The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) has a wide range of research funding programmes at its disposal, which are open to all scientists and academics of any nationality working in Switzerland.
The funding options for independent basic research in any subject or discipline include:
- Project funding
- Individual and career development funding
- Grants towards publication costs
- Grants for conference costs
- Special programmes (including for infrastructure), divisional funding initiatives
- Funding of international research cooperation
Information on funding of topic-specific research under the coordinated research programmes can be found under “Targeted Research”.
Funding programmes for international research collaboration are explained under "International Relations".