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SUMMARY:[ ZHAW Call for Bridging Grants with South Asia and Iran | Researc
 h funding ]
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200115
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:The State Secretariat for Education\, Research and Innovation 
 (SERI) has commissioned the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) a
 s Leading House for bilateral research collaboration with partner institut
 ions in South Asia and Iran\, namely Afghanistan\, Bangladesh\, Bhutan\, I
 ndia\, Iran\, Maldives\, Nepal\, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.\n \nBridging gra
 nts can be awarded to Swiss researchers who have successfully completed (o
 r nearly completed) a joint research project (or a joint teaching or joint
  curriculum development project) with the partner in South Asia and Iran.\
 n \nThese grants offer the possibility to prepare a grant application for
  a full joint research project to be submitted to the SNSF\, EU or any oth
 er national or regional funding body. Bridging grants may also enable the 
 intensification of joint teaching or curriculum development.\n \nThe call
  is open to all scientific disciplines and fields of research.\n \nWho ca
 n apply:\n\n	The main applicant must be a permanent resident of Switzerlan
 d and have a permanent employment contract with a federal or cantonal univ
 ersity\, university of applied sciences\, university of teacher’s educat
 ion or any officially recognized research institute in Switzerland.\n	The 
 co-applicant must be a scientist at research institutes or universities in
  the partner countries in South Asia and Iran.\n	Companies may be involved
  as additional partners.\n\n \nTimeline of the call: \n\n\n	Deadline: 15 
 January 2020 \n	Decision: end of April 2020\n	Start of the project: by the
  end of 2020\n\n \nFunding: max. CHF 25’000 for up to 6 months.\n\n\n	C
 overs: salaries\, travel expenses\, equipment\, infrastructure\, laborator
 y consumables and teaching materials.\n	Does NOT cover: overheads or other
  indirect costs.\n\n \nMatching funds: both the main applicant and the co
 -applicant are required to make in-kind contributions (e.g. work hours\, u
 sage of office or laboratory equipment\, field visits\, etc.) to the propo
 sed research project. On top of that\, financial contribution (internal or
  third-party funding) are compulsory for the main applicant and recommende
 d for the co-applicant.\n \nFor further information and application\, ple
 ase have a look at the call webpage\, call guidelines\, budget template\, 
 application template and link to the online application form. Note that yo
 u must first fill out the online application form and then submit the appl
 ication form and budget separately by e-mail to leadinghouse@zhaw. \n 
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