Submission of proposals
Application must be submitted via the mySNF platform. The mySNF platform will be opened for submission three months before the respective application deadline.
Evaluation procedure
The grant consists of two parts: the first part lasts for two years, the second part for one to two years. A two-stage evaluation procedure is applied for the first part of the grant.
- First phase: the SNSF Research Commission at the chosen university selects the best applications and recommends them to the National Research Council of the SNSF for the second phase.
- Second phase: those persons whose applications were selected in the first assessment phase are invited by the National Research Council of the SNSF to a personal interview in Berne, during which they present their research project and career plan.
After the first 18 months of funding, the grantees submit an application for the second part of the grant. The application must contain a report on the completed first part, justification of the requested funding period for the second part and a statement by the supervisor and the co-supervisor of the doctoral thesis.
Evaluation procedure for careers
- Degree (master or equivalent degree) from a Swiss higher education institution with excellent marks. Holders of a foreign degree may submit an application if they have Swiss nationality.
- Submission to the SNSF Research Commission up to two years after obtaining the degree (at the time of the submission deadline).
- As a rule, at least one change of higher education institution between the bachelor and the start of doctoral studies. Researchers who have not made such a change in advance fulfil the mobility requirements as of the moment they plan making a stay abroad of at least one semester during the doctoral studies.
- Two persons supervising the doctoral thesis: supervisor (place of matriculation for doctorate in Switzerland) and co-supervisor (at another higher education institution, in Switzerland or abroad)
Exceptions with regard to the academic age and/or the necessary mobility are possible in justified cases. Part of the doctoral thesis may be conducted at a host institution abroad if a corresponding request giving reasons is submitted.
The list contains the names of the members of the evaluation body Doc.CH Evaluation Commission Humanities and Doc.CH Evaluation Commission Social Sciences. For the SNSF, interaction between applicants and members of evaluation bodies over applications is not compatible with academic best practices.