SNSF Project Funding
Funds Swiss individual and team science projects across strategic research areas.
SNSF Project Funding is the Swiss National Science Foundation's largest funding scheme by volume, investing more than half a billion Swiss francs annually in new research projects. It is open to experienced researchers working at Swiss universities or other SNSF-eligible institutions and accepts proposals across any discipline — individual or collaborative, disciplinary or interdisciplinary. Two s…
Any research topic chosen by experienced researchers, including individual, collaborative, disciplinary, and interdisciplinary projects, across all scientific fields at Swiss universities and eligible institutions.
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