International Co-Investigator Scheme with Sweden and Norway
With the International Co-Investigator Scheme up to 50% of the total project costs can be requested for the Swedish or Norwegian project partners. The same rule is applied for the Swiss research partner in pro-jects submitted at the Swedish Research Council or Research Council of Norway. The rules of the rele-vant funding organisations shall apply.
International Co-Investigator Scheme in the Humanities and Social Sciences with the UK
For the cooperation in the Social Sciences and Humanities there exists an agreement be-tween the SNSF and the UK's Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
When submitting an application in the Social Sciences and Humanities, applicants may also request money for any sub-projects in the UK. The budget of these sub-projects must not exceed 30% of the overall budget and will likewise be financed by the SNSF. In turn, Swiss sub-projects (also up to 30% of the overall budget) will be co-financed within the scope of projects funded by the ESRC or the AHRC. The rules of the relevant funding organisations shall apply.
Cross-border projects with Germany and Austria
Projects that are realised primarily in Switzerland and include only a very small sub-project in Germany or Austria can be submitted using the International Co-Investigator Scheme. When submitting their pro-posal, the applicants may also request funding for sub-projects to be conducted in Germany and Austria.
The International Co-Investigator Scheme is only implemented in exceptional cases with Germany and Austria (e.g. if the sub-project abroad is very small), as such collaborations are generally financed via the Lead Agency process.
Submission of proposals
Proposals can be submitted at the usual deadline for the regular project funding, on 1 April and 1 October. Please submit also the form International Co-Investigator Scheme. A corresponding submission at the funding agency of the project partners is not necessary.
Form International Co-Investigator Scheme (MS Word)
Evaluation procedure
International Co-Investigator Scheme applications are evaluated together with the Swiss applications without sub-projects abroad. No separate budget is earmarked for such projects. The submitted proposals must not have any thematic overlaps with other proposals submitted to the SNSF or with ongoing projects, and they may not exceed the permitted number of proposals. The project is evaluated by the responsible evaluation body of the relevant SNSF division.