General conditions
An application is considered as interdisciplinary if the following three requirements are cumulatively met:
- The research topic includes two or more scientific disciplines.
- The research requires reciprocal interaction between two or more disciplines.
- Within the scientific approach, the reference to common theoretical concepts and methods as well as to their common evolution is needed for all involved disciplines.
The research plan and the CVs must be written in English. Exceptions may be approves prior to submission upon request to the Administrative Offices of the SNSF (see contacts).
Evaluation
A project declared as interdisciplinary by the applicant will be evaluated by the Specialised Committee Interdisciplinary Research. An interdisciplinary application may consider disciplines covered by a single or several SNSF divisions. In both cases the application will be evaluated by the Specialised Committee Interdisciplinary Research. The Committee is composed of at least eight members of the National Research Council, and each of the four SNSF divisions are represented.
Documents and call for proposals
Proposals can be submitted on the usual dates for project funding (1st April and 1st October).
Please submit all application documents electronically via the mySNF portal. To assure that your application is submitted on time, you must request a user account for mySNF at least two weeks prior to the submission deadline. Existing user accounts remain valid. They are unlimited and grant access to all SNSF funding instruments.
Detailed instructions on how to fill in an application are given on mySNF, in the section Information/Documents and in the help text of each data container. To access this information, create a new application on mySNF and then choose the matching funding instrument.
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Please also consider the Funding Regulations of the SNSF.