[ Brazilian-Swiss Joint Research Programme | Research funding ]

The Brazilian-Swiss Joint Research Programme (BSJRP) is aimed at researchers in Switzerland who wish to address specific research questions together with partners in Brazil.
 
Submission deadline (pre-proposals): 23 November 2018 (5 pm Swiss local time; midnight Brasilia local time)
 
Projects: Projects are thematically restricted as follows:
a) Information and communications technology*
b) Water related to the environment*
*Both topics are also open to proposals from the Social Sciences and Humanities, if related.
Between 8 and 12 joint projects can be funded.
 
Who can apply: Each proposal for a JRP must have at least one main applicant based in Switzerland and one main applicant based in Brazil; they are the lead scientists on the Swiss and Brazilian side respectively. Further applicants based in Switzerland and/or in Brazil can also participate in the consortia, but each applicant/co-applicant can only apply for one project within this call.
 
How: Two stages submission process, with pre-proposals to be submitted to the respective submission platforms of both funding organizations, SNSF (mySNF, www.mysnf.ch) and CNPq ([email protected])
 
Funding: The projects will have a duration of three years, with funding on the Swiss side amounting to a maximum of CHF 250’000 per project.
 
For more information: More information are available on the SNSF website: http://www.snf.ch/en/funding/programmes/bilateral-programmes/brazil/Pages/default.aspx#
Call document: http://www.snf.ch/SiteCollectionDocuments/Call_document_SNSF_CNPQ_2018_19.pdf