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SUMMARY:[ Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS) | Research fundin
 g ]
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:The Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS) offers gran
 ts to pluri-disciplinary research teams\, to support projects on internati
 onal studies\, combining natural and social sciences.\n \nProposals can b
 e submitted in one of the following sections:\n\n	General call for proposa
 ls on International Studies: concerning issues that are pluri-disciplinary
 \, relevant to the international agenda\, and for which international coop
 eration is required to produce policy-relevant outputs. Investigated issue
 s may combine political\, economic\, social\, environmental\, historical\,
  legal\, health\, scientific\, and development dimensions of complex socie
 tal questions.\n	Special 2020 theme: What promising new forms of global go
 vernance and cooperation in response to the changed geopolitical order? Op
 portunities and challenges for non-state actors.\n\n \nWho can apply:\n\n
 \n	The project Coordinator and Co-coordinator can be professors or post-do
 cs with a employed at least at 40% at a Swiss Higher Education Institution
 s for the duration of the project. The cannot hold a SNIS grant at the tim
 e of the submission of the pre-proposal. All coordinators must contact res
 earch@epfl.ch to obtain an institutional letter of support.\n	Associated m
 embers: SNIS strongly encourages collaborations with International Organis
 ations and NGOs. The team can also include researchers from abroad and loc
 al partners.\n\n \nFunding & Duration: from CHF 100’000 to 300’000 fo
 r 24 months.\n \nEligible costs\n\n\n	If the coordinator or the co-coordi
 nator is a faculty member without a full-time contract\, SNIS will fund up
  to a 50% of a full-time position for the coordinator.\n	PhD students’ s
 alary (following SNSF salary scale: CHF 50’040 per year + 16% social cha
 rges) with a minimum of 60% of their time dedicated to the SNIS project. A
 ll other personnel covered by this grant must be employed at least 50% FTE
 .\n	Travel expenses.\n	Open access (up to 3% of the requested funds).\n\nN
 on eligible costs\n\n\n	If the coordinator or co-coordinator has a full-ti
 me contract\, SNIS funds cannot be used for the coordinator’s salary\n	S
 alary of the associated members (e.g. of IOs\, NGOs).\n	Infrastructure\, E
 quipment\, Publications and Overheads.\n\nCo-funding (in-kind and monetary
 ):\n\n\n	Must amount to at least 25% and no more than 100% of requested fu
 nds.\n\n \nTimeline of the call: \n\n\n	Deadline for pre-proposals (now e
 xtended): 22 January 2020 at 13:00h (GMT +1)\n	Decision on pre-proposals: 
 20 March 2020\n	Internal deadline for institutional letter of support: 7 M
 ay 2020 (only for non-independent PIs\; contact research@epfl.ch)\n	Deadli
 ne for full proposals (by invitation): 14 May 2020\n	Decision: 30 June 202
 0 (success rate: 40%)\n	Start of the project: usually in Autumn 2020\n\n 
 \nFor further information and application\, please have a look at the call
  document\, the online submission platform\, past successful proposals and
  visit https://snis.ch/get-funding-2020/.\n 
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