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SUMMARY:[ Swiss Polar Institute I Exploratory Grants 2021 ]
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211019
DTSTAMP:20260427T231108Z
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:The Swiss Polar Institute (SPI) was created to provide service
 s to and promote synergies within the polar community in Switzerland.\n\nW
 ith the Exploratory Grants\, SPI supports Swiss based scientists active in
  polar regions (including remote high-altitude regions such as the Andes a
 nd the Himalayas) by allowing them to launch short-term new ideas (for exa
 mple pilot projects)\, fund additional field work or launch new collaborat
 ions with financial support for logistics. Collaboration with new teams or
  across disciplines are particularly encouraged\, as well as participation
  in larger/international activities.\n\nIn 2021\, SPI has dedicated a tota
 l budget of CHF 150’000.- to fund technology development relevant for po
 lar science\, the Arctic and Antarctic\, according to the SPI’s high lat
 itude focus. The grants can be used to complement the funding of initiativ
 es supported by larger funding schemes (e.g. SNSF\, EU\, etc.).\n\nThe SPI
  Exploratory Grants are complementary to the existing Polar Access Fund (s
 pecifically focused on early-career scientists) and SPI Technogrants (focu
 sed on technology developments).\n\nWho can apply:\n \n\n	Established res
 earchers or post-docs (at least 3 years after PhD graduation) based at a S
 wiss public research institution.\n	Researchers from all fields of researc
 h\, also fields considered as “non-typical” for polar sciences (e.g. e
 ngineering\, materials\, medicine\, humanities and social sciences\, etc.)
 \, are encouraged to apply if they have a project to be conducted in a pol
 ar context.\n\n\nFunding: maximum CHF 40’000.-. The grants can be used t
 o complement the funding of initiatives supported by larger funding scheme
 s (e.g. SNSF\, EU\, etc.).\n\nEligible costs:\n\n\n	travel costs to scient
 ific stations/infrastructure in polar regions (including for the performan
 ce of technical/maintenance work)\;\n	shipment of scientific equipment or 
 material\, samples\;\n	costs for scientific analysis\;\n	purchase of small
  equipment (in duly justified cases) and consumables\;\n	rental of scienti
 fic equipment or sensing systems\;\n	valorisation or integration of datase
 ts\;\n\n\n\n	Costs relating to salaries of permanent academic positions\, 
 overhead as well as the acquisition of long- term asset are not eligible.\
 n\n\nSubmission process:\n\n\n	Complete the online application form (conta
 ct\, main information and proposal)\n	Attachments to be uploaded into onli
 ne application form as PDF:\n	\n		Letters of support\n		CVs of the applica
 nt and main partners\, incl. publication lists as PDF\n	\n	\n\n\nSubmissio
 n deadline: 19 October 2021\n\nFor more information and application\, plea
 se have a look at the call webpage\, the call guidelines\, the online appl
 ication form and past grantees.\n\nPlease contact research@epfl.ch for any
  additional questions.
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