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SUMMARY:[ Fondation Pierre Mercier pour la Science | Research Funding ]
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201201
DTSTAMP:20260507T002225Z
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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 remedying the imbalance caused by industrialization on ecology a
 nd health.\n	Preference is given to projects with applications in the shor
 t and medium term.\n	Research must be conducted for the most part in Switz
 erland.\n\n \nWho can apply: researchers (e.g. PATT\, SNSF-funded Profess
 ors\, Adjunct Professors) whose career as leaders of a research group woul
 d be boosted by the Foundation’s support.\n \nWho cannot apply: \n\n\n	
 Students\n	PhD students\n	Postdoctoral researchers\n	Well-established rese
 archers\n\n \nFunding & Duration: up to CHF 150'000-250’000 for to 2-3 
 years.\n \nDeadline:\n\n\n	Internal Deadline: 20 May and 20 November -> S
 ubmit your proposal to research@epfl.ch to obtain the Letter of Institutio
 nal Support (compulsory).\n	Call Deadline: 1 June and 1 December (every ye
 ar) -> Submit your application in a single PDF to christian.terrier@verter
 .ch.\n	The Board of the Foundation invites shortlisted candidates for a 10
 -minute interview followed by a 5-minute question session.\n\n\nApplicatio
 n: \n\n\n	Motivation letter\, explaining your position in the research gro
 up.\n	CV (incl. date of birth)\n	Scientific part\n	Description of the work
  environment (e.g. team\, laboratory\, equipment and infrastructure)\n	Ins
 titutional Letter of Support confirming your employment relationship with 
 EPFL\n	Budget\n\n \nFor more information and application: Please have a l
 ook at the call website.\n 
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