PRTC grants can be applied for by active clinicians at Swiss hospitals who
- meet the personal requirements for applicants as stipulated in Article 10 of the Funding Regulations and Articles 4 and 5 of the Project Funding Regulations;
- are the applicant of a research project to be evaluated by the Biology and Medi-cine division;
- have never received a grant for protected research time;
- do not already hold a structural position with budget responsibility at a hospital or an academic tenured position.
Collaborators working for the project are not entitled to apply.
Annex 6 of the General implementation regulations for the Funding Regulations: Research time for clinicians
Submission of proposals
Applications for a PRTC grant have to be submitted to the SNSF together with the project proposal (except for proposals that have been/will be approved between March 2015 and March 2017; see PRTC Regulations).
The application must include a written agreement between applicant and employ-er regarding the protected time for research.
Annex 6 of the General implementation regulations for the Funding Regulations: Research time for clinicians
Evaluation process
Applications for PRTC grants are assessed as part of the project funding evalua-tion by the Biology and Medicine division.