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SUMMARY:[ Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS) | Research fundin
 g ]
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210128
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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 be 
 submitted in one of the following sections:\n\n	General call for proposals
  on International Studies: concerning issues that are pluri-disciplinary\,
  relevant to the international agenda\, and for which international cooper
 ation is required to produce policy-relevant outputs. Investigated issues 
 may combine political\, economic\, social\, environmental\, historical\, l
 egal\, health\, scientific\, and development dimensions of complex societa
 l questions.\n	Special 2021 theme: Covid-19: What lessons for multilateral
 ism? (particularly in view of climate change action).\n\n\nWho can apply:\
 n\n\n	The project Coordinator and Co-coordinator can be professors or post
 -docs with a employed at least at 40% at a Swiss Higher Education Institut
 ions for the duration of the project. The cannot hold a SNIS grant at the 
 time of the submission of the pre-proposal. All coordinators must contact 
 research@epfl.ch to obtain an institutional letter of support.\n	Associate
 d members: SNIS strongly encourages collaborations with International Orga
 nisations and NGOs. The team can also include researchers from abroad and 
 local partners.\n\n\nFunding & Duration: from CHF 100’000 to 300’000 f
 or 24 months.\n\nEligible costs\n\n\n	If the coordinator or the co-coordin
 ator 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’ sa
 lary (following SNSF salary scale: CHF 50’040 per year + 16% social char
 ges) with a minimum of 60% of their time dedicated to the SNIS project. Al
 l 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\n
 \nNon eligible costs\n\n\n	If the coordinator or co-coordinator has a full
 -time contract\, SNIS funds cannot be used for the coordinator’s salary\
 n	Salary of the associated members (e.g. of IOs\, NGOs).\n	Infrastructure\
 , Equipment\, Publications and Overheads.\n\n\nCo-funding (in-kind and mon
 etary):\n\n\n	Must amount to at least 25% and no more than 100% of request
 ed funds.\n\n\nTimeline of the call: \n\n\n	Deadline for pre-proposals: 28
  January 2021 at 13:00h (GMT +1)\n	Decision on pre-proposals: end of March
  2021\n	Internal deadline for institutional letter of support: 7 May 2021 
 (only for non-independent PIs\; contact research@epfl.ch)\n	Deadline for f
 ull proposals (by invitation): 17 May 2021\n	Decision: end of June 2021 (s
 uccess rate: 40%)\n	Start of the project: usually in Autumn 2021\n\n\nFor 
 further information and application\, please have a look at the call docum
 ent\, the regulations\, the online submission platform\, past successful p
 roposals and visit https://snis.ch/funding/.\n 
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