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No, this funding scheme has been replaced by the SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowships, which have the same target group. The eligibility criteria are set out in the Eccellenza Regulations (Articles 4 to 6) and in the section “Participation requirements”.
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For applicants with a PhD: the date of the oral PhD defense / viva voce is the crucial date. The period of eligibility, calculated from the submission deadline, extends from 3 years to 8 years after this date (Article 4 paragraph 2 of the Eccellenza Regulations). Due to late communication as well as greater stringency with regard to the maximum limit, it has been decided that submissions will be possible in justified cases until a maximum of 9 years for the first call (plus a further year pursuant to Article 1.11 of the General implementation regulations for the Funding Regulations).
For applicants with an MD: the date specified on the state diploma is the crucial date. The period of eligibility, calculated from the submission deadline, extends from 3 years to 12 years after this date. Please refer to Article 4 paragraph 4 of the Eccellenza Regulations for further details. Due to late communication, it has been decided that Clinical researchers are eligible to submit applications for the first call if they obtained their medical licence ("Staatsexamen") no more than 13 years ago (plus a further year pursuant to Article 1.11 of the General implementation regulations for the Funding Regulations).
The SNSF does not apply any biological age restrictions; however, the applicant’s potential for a permanent position within the scope of a professorship at a higher education institution forms part of the evaluation criteria (Article 13, paragraph 4 of the Eccellenza Regulations).
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There are no academic or biological age restrictions when applying for an SNSF Eccellenza grant. However, researchers can only apply for an SNSF Eccellenza Grant in the context of a position as tenure-track assistant professor at a Swiss higher education institution. The tenure-track assistant professorship must have been started no more than 18 months before the submission deadline and no later than the start of the project (Article 5 of the Eccellenza Regulations).
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The period of eligibility for an SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship may be extended by a maximum of one year at the applicant’s request. Acceptable reasons for such a delay are specified in paragraph 1.11 of the General Implementation regulations for the Funding Regulations. This extension of one year is a maximum and is independent of the number of children and/or the combination of diverse reasons for the delay.
It is not possible to extend eligibility for an SNSF Eccellenza Grant, excepting only for the first call: assistant professors with tenure-track who have been hired on or after 1 August 2016 are still eligible for the call opened on 15 November 2017 (deadline: 15 February 2018).
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No, it is not possible to extend either an SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship or an SNSF Eccellenza Grant beyond a duration of 5 years (Article 3 paragraph 5 of the Eccellenza Regulations). Exceptions to this rule are specified in paragraph 7.12 of the General Implementation regulations for the Funding Regulations.
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In principle, SNSF Eccellenza Professional Fellowships require a work-time percentage of 100%. A reduction to a minimum of 80% is possible in specific cases such as family obligations (Article 6 paragraph 3 of the Eccellenza Regulations). The minimal time percentage that must be devoted to research is variably defined for different situations:
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Eccellenza at a university or ETH: at least 80% to research and further scientific education, 20% teaching
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Eccellenza at UAS/UTE: at least 70% to research and further scientific education, 30% teaching
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Eccellenza for medical researchers doing clinical work: at least 50% research and training related to the project; up to 50% clinical activities
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Detailed information can be found in the guidelines for submitting a proposal (see section Documents).
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You cannot request an SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship for periods where other SNSF career grants (for example Ambizione or PRIMA) have been applied for. Additionally, you may not submit an SNSF Eccellenza application (either Professorial Fellowship or Grant) for a period where other forms of SNSF funding have been applied for (for example in Project Funding or Sinergia). An exception is only made for applicants who have already submitted a proposal for in Project Funding on 1 October 2017: since the SNSF Eccellenza regulations were not yet published by that date, these applicants may submit a proposal for either a SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship or a SNSF Eccellenza Grant by the first deadline of 15 February 2018 only.
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Yes, you
can keep it if its research topic is clearly different from that of the SNSF
Eccellenza application (Article 11 paragraph 4 of the Eccellenza regulations).
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You may not apply for an SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship (Article 4 paragraph 1 of the Eccellenza Regulations). However, under certain conditions, you may be eligible to apply for an SNSF Eccellenza Grant: you must satisfy the personal requirements set out in Article 5 of the Eccellenza Regulations, and you may not submit a proposal for a duration of support that overlaps your SNSF Professorship unless it is thematically clearly distinct. Note however that in any case you may only apply for an SNSF Eccellenza Grant once (i.e. no resubmissions are allowed).
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Yes. Applicants whose request for an SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship has been rejected may submit an application once more. Applicants whose request for an SNSF Professorships has been rejected may also submit an application for an SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship and may re-submit once in case of rejection. However, applicants may only request an SNSF Eccellenza Grant once (no resubmission is allowed).
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