abstract
Mandatory part of all applications submitted to the SNSF
additional personnel costs
Unforeseeable additional expenses for personnel (inflation etc.)
administrative officer
Generally, employees of the SNSF who have completed their business management training
Administrative Offices
Administrative body of the SNSF; provides support to the Foundation Council and the National Research Counicl (honorary bodies)
administrative procedure
An authority's activities towards the outside; see Federal Act on Administrative Procedure (VwVG): http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/1/172.021.de.pdf; the SNSF evaluates applications in accordance with Arts. 10 and 26-38 of the Federal Act on Administrative Procedure (see Art. 13 of the Research Act, SR 420.1)
Advanced Postdoc.Mobility fellowships
Career funding scheme of the SNSF; enables researchers with postdoctoral experience to spend time at a research institute abroad (as of 01.01.2013)
Agence Nationale de Recherche (ANR)
Second public research funding organisation in France alongside the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
Agora
SNSF funding scheme for the promotion of public science communication
Ambizione
SNSF instrument for the promotion of junior scientists above postdoc level
annual financial statement
Consists of balance sheet, income statement and annex; reflects the actual financial situation
Annual Report
Report that outlines the annual financial statements and the most important activities of the SNSF
appeal
Questioning of a decision before a court
appeal procedure
Procedure in which the Swiss Federal Administrative Court, in response to a complaint, examines whether a ruling issued by the SNSF is legally valid
applicant
Researcher who applies for financial support from the SNSF for their research project
applicant, responsible
Person who submits an application to the SNSF; in the case of research groups, the group's legally binding representative before the SNSF
application / proposal (submitted to the SNSF)
Request by researchers for financial support from the SNSF as well as all documents submitted with the request
application administration system
SNSF-internal software and database for the electronic administration of applications
application documents
All documents related to an application; electronic and on paper
application form
Pre-defined structure of the documentation to be uploaded when an application is submitted; in electronic form for all funding schemes of the SNSF
application, proposal
Petition submitted to an authority
applied research
Research whose impetus comes from outside science and whose aim is the direct implementation of research results in a non-scientific context; synonym of use-inspired research
assessment / evaluation
Criterion-referenced rating of an application from "outstanding" to "poor"
associate professor (USA) / senior lecturer or reader (UK)
Official designation of a person, often with limited academic rights, who engages in research and teaching in a specific discipline at an institution of higher education
auditors / Internal Audit unit
Checks the accounting and the annual financial statements of the SNSF and determines whether they comply with the laws and statutes (see Statutes of the SNSF of 30.3.2007: http://www.snf.ch/SiteCollectionDocuments/statuten_08_d.pdf)
award / approval
Approval of a grant