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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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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