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SUMMARY:[ SNSF SPIRIT | Research funding for collaborative scientific proj
 ects with countries receiving development assistance ]
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221102
DTSTAMP:20260609T230444Z
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:The SNSF SPIRIT programme is aimed at fostering international 
 scientific collaboration between researchers based in Switzerland and thei
 r counterparts in 127 SPIRIT partner countries receiving development assis
 tance. A highly competitive selection process is in place\, with 8 project
 s being funded in 2021.\n\nWho can apply: \n\n	Max. 4 applicants.\n\n\n\n	
 At least 1 applicant at a higher education or research institution in Swit
 zerland.\n	At least 1 applicant at a higher education\, research instituti
 on or ONG in SPIRIT partner countries (list in section 1.2 at this link). 
 Note that applicants based at EU member and associated countries\, as well
  as in countries participating in a bilateral call with the SNSF are NOT e
 ligible.\n	Applicants must be either employed or given a written assurance
  of such employment at the time of submission.\n	PhD for at least 4 years 
 at the submission or 3 years of research work as main source of income.\n	
 Must be in a position to carry out research projects under their own respo
 nsibility and to lead project staff both scientifically and as personnel.\
 n	Gender promotion: scientific quality being equal\, preference will be gi
 ven to women scientists or to proposals showing better gender awareness in
  the research project and team.\n	Project partners are eligible if their c
 ontribution is necessary and does not serve any commercial purposes.\n\n\n
 Funding and duration: min. CHF 50’000 and max. CHF 500’000 for min. 2 
 and max. 4 years.\n\n\n	Eligible costs: Personnel\, Expendable items\, Fie
 ld expenses\, Travel\, Subcontracting\, Computing time and data\, Open acc
 ess to research data\, Direct costs of infrastructure use\, Conference and
  workshops\, Gender awareness activities\, National and international coop
 eration and networking activities\, Equipment (if > CHF 100’000 in total
 \, contact research@epfl.ch 3 weeks prior to the deadline) and\, for the a
 pplicant in a SPIRIT partner country\, 5% for general costs. Finally\, pro
 ject partners can request the following costs: Designing databases or webs
 ites\, Data preparation and analysis\, Recruiting patients\, Curating biob
 anks\, Elaborating legal reviews.\n	Does NOT cover: applicants’ salary\,
  open access publications and\, for the Swiss applicants\, overheads.\n\n\
 nDeadline: 2 November 2022 at 17:00 Swiss time\n\nFor further information\
 , please have a look at the call webpage and at the EPFL Toolkit.
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