
- Disciplinary Breadth: Encompasses all scientific fields, from humanities and social sciences to biology, engineering, and exact sciences.
- Researcher-Driven: Projects are conceived and proposed by researchers, not defined by top-down priorities, fostering genuine scientific innovation.
- Comprehensive Financial Support: Provides funding for the entire project ecosystem, including team salaries (PhD, postdoc), materials, equipment, and computational resources.
- Flexible Implementation: Grants are awarded for project durations of 1 to 4 years, with budgets scaled to the specific needs of the research plan.
- Rigorous Peer-Review: Funding is allocated based on scientific excellence, methodological soundness, and the applicant's competence through a stringent international peer-review process.
This program is fundamental for advancing knowledge and strengthening the research careers of principal investigators by enabling them to build and lead their own teams in Switzerland.
