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 must be submitted to the SNSF together with the project proposal.
The application for a PRTC grant must be made in the cover letter. A written agreement between applicant and employer concerning protected research time as well as an overview of the incurred salary costs and their apportionment between the SNSF and the employer must be enclosed with the application.
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.