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SUMMARY:Fondation Pierre Mercier pour la Science | Research
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260601
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:Fondation Pierre Mercier pour la Science supports:\n\n	Origina
 l scientific basic\, applied or clinical biomedical research\;\n	Projects 
 aiming at mitigating the imbalance caused by industrialization on ecology 
 and health.\n	Preference is given to projects with short and medium term i
 mplementation prospects\n	Research must be conducted  in Switzerland.\n\n
  \nWho can apply: researchers whose career as leaders of a research group
  would be boosted by the Foundation’s support\, but who do not yet have 
 a stable position\n \nWho cannot apply: Students\, PhD students\, Postdoc
 toral researchers or well-established researchers.\n \nFunding & Duration
 : up to CHF 150'000-250’000 for to 2-3 years.\nEligible costs:\n- Staff 
 salary (doctoral and postdoctoral researchers)\n- Consumables\n\nNot eligi
 ble:\n- Applicant's salary\n- Overheads\n\nResubmissions: maximum one resu
 bmission\n \nDeadline:\n\n\n	Internal Deadline: Submit your proposal to r
 esearch@epfl.ch 10 working days to obtain the Letter of Institutional Supp
 ort (compulsory).\n	Call Deadline: 1 June and 1 December (every year) -> S
 ubmit your application in a single PDF to christian.terrier@vta-notaires.c
 h.\n	The Board of the Foundation invites shortlisted candidates for a 10-m
 inute interview followed by a 5-minute question session.\n\n\nApplication:
  \n\n\n	Motivation letter\, indicating your exact title and function in yo
 ur current institution\, and in your research team\, career plan and lis
 t of available fundings\, max 1 page.\n	CV (FNS template\, incl. date of b
 irth\, 3 most representative publications\, links for additional publicati
 ons can be added)\, max 3 pages\n	Project proposal (max. 3 pages)\n	\n		Sc
 ientific part\n		Description of the work environment (e.g. team\, laborato
 ry\, equipment and infrastructure)\n		Budget\n	\n	\n	Institutional Letter 
 of Support confirming your employment relationship with EPFL and EPFL's co
 mmitment to provide support for your team (2 pages max)\n\n\nAll documents
  must be submitted\, in the order prescribed above\, in a single PDF docum
 ent (max. 9 pages).\n \nFor more information and application: Please have
  a look at the call website.\n 
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