1. All scientists of Swiss federal and cantonal universities, universities of applied sciences and universities of teachers’ education, as well as public research institutions

2. Scientists affiliated with a university or a public research institute from one of the partner countries (China, Japan, South Korea, ASEAN member states)

3. The collaborating partner must hold a faculty or senior scientist position or a doctoral degree (Ph.D. or equivalent) with several years of research experience

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

Aimed at researchers who want to host their own scientific event in Switzerland, invite colleagues from abroad for a research visit to Switzerland, or visit their colleagues in another country.
For scientific events, the travel expenses and food and board costs of participants from abroad are covered, for research visits those of travelling guests.

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.

1-3 years

80 million KRW annually for projects in the humanities and social sciences

Principal investigator : Must be affiliated with a Korean university or research institute

Joint researchers : While researchers from both domestic and foreign institutions are eligible for funding, at least one member of the research team must be affiliated with a foreign university or research institute

Innovation partnership grants support the establishment of cooperation between Swiss researchers from universities, universities of applied sciences or public research institutes with non-academic innovation agents in China (incl. Hong Kong and Taiwan), Japan, South Korea and member states of the ASEAN. These agents can be corporates, SMEs or start-ups, innovation parks or similar entities with a focus on applied sciences or technical development.

All senior scientists of Swiss federal and cantonal universities, universities of applied sciences and universities of teachers’ education, as well as public research institutions, are eligible. The Swiss scientist is the main applicant. Innovation agent partners must be senior staff affiliated with a company, start-up, innovation park or similar agency in one of the partner countries. Universities from the partner country can participate as third parties.

• 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
• Capability to exploit the results of the project on the market

• biotech and medtech
• renewable energies and mobility
• digitalisation, Industry 4.0, Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• additive manufacturing
• smart materials and innovative surfaces
• augmented and virtual reality

This year submission is in two phases. Only projects which will pass the first selection will have access to the second phase.

Info Switzerland

Info Korea

Phase 1: project pre-proposal
Launch of call: 12 February 2020  Deadline for application submissions: 20 April 2020 Communication of results: Mid-May 2020

Phase 2: full proposal Deadline for application submissions: 17 August 2020 Communication of results: end of October 2020