ADVANCED POSTDOC.MOBILITY

Advanced Postdoc.Mobility fellowships of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) are awarded to advanced postdocs who wish to conduct or extend a research stay abroad. The fellowships are granted for 12 to max 36 months. A return phase of 3 to 12 months at a research institution in Switzerland is possible.

For more information, please contact Dr. Benedetto Lepori.

Submission deadline: 01 February 2016

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AMBIZIONE, AMBIZIONE-PROSPER, AMBIZIONE-SCORE

This funding scheme is geared for young researchers who would like to conduct, manage and lead an independently planned project at a Swiss university.

The grant is awarded for a maximum of three years. It comprises the salary and project funds.

Eligible applicants are researchers holding a doctorate with a research activity for at least 12 months at a different higher education institution than the one where the doctoral thesis was written. The submission is possible up to five years after obtaining the doctorate.

For more information, please contact Dr. Benedetto Lepori.

Submission deadline: 12 February 2016

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EARLY POSTDOC.MOBILITY

Early Postdoc.Mobility fellowships of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) enable postdocs starting their career to spend a postdoc research stay abroad.

Submission is possible up to 2 years after obtaining the doctorate.

For more information, please contact Dr. Benedetto Lepori.

Submission deadline: 01 March 2016

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DOC.MOBILITY

Doc.Mobility fellowships of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) enable doctoral students to write part of their PhD at a host institution abroad.

These fellowships can last between 6 and 18 months.

For more information, please contact Dr. Benedetto Lepori.

Submission deadline: 01 March 2016

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DOC.CH IN THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Doc.CH is aimed at promising researchers who wish to write a doctoral thesis on a topic of their own choice in the humanities and social sciences in Switzerland.

Besides the salary of the doctoral student, the grant may include a contribution towards costs directly related to project implementation.

For more information, please contact Dr. Benedetto Lepori.

Submission deadline: 10 March 2016

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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICT)

The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) section in the Industrial Leadership pillar of Horizon 2020 provides funding mainly for collaborative projects on pre-defined research topics.

The following topics have the submission deadline on January 19, 2016:

• ICT-37-2016: CHINA – Collaboration on Future Internet
• ICT-38-2016: MEXICO – Collaboration on ICT
• ICT-39-2016-2017: International partnership building in low and middle income countries.

The next 2016 deadline for other topics under this call is set on April 12, 2016.

For more information, please contact Ms. Nancy-Lara Millan.

Submission deadline: 19 January 2016

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ERA-NET CHIST-ERA

CHIST-ERA is looking for transformative and highly multidisciplinary research projects in Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies (ICST). They should explore new ideas with potential for significant scientific and technical impacts in the long term.

In the next Call, two separate topics are addressed:

• User-Centric Security, Privacy and Trust in the Internet of Things (SPTIoT)
• Terahertz Band for Next-Generation Mobile Communication Systems (TMCS)

For more information, please contact Ms. Valentina Masotti.

Submission deadline: 13 January 2016

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SINO-SWISS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION PROGRAM: SEED MONEY GRANTS FOR JOINT PROJECTS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

This program is designed to encourage and initiate research collaborations between Swiss and Chinese Scientists on topics of mutual interest. It aims to intensify interaction between scholars and research institutions of the two countries in order to promote sustainable bilateral collaboration.

The call is open to all fields in the social sciences and humanities.

For more information, please contact Ms. Valentina Masotti.

Submission deadline: 18 January 2016

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INDO-SWISS JOINT RESEARCH PROGRAMME IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES: CALL FOR SCHOLARS EXCHANGE GRANTS

The Indo-Swiss joint research programme aims to encourage and initiate research collaborations between Swiss and Indian social scientists on topics of mutual interests.

The Scholars Exchange Grants are designed to fund visits of researchers in the social sciences between Switzerland and India, for joint research, field research, teaching exchange, joint development of a research proposal, and presentations in conferences.

For more information, please contact Ms. Valentina Masotti.

Submission deadline: 15 February 2016

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COST ACTIONS OPEN CALL

COST Actions are a networking instrument for researchers, engineers and scholars to cooperate and coordinate nationally funded research activities. COST does not fund research itself.

The COST open call is open to ideas from all fields of Science and Technology including Humanities and Social Sciences. Multi- and interdisciplinary proposals are encouraged.

For more information, please contact Ms. Martina Pestoni.

Submission deadline: 23 February 2016

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BELGIUM - SWITZERLAND - LUXEMBOURG CALL FOR R&D PROJECT OUTLINES

Switzerland, Belgium and Luxembourg, member states of the EUREKA initiative and support innovation projects through the different EUREKA instruments (EUREKA and Eurostars projects), are jointly announcing a Call for outlines for joint innovation projects under EUREKA and Eurostars.

The call is open for all topics, but focuses on three specifically promoted topics:

• Space related technologies
• Bioinformatics
• Biotech and Medtech

Eligible partners are invited to present joint outlines for market-oriented, innovative R&D projects.

For more information, please contact Ms. Valentina Masotti.

Submission deadline: 13 May 2016

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MANUNET PRECALL ANNOUNCEMENT

The Manunet Call for proposal will open on 11 January 2016.

The strategic objective of the MANUNET call for proposals is to foster the competitiveness of Europe’s Manufacturing Industry by co-funding manufacturing research projects performed by enterprises (preferably SMEs) and their strategic partners.

The funding objectives of the call are transnational application oriented and high risk R&D projects related to manufacturing.

For more information, please contact Ms. Valentina Masotti.

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