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Yes, under certain circumstances. All applicants for a Doc.CH grant must hold a degree that entitles them to do a doctorate in the humanities and social sciences (HSS) at a university in Switzerland. The main topic and the main discipline of the project must be part of the HSS; they must adequately reflect the reality of the project in terms of e.g. research question and methods (see "List of disciplines" on www.snsf.ch > Funding > Documents & downloads > Further documents). Disciplines outside the HSS are acceptable as secondary disciplines. It is possible to be matriculated at a faculty outside the HSS as long as the university agrees to it. But supervision must centre on HSS, in particular the research field of the main supervisor must be within HSS.
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No, you need to be registered for a doctorate at the latest when your Doc.CH grant begins. If you are already registered for a doctorate, you should be aware that the maximum duration (4 years) of the grant, if awarded, might be reduced. In effect, doctoral students can be funded by SNSF grants for a maximum duration of 4 years, starting from the date of their registration as a doctoral student. However, in response to a written request giving reasons, the eligibility window of 4 years starting from the date of registration as a doctoral student may be extended by a maximum of 1 year. Accepted reasons for a delay are set out in Clause 1.11 paragraph 2 of the General implementation regulations for the Funding Regulations. If your registration coincides with the start of the Doc.CH grant, you will in principle be entitled to the maximum duration of 4 years.
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In principle, the work-time percentage is 100% and you must devote all of it to your doctoral thesis. In response to a written request giving reasons, the work-time percentage may be reduced by at the most approx. 20%.
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Yes, if a close collaboration between the higher education institution abroad and an UAS or UTE in Switzerland is documented. You must be employed at the UAS or UTE in Switzerland. With regard to the evaluation procedure for the 1st phase, applicants must contact the Administration Offices of the SNSF as soon as possible, but at all events preferably at least 2 months prior to the submission deadline.
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No, there is no age limit. However, the scientific track record and the prospects
of achieving a scientific career are part of the evaluation criteria and the
age of the candidate can play a role in this context.
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Doc.CH grants are awarded for a minimum of 24 months up to a maximum of 48 months and doctoral students can be funded by SNSF grants for a maximum duration of 4 years, starting from the date of their registration as a doctoral student. If you will already be registered as a doctoral student for more than 2 years on the scheduled start date of the Doc.CH grant, then you may not apply for such a grant. However, in response to a written request giving reasons, the eligibility period for the submission of an application may be extended by a maximum of 1 year (see Clause 1.11 of the General implementation regulations for the Funding Regulations). Furthermore, in your Doc.CH grant application, you need to request the entire duration (first and second part of the grant pursuant to Article 2 of the Doc.CH Regulations). In principle, no further application for a supplementary grant to extend the duration of the grant may be submitted at a later stage (see Article 10 paragraph 4 of the Doc.CH Regulations). In other words, it is better to plan a feasible dissertation project with an adequate funding period than an overambitious project with a funding period that is too short (e.g. only 3 years are requested even though 4 years would be permissible under the Doc.CH Regulations as well as necessary to complete the planned research); dissertation projects whose duration is shorter than the longest permissible funding period pursuant to the Doc.CH Regulations are not more likely to be approved.
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If the submission deadline for applications falls on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, the deadline is automatically extended to the next working day.
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The Master degree you have acquired (Master's or equivalent) from a higher education institution in Switzerland which gives you access to doctoral studies in the humanities and social sciences at a Swiss university. If you have a foreign degree, you may still apply for a Doc.CH grant if you are a Swiss national. The Master's you have done must comprise 90 or 120 ECTS credits (1 ½ or 2 years of full-time study). The Masters of Advanced Studies - MAS (at least 60 ECTS credits or 1 year of full-time study) and other postgraduate certificates do not allow you access to doctoral studies and are as such not sufficient to apply for a Doc.CH grant.
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If you submitted your application by 10 March, the interviews will take place in weeks 23 to 25. If you submitted your application by 10 September, you will be interviewed either in week 49, 50 or 51.
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The SNSF may extend this period by at the most 1 year on request if applicants are able to cite good reasons for this. The following reasons are accepted: maternity, paternity, adoption or parental leave; inability to work due to illness or accident; care duties; services that benefit the general public, particularly military or civilian service; continuing education, particularly internships, clinical work and compulsory participation in a doctoral school before starting work on the doctoral thesis.
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