SNSF Ambizione 2025 - Applicant workshop
Event details
| Date | 09.09.2025 |
| Hour | 12:00 › 13:00 |
| Category | Internal trainings |
| Event Language | English |
Are you planning to apply for SNSF Ambizione?
Do you already have a professor willing to host you at EPFL?
Join the EPFL Applicant Workshop and learn more about this programme!
When: 9 September 2025
Time: 12.00 – 13.00
Venue: Zoom
Register: here
Aim of the programme
It is no longer possible to employ doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers as part of Ambizione grants.
The maximum amount of project funding for a project duration of four years has therefore been reduced to 250,000 Swiss francs.
How to get EPFL support?
The SNSF requires two separate letters from the research institution: a detailed confirmation letter and a general confirmation letter:
ReO Services
Do you already have a professor willing to host you at EPFL?
Join the EPFL Applicant Workshop and learn more about this programme!
When: 9 September 2025
Time: 12.00 – 13.00
Venue: Zoom
Register: here
Aim of the programme
- The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) awards Ambizione grants to outstanding postdoctoral researchers who intend to pursue a scientific or an academic career at a Swiss research institution. The purpose of the Ambizione grant is to help researchers build their scientific profile and become scientifically self-reliant at an early stage with an independent research project. Ambizione grants are open to researchers from all disciplines.
- Eligibility: 1-4 years after doctoral exam + min. 1 year of postdoctoral research; Professors in permanent or temporary employment, with or without tenure track, are not eligible.
- Funding: max. CHF 250K for max. 4 years + applicant's salary.
It is no longer possible to employ doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers as part of Ambizione grants.
The maximum amount of project funding for a project duration of four years has therefore been reduced to 250,000 Swiss francs.
How to get EPFL support?
The SNSF requires two separate letters from the research institution: a detailed confirmation letter and a general confirmation letter:
- Identify a host professor who is ready to support and host you for the entire duration of the project;
- Contact your host institute and school to inquire about their internal deadlines and requirements;
- Submit a pre-application to the EPFL Research Office.
- Create an account now on mySNF.
- The EPFL pre-application platform will be available on 5 August 2025.
- Launch: 5 August 2025
- Deadline: 4 November 2025 at 17:00 C.E.T.
- Earliest start: 1 September 2026
- Latest start: 1 September 2027
ReO Services
- EPFL TOOLKIT
- Register for the EPFL applicant workshop here
- Grant Writing services offered on a first-come-first-served basis.
Practical information
- General public
- Registration required