FUNDING

Mobility

Young Researchers' Exchange Programme Between Korea and Switzerland – by ETH Zurich & NRF
Research Area Open to all scientific fields (including social sciences and humanities)
Support Details Monthly allowance of CHF 2’500 (KRW 2’500’000) for 3 months and international air ticket of max. CHF 2’000 (KRW 2’500’000)
Target Group

  1. Full-time (employed principal investigators) PhD Students and young postdocs from Korean universities OR

  2. PhD Students and young postdocs from Swiss universities, universities of applied sciences and research institutes
Open Call Deadline of application: December 25th 2016

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International Short Visits – by SNSF & NRF
Research Area No topical restrictions
Duration of the Support One week to three months
Target Group

  1. hold a doctorate (or a comparable degree)

  2. be employed as a researcher in his/her home institution

  3. establish or renew cooperation between home & guest institution as a result

  4. must not have received a grant under this scheme within the last three years
Open Call Open all year round

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Research Seed Funding

International Exploratory Workshops – SNSF
Research Area No topical restrictions
Duration of the Support Duration of workshop
Target Group

  1. hold a doctorate (or a comparable degree)

  2. be employed as a researcher in his/her home institution
Open Call Open;
Deadline Three rounds of deadlines in 2016.

First & Second Round of deadline are now closed.

Deadline for Third Round: October 5th, 2016

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Research Project Funding

Switzerland -Korea Joint Research Projects (JRPs) – by SNSF & NRF
Research Area Neuroscience, molecular physics, Big Data
Duration of the Support 3 years
Open Call No new calls open at this moment.

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Sinergia – by SNSF (for Switzerland)
Research Area No topical restrictions
Duration of the Support From 1 to 4 years
Target Group

  1. Sinergia is aimed at established research groups

  2. Project should consist of three to four sub-projects under the responsibility of a total of three to four research groups

  3. One of the research groups may be based outside Switzerland and work abroad if there is no group with the required knowledge and the same level of expertise within Switzerland.
Open Call Open;
Deadline June 1st, 2016 and December 1st, 2016

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Global Research Network (GRN) – by NRF
Research Area Social Science, Natural Science(mathematics, earth science, pharmaceutics and medical included)
Duration of the Support 1-3 years
Supports Details Annually up to KRW 100,000,000 (85,200 CHF) Nat. Science

Annually up to KRW 80,000,000 (68,200 CHF) Soc. Science
Target Group For the Natural Science project, Korean Principal Investigator should be within 7 years from PhD (earned Ph.D. after 1st January 2007) or not older than 40 years old.
Open Call Annually opening in Spring

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Global Research Lab (GRL) – by NRF
Research Area Topics have not been determined yet for the 2015 call
Duration of the Support Maximum  years (3+3 years)
Supports Details Annually up to KRW 500,000,000 (410,000 CHF)
Open Call Annually opening in Spring

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Innovation R&D Funding

Switzerland -Korea Joint Call for R&D Innovation – by CTI & KIAT
Research Area Open
Requirements The consortia should demonstrate:

  • Complementary technological excellence and qualification of the partners
  • Sustainability of the partnership and intensity of the collaboration between the partners
  • Management ability of the consortia to successfully carry out the project and implement the results
  • Mutual advancement of R&D through the transfer of knowledge and expertise
  • Added value for the participants from both countries in a balanced way
Open Call Open
Deadline 19 June 2017

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Human Frontier Science Program R&D Funding

Young Investigators’ Grants – by HFSP
Research Area open
Duration of the Support 3 years
Target Group Team of researchers (all of whom are within the first five years after obtaining an independent laboratory.
Support Details Annually up to $450,000 per year
Open Call The 2017 call is now closed.

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Program Grants – by HFSP
Research Area open
Duration of the Support 3 years
Target Group Teams of scientists at any stage of their careers
Support Details Annually up to $450,000 per year
Open Call The 2017 call is now closed.

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Long-Term or Cross-Disciplinary Fellowships (Postdoctoral) – by HFSP
Research Area open
Duration of the Support 3 years
Supports Details Funds of 300,000 USD over three years
Target Group Applicants with a Ph.Dc
Open Call The fellowship initiation is now closed.
The next competition will be in August, 2017.

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