Guidelines & documents for researchers 

On this page you will find guidelines as well as other documents and document folders that are useful and important for researchers, applicants and grantees.
Important forms, regulations and instructions for ongoing grants can generally also be accessed via the application file in mySNF.
Many of the documents of the SNSF are still only available in German and French. English translations are under preparation.

Guidelines & descriptions

• Guidelines for selecting SNSF funding schemes (PDF, 118 KB)
• Project funding - Guidelines for applicants (PDF, 141 KB)
• Project funding - Description of the evaluation procedure (PDF, 160 KB)
• Project funding - Guidelines for the lifetime management of research projects (PDF, 324 KB)
• Career funding - Guidelines for applicants (PDF, 430 KB)
• Career funding - Description of the evaluation procedure (PDF, 381 KB)

Regulations & directives *

• Funding Regulations (PDF, 193 KB)
• General implementation regulations for the Funding Regulations (PDF, 335 KB)
• Regulations on information, valorisation and rights to research results (PDF, 160 KB)
• Richtlinien für die Zusammenarbeit zwischen dem Schweizerischen Nationalfonds (SNF) und den beitragsverwaltenden Stellen (PDF, 58 KB)
• Adressen für Stellungnahmen der Institutionen (PDF, 30 KB)
• Ansätze für Doktorierende - Ansätze für Sozialabgaben (Anhang I) (PDF, 111 KB)

*The new SNSF terminology with regard to research categories and funding schemes, introduced in August 2011, is not yet consistently reflected in the regulations.

Form

• Form for financial report (XLS, 462 KB)
  (Div. I-III, interdisciplinary applications and Sinergia)

Document folders

The links in the list below will take you to the document folders of the relevant funding schemes. The folders contain all forms, documents and regulations that are relevant to individual funding schemes.