Funding
The SNSF offers a range of research funding schemes, each with its own budget. In so doing, it seeks to implement the principle of fair competition: applications must always be evaluated in a competitive procedure through comparisons with similar applications.
For funding purposes, the SNSF distinguishes between
- Projects
- Careers
- Programmes
- Infrastructures
- Public science communication
- Additional measures
In the funding of projects, careers, infrastructures and science communication, the applicants are free to define the topic and scope of their research projects themselves.