[SNSF - Digital Lives call for proposals | Research Funding]

SNSF Digital Lives is aimed at researchers in Switzerland whose current research is in the field of the humanities and social sciences. The call addresses questions surrounding the digital transformation: how is digitalisation transforming politics and the economy? How is it changing our relationships with people and our subjective experience? How is it transforming the humanities and social sciences?

Applicants at Swiss higher education institutions may propose pilot projects with a duration of up to 18 months. Exploratory studies, investigations based on new methods and research aimed at tapping new data sources will be supported. Key criteria for the evaluation are innovation potential and prospects for follow-up research. See also the call document.

The call for proposals is aligned with the National Research Programmes on “digital change in the economy and society”, whose implementation is to be decided by the end of 2018, with a view to launching the relevant calls in summer 2019. At the same time, the Digital Lives call can be used for preparatory research work prior to submitting a proposal in other SNSF funding schemes (e.g. project funding, Sinergia).
 
Funding and duration
Funding amount: from min. 50’000 to a max. 250’000 CHF (SNSF allocates a total of up to 6 million CHF)
Duration: max. 18 months
 
Deadlines
Submission deadlines: May 1^st 2018 (17.00 Swiss local time)
Application: via the mySNF platform
For more information: please visit the SNSF’s website or the Research Office