[ SNSF Ambizione - EPFL internal deadline | Research funding ]

Event details
Date | 14.10.2020 |
Hour | 17:00 |
Category | Call for proposal |
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.
EPFL support
As a Host Institution, EPFL welcomes outstanding candidates under the following conditions:
- An EPFL Professor is ready to support and host the candidate for the entire duration of the project;
- The HR manager, Director of Institute, Dean of School (or Head of ENT-R/I/E) and, if applicable, Head of Equipment give their approvals to host the candidate.
Application documents
Please have a look at the EPFL Toolkit for SNSF Ambizione (login with your Gaspar account).
External candidates are kindly invited to contact the Research Office at research@epfl.ch (with the EPFL Host Professor in cc) to access the toolkit.
Applicant workshop
The ReO has organized an applicant workshop for Ambizione and PRIMA applicants on September 8th 2020. If you already have a Host Professor willing to host you (i.e. the host professor has signed the Detailed Confirmation Letter), please check the Mémento and register >> here.
Deadlines
- EPFL internal deadline: October 14, 2020 >> Please follow the procedure indicated in the EPFL Toolkit.
- SNSF call deadline: November 2nd, 2020 at 5 p.m. Swiss time.
Practical information
- General public
- Registration required