Principles and rules that apply to all funding schemes and procedures are governed by the Funding Regulations of the SNSF, which are based directly on the Federal Research and Innovation Promotion Act (RIPA). The Implementation Regulations contain more detailed provisions which also apply to all funding schemes and explain how the rules set out in the Funding Regulations are implemented. Provisions that are specific to individual schemes are governed by special regulations and call documents, such as, for instance, the Project Funding Regulations or the Sinergia Regulations.
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On 1 January 2016, new Funding Regulations (FR2016) and new Implementation Regulations (IR2016) will enter into force. They provide the legal basis for all funding schemes of the SNSF with the exception of project funding, which is excluded until 1 October 2016. Until then, project funding will be governed by the old Funding Regulations (FR2007) and the old Implementation Regulations (IR2015). New or amended provisions in FR2016 and IR2016 will be applied before 1 October 2016 upon request, if they are to the advantage of applicants. At present, the following changes are concerned:
- Extension of employment periods for doctoral students (Clause 7.3)
- New eligible costs (chapter 2) can be debited to the grants as of 1 January 2016, provided the grant as a whole is not exceeded. The SNSF does not, however, reimburse such costs as additional costs.
(as at January 2016)
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The fully revised Funding Regulations of the SNSF entered into force on 1 January 2016. They have been brought into line with the also fully revised Federal Research and Innovation Promotion Act (RIPA). In parallel to the Funding Regulations, the SNSF also revised the General implementation regulations for the Funding Regulations, which also entered into force on 1 January 2016. Please take note of the following points with regard to the application of the new Regulations:
- Project funding will be governed chiefly by the old Funding Regulations (FR2007) and the old Implementation Regulations (IR2015) until 1 October 2016. Details and exceptions are set out in the FAQs published on the web page describing the changes in project funding.
- Sinergia is being re-positioned and new regulations will be issued also for this funding scheme in time for the next call of 1 June 2016. The new Sinergia Regulations will be based on FR2016 and IR2016 apply to.
- There will be a transition phase in which some of the changes will not yet be reflected in the SNSF's systems, hence older versions of the forms and regulations will apply to proposals under evaluation and ongoing grants. It is therefore stipulated in the transitional provisions (Clause 13.2 IR) that a number of changes will only enter into force in the course of 2016.
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Project funding will be governed by separate regulations for the first time as of the submission deadline of 1 October 2016. The new regulations will also apply to funding awarded prior to their entry into force. However, any rights granted together with an older award will continue to be valid, even if they are not reflected in the new regulations. As of 1 October 2016, the new Funding Regulations (FR2016) and the new Implementation Regulations (IR2016) will also apply to project funding. They contain general provisions that apply to all funding schemes. Regulations for individual schemes, e.g. for project funding, contain provisions that apply specifically to the scheme in question. These special provisions may deviate from the general rules.
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Yes, we recommend reading all the regulations. Together they constitute a binding legal framework. On its website, the SNSF has also published guidelines for individual funding schemes in which the finer points of the regulations are explained.
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The following rules apply during the transition phase:
- The SNSF will apply the new provisions only to pending procedures and ongoing grants if they do not disadvantage the researchers.
- If rights assigned to grantees on approval of funding are not in accordance with the new Regulations, these rights will nonetheless remain in force.
- When submitting your application, please take note of the links in mySNF to the specific requirements for the chosen funding scheme and the help texts.
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