The research activity should be organised in a way that enables you to keep to the schedule and the budget of the SNSF grant. You can make any necessary changes to your research plan on your own responsibility and without informing the SNSF. Should your project nevertheless be delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, you may be granted more time if your case is special and justifies an extension. For this purpose, please transmit an application for a cost-neutral extension two to four months before the end of your project.
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The research activity should be organised in a way that enables you to keep to the schedule and the budget of the SNSF grant. You can make any necessary changes to your research plan on your own responsibility and without informing the SNSF. Due to the limited funds available, supplementary grants for project completion can only be approved in exceptional cases.
If you should require a supplementary grant for project completion in spite of the changes, you can submit an application stating reasons. You have to mention in the application the measures you have taken to reduce the costs and time spent as well as any further changes to the research plan. Or you can explain why it was not possible to modify the research plan. Please submit this application two to four months before the end of the grant at the earliest.
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Not necessarily, although it is generally the case. Written assurance of employment at a research institution in Switzerland is enough. Subject to certain conditions, researchers working abroad or at institutions with international sponsors may submit a proposal. Self-employed researchers are also eligible [see FAQs 2) and 3)]
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A research project can include legal commentary. If the project's direct output is a legal commentary, it will need to be published in an open access format. According to the SNSF's open access policy, results of the research projects can be used in a printed commentary that is not freely accessible, provided an open access version of the results had previously been made available.
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The changes are in Chapter 7 "Employment of staff" and in Annex 12 "Salary ranges, guidelines for employees in SNSF-funded projects and blanket amounts for social security contributions". The respective provisions have been made simpler and clearer, allowing more flexibility for researchers and institutions. In addition, the obligations of grantees and institutions vis-à-vis their employees are now explicitly set out in the Implementation Regulations.
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