SNSF Consolidator Grants 2022

You are eligible for this call if:

• You have a PhD or equivalent degree awarded >7 and ≤12 years ago at the time of submission.
• You have shown research independence and made contributions to science without the involvement of your PhD supervisor.

These benchmarks should be complemented by at least one of the following indicators:

• Several important peer-reviewed publications in a responsible role that have made an impact in your research field(s).
• Major research monographs (for research fields where monographs are the norm).
• A substantial record of invited presentations at well-established international conferences, organisation of international conferences, granted patents, outreach activities, general contributions to science, other artefacts with documented use.

For more information, please see section 1.1 of the Call document.

Please consider the following important points when preparing and submitting a proposal:

mySNF Templates:

• Extended synopsis and research plan
• Resources
• CV and track record
• Host institution commitment letter

• Extended synopsis (5.1 Call document)
• Research plan (5.2 Call document)
• Resources (5.3 Call document)
• CV (5.4 Call document)
• Track record (5.5 Call document)
• Commitment of the host institution (5.6 Call document)
• Open access (2.4 Call document)
• Open Research Data (2.5 Call document)

For more information about the documents for upload, refer to section 5 of the Call document.

More Information about mySNF accounts:

• (2.2 Call document)
• (4 Call document)

Uploading the proposal:

• (6 Call document)

Multiple proposals and duplicate funding:

• (1.1.2 Call document)

Eligible and non-eligible costs:

• (8.1 Call document)
• How to budget your Consolidator Grant (PDF)

A scientific Steering Committee, set up by the Presiding Board of the National Research Council, supervises the evaluation and funding activities related to the SNSF Consolidator Grants call. It also ensures application of the SNSF’s best practices and compliance regarding conflicts of interest. The Steering Committee is composed of the president of the National Research Council and one to two representatives of each of the research areas (humanities and social sciences; biology and medicine; mathematics, natural and engineering sciences) as well as members of the Specialised Committee Careers. The evaluation of the submitted proposals is based on the principle of competition. Discipline-specific panels will evaluate the proposals in a two-phase procedure.

The applications are assessed and rated based on expert reviews and interviews and ranked comparatively to the other proposals.

• Evaluation panels and external peer reviewers (7.1 Call document)
• Evaluation procedure (7.2 Call document)
• Evaluation criteria (7.3 Call document)
• Evaluation form – SNSF Consolidator Grants (PDF)
• Outcome and communication of decisions (7.4 Call document)
• Scientific Steering Committee
• Evaluation Panels Step 1 (PDF)
• Evaluation Panels Step 2 (PDF)

Legal basis:

The general provisions of the SNSF apply to the SNSF Consolidator Grants call 2022:

• Funding Regulations (PDF)
• General implementation regulations for the Funding Regulations (PDF)
• Call document (PDF)

Ethics and integrity:

Research activities and methods that have ethical implications or may raise questions requiring sound ethical assessment must be declared in mySNF. Hence, please take note of the Swiss laws and ethical standards. Furthermore, the rules of scientific integrity must be respected.

Host institution:

The host institution must be established in Switzerland as a legal entity (public or private):

• (1.2 Call document)

Budget:

• (3 Call document)

Transitional measures of the SNSF:

• Update