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SUMMARY:[ SNSF Scientific exchange | funding for scientific events and vis
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210906
DTSTAMP:20260503T113136Z
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:The SNSF programme Scientific Exchanges is aimed at researcher
 s who want to:\n\n	Host their own scientific conference\, workshop or meet
 ing in Switzerland (scientific event) or\, in justified cases\, checked in
  advanced with the SNSF\, abroad.\n	Invite their colleagues from abroad fo
 r a research visit to Switzerland or visit their colleagues in another cou
 ntry (scientific visit).\n\n\nNEW! During the pandemic and beyond\, the SN
 SF wishes to support virtual conferences and exchanges. Check out the upda
 ted Guidelines for the Scientific Exchanges grants.\n\nWho can apply: only
  1 applicant\n\n\n	Employed by a Swiss research institution for the durati
 on of the grant.\n	Work-time percentage may lie under 50%\, but should not
  be lower than 20%.\n	For Scientific events only: PhD is NOT required. Res
 earchers employed on an SNSF-funded project are eligible\, though the even
 t in question must not be directly linked to that project.\n	For Scientifi
 c visits only: both the host and the guest must hold a doctorate or 3 year
 s of research work\, and be in a position to carry out research projects u
 nder her/his own responsibility and to lead project staff both scientifica
 lly and as personnel. Researchers employed on an SNSF-funded project are N
 OT eligible.\n	Two exchanges can be submitted in parallel\, provided that 
 one is a visit and the other is an event. Please note that in such cases\,
  two individual applications must be submitted\, one for the visit and ano
 ther for the event.\n	No more than one application of the same type (i.e. 
 event or visit) can be funded per individual per year\, i.e. there must be
  at least 12 months between the end of one exchange and the start of a new
  one of the same type.\n\n\nFunding:\n\n\n	Between CHF 2’500 and CHF 25
 ’000.\n	Max. CHF 50’000 only if you apply for both types of grants in 
 the same application.\n\n\nEligible costs for scientific events:\n\n\n	Tra
 vel expenses\, food and board costs of participants from abroad provided t
 hey make a contribution (talk\, poster\, moderation\, supervision of works
 hop\, etc.). No more than 1-2 persons per half a day of the event.\n	NEW! 
 In addition to the regular eligible costs\, the SNSF now also accepts cost
 s related to the organisation of online and hybrid events.\n	Replacements 
 of SNSF-funded participants/keynote speakers must be communicated to the S
 NSF before the start of the event. Otherwise\, their costs will not be eli
 gible.\n	You can ask for child care costs (up to CHF 200 per day) for room
 \, board and travel costs for children accompanying SNSF-funded participan
 ts/keynote speakers during the scientific event. Child care costs can be r
 equested only for children up to the 4th year of primary school (see Annex
  4 of the flexibility grants regulations\, footnote at page 2).\n	Does NOT
  cover: speaker fees\, conference fees and other costs related to the orga
 nisation of the conference (e.g. rental of venues\, conference materials\,
  deficit guarantee).\n\n\nEligible costs for scientific visits:\n\n\n	Trav
 el (actual costs) and living costs (flat rate). \n	New! You can now ask fo
 r child care costs* (up to CHF 1’000 per month) for room\, board and tra
 vel costs for children accompanying the visitor.\n\n\nDuration:\n\n\n	For 
 Scientific events: 3 months (the duration of the actual scientific event m
 ust be between 1 and 5 days. However\, the duration of the grant must be 3
  months\, with the starting date set on the first day of the month precedi
 ng the event and the end date on the last day of the month following the e
 vent).\n	For Scientific visits: 1-6 months.\n\n\nRolling call: apply at le
 ast 4 months\, but no more than 18 months before the start of the event or
  visit.\nDecision after usually 2-2.5 months.\n\nFor further information\,
  please have a look at the Call webpage\, Regulations and updated Guidelin
 es.\n 
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