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SUMMARY:Swiss Foundation for Alcohol Research | Funding for research proje
 cts\, conferences and publications
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230401
DTSTAMP:20260427T210703Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:The Swiss Foundation for Alcohol Research (SFAR)\n\n	funds pro
 jects that promise to deliver new insights in the general field of alcohol
  research\n	awards funding for scientific conferences\n	actively encourage
 s research on neglected fields\n	awards grants to promote talented young r
 esearchers\n\nPriority is given to applications that have practical releva
 nce for Swiss public health in addition to their scientific value.\n\nThe 
 Foundation Board is made up of representatives from the Federal Office of 
 Public Health\, the Swiss Alcohol Board\, the Federal Commission for Alcoh
 ol-Related Issues\, Addiction Switzerland and experts from various scienti
 fic disciplines\, e.g. medicine\, psychology\, biology and sociology.\n\nT
 he Foundation offers the following funding instruments:\n\n\n	Grants to re
 searchers to conduct scientific studies (max. CHF 70K per year). Note that
  for applications that use animal experiments\, the relation to human biol
 ogy must be explicitly demonstrated. Basic research using only animal expe
 riments will not be considered for funding.\n	Grants to university graduat
 es (SNSF rates for 1 year). Grants are awarded to university graduates\, u
 sually up to 35 years old\, provided their post-graduate study involves ge
 nerating knowledge that can conceivably be used in future alcohol research
 .\n	Funding for scientific conferences\, particularly coordination meeting
 s (max. CHF 5-10K). Funding can be awarded to conferences provided alcoho
 l research is a central theme of the conference and it has a link to Switz
 erland. The application must state the specific purpose of the SFAR fundin
 g at the conference. The Foundation does not provide deficiency guarantees
  for conferences.\n\nCall deadline: 1 April 2023\n\nDecision: mid-Septembe
 r.\nSuccess rate: 25%\n\nFor further information\, please have a look at t
 he call webpage.
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