National programs (SEFRI, SNSF, Swissuniversities,...)
Leading House Africa have launched 3 calls for proposals
Below are brief summaries of the calls. For detailed information on each call, kindly check our website here
Lectureships and Prolonged Research Stays at African Higher Education Institutions for Research Groups of Swiss Higher Education Institutions
Grant per Project: Maximum CHF 50,000
Eligible Applicants (Lead): Senior researcher of a Swiss Higher Education Institution leading the Swiss mobility group / team ideally consisting of one senior researcher, one postdoctoral fellow and one PhD student (other combinations are also possible)
Eligible Applicant in Partner Country (Co-Lead / Host): Researcher of an African Higher Education Institution from all African countries, except Maghreb region and Egypt
Submission Deadline: 30 June 2023
Research Partnership Grant I
Grant per Project: Maximum CHF 15,000
Eligible Applicants (Lead): PhD students in their final year of study and postdoctoral scientists with a maximum of 2 years postdoctoral research experience. (Lead applicants must be affiliated with a Swiss Institution of Higher Education)
Eligible Partner Countries: All African countries, except Maghreb region and Egypt
Submission Deadline: 1 September 2023
Consolidation Grant
Grant per Project: Maximum CHF 40,000
Eligible Applicants (Lead): Researchers with more than 5 years of postdoctoral research experience. (Lead applicants must be affiliated with a Swiss Institution of Higher Education)
Eligible Partner Countries: All African countries, except Maghreb region and Egypt
Submission Deadline: 3 November 2023 (17:00hrs CET)
The Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) is supporting coordination offices of global scientific
networks (hereinafter referred to as research networks; https://research-networks.scnat.ch). Its
"Commission for Research Networks" assesses incoming project applications and thus ensures the
high quality of the supported networks.
The Commission is planning to support the establishment of one additional research network with
a head office located in Switzerland. For this purpose, it is opening a call for pre-proposals.
Scope of the call
The call is open for researchers active in inter-/transdisciplinary projects in collaboration with
international partners. Research questions are related to complex interactions between natural,
social, and technological systems. The proposed research network will provide a platform for
scientific exchange between partners from different disciplines on a requested international scale.
The successful project will receive support for the establishment of an international coordinating
office based in Switzerland that can provide infrastructure and services with the aim to facilitate
exchange and collaboration, to focus on pertinent research questions and to overall strengthen the
community.
The project duration is at least one and up to a maximum of three years, ending by 31 December
2026. SCNAT's support will be a maximum of CHF 180’000.- per year. Financial participation by
partners located outside Switzerland increases the chances for a support by SCNAT.
Timeline of the call
Pre-proposals have to be submitted before 7 May 2023. Following an in-depth examination of the
pre-proposals, the Commission will invite up to three project teams to submit a full proposal that
will be subjected to a scientific evaluation, involving external referees, in addition to the
Commission member’s own expertise. The deadlines for processing the applications are:
7 May 2023 Submission deadline for pre-proposals.
Mid-June 2023 Communication of the result of the examination of the preproposals. Sending out the information concerning the full proposals.
12 August 2023 Deadline for submission of full proposals.
1 November 2023 Dispatch of funding decisions.
1 January 2024 Earliest start of funding.
Projects will only be supported when they meet the requirements listed below. Please note that for
some of these points, the fulfillment will only have to be shown when submitting the full proposal
More details on the call in the attached pdf
Launch of the new SWEET call for proposals "Critital Infrastures"
The sixth call for proposals of the funding programme SWEET starts on 06 July 2023. The guiding theme of the call is "Critical infrastructures, climate change and resilience of the Swiss energy system". The call is a joint activity of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) and the National Center for Climate Services (NCCS).
Transdisciplinary consortia can submit pre-proposals to the SFOE until 18. October 2023.
On the SWEET website you can find more detailed information on the call for proposals. In addition, all the important documents are posted there - in particular the call guideline and additional information.