Swiss National Science Foundation
The Grants Office and the Innovation Office currently provide support for the career funding schemes (Ambizione, etc.) and for the innovation-oriented funding schemes of (BRIDGE Proof-of-Concept and Discovery), respectively. Our services are free of charge.
We advise you with regard to:
General - Eligibility
To ensure that you meet all the necessary requirements of the funding agency, we:
- provide background information on the funding schemes
- explain the most important rules of the funding agency
- inform you about the funding criteria and check your eligibility to apply
Career funding schemes
Support letter
To ensure that the required support letter is ready in time, we:
- provide you with a template for the letter
- obtain the necessary signature of the Vice-Rector for Research for you
Interview training (certain funding instruments)
So that you are optimally prepared for a convincing interview, we:
- explain the interview conditions to you
- furnish you with tips on how to conduct the interview
- organize a practice session for you in front of an experienced panel and give you qualified feedback on your presentation
BRIDGE
Proposal writing & submission
We support you in the formulation of a complete application. However, we can only guarantee our services if we receive your application 3 weeks before the submission deadline.
To ensure that you submit a competitive application that meets the requirements of the funding agency, we:
- give you qualified feedback on the content and structure of your proposal
- offer suggestions to improve the readability and persuasiveness of your proposal
- review the feasibility of the deliverables
Evaluation decision analysis
So that you can plan the next steps after the funding agency has made its decision, we:
- support you in the interpretation of the evaluation report
- give our appraisal for a possible resubmission