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SUMMARY:SNIS | Research Funding 2027
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270120
DTSTAMP:20261109T121811Z
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:The 2027 SNIS Call for Projects funds pluridisciplinary resear
 ch addressing international challenges through collaboration across academ
 ic disciplines and with International Organisations (IOs)\, NGOs and other
  relevant civil-society partners\, with the aim of generating policy-relev
 ant results.\n\nThe call has three possible avenues:\n\n	Open Call: Projec
 ts in any area of international studies.\n	IGC Applied Theme: Modernising 
 international cooperation: new approaches\, technologies\, and actors.\n	I
 GC Fundamental Theme: The role of international institutions in preserving
  collective capacity/agency in an age of global transformation.\n\nRequire
 ments in this call:\n\n\n	Research domains include: governance\, security\
 , digital transformation\, trade\, inequalities\, migration\, internationa
 l law and human rights\, health\, climate change and sustainability.\n	Pro
 jects must be pluridisciplinary and demonstrate international relevance\, 
 with cooperation involving or studying International Organisations (IOs)\,
  NGOs and/or other relevant actors.\n	Projects combining natural and socia
 l sciences are eligible\;\n	Not supported: projects consisting exclusively
  of natural sciences.\n\nCore features:\n\n\n	Duration: Two years\, with a
 n additional impact phase of up to six months.\n	Funding: CHF 100\,000–3
 00\,000 per project\, including a 7% provision reserved for the impact pha
 se.\n	\n		NOT a personal career grant\, i.e. one cannot attribute more tha
 n 50% of the funding envelope to one person\n		No overheads\, but 3% of th
 e funding envelope available for the PI's discretionary research fund\n	\n
 	\n	Co-funding: Combined monetary and in-kind contributions must amount to
  at least 25% and no more than 100% of the requested funding.\n\nEligibili
 ty Criteria:\n\n\n	Who can apply: Projects can be submitted by researcher
 s (postdoctoral level and higher)\n	Each project must have a coordinator a
 nd a co-coordinator and must be employed\, at least at 40% for work unrel
 ated to the project\, at a Swiss Higher Education Institution for the dura
 tion of the project.\n	The project must be hosted by an eligible Swiss hig
 her education or research institution.\n	The project must demonstrate genu
 ine pluridisciplinarity and international relevance.\n	At least one team m
 ember from an IO/NGO\n	All proposed team members must have been contacted 
 and must have agreed to participate.\n	Proposals must be submitted in Engl
 ish.\n\nEligible costs:\n\n\n	Salaries for research personnel\n	Field cost
 s (including travel\, data access)\n	Costs associated with the organisatio
 n of the final workshop\n	Discretionary fund (max 3% of requested amount)\
 n	Impact fund (7% of requested amount)\n\nNon eligible costs:\n\n\n	Infras
 tructure (e.g. room rental)\n	Auxiliary staff (not related to project\; ex
 ception: student help for organisation of final workshop)\n	Equipment (e.g
 . computers\, lab equipment)\n	Third-party services (e.g. communication ag
 ency)\n	No overheads. However\, project coordinators may allocate 3% of t
 he grant to a discretionary research fund\, preferably for open-access pub
 lication costs.\n\nTimeline:\n\n\n	Pre-proposal deadline: 20 January 2027\
 , 13:00 CET\n	Feedback on pre-proposals: April 2027\n	Full proposal deadli
 ne (by invitation): 12 May 2027\, 13:00 CEST\n	Feedback on full proposals:
  Early July 2027\n\nFurther information and application\, please visit the
  call website.\n\n\n\n\n 
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