Become a Research Project Leader in Switzerland with SNSF Starting Grants 2024! Apply Now!

You meet the personal requirements for this call if:

After your PhD defence:

• You have at least 2 years of research experience
• You submit your application no more than 8 years after the date of your PhD defence.

After your medical degree (state examination or equivalent):

• You have at least 3 years of clinical work and at least 2 years of research experience
• You submit your application no more than 12 years after obtaining your medical degree.

After your PhD equivalent, defined as 3 years of research activity after obtaining the higher education degree:

• You have at least 2 years of research experience
• You submit your application no more than 8 years after obtaining a qualification equivalent to a PhD.

The time periods are calculated based on the submission deadline.

Please also consult the Call Document (PDF) to determine your eligibility.

Repeated submission

Applicants whose project was rejected in the SNSF Starting Grants call may again submit an application regardless of the topic of the project and its evaluation. In addition, applicants whose project was rejected in the second evaluation phase for the SNSF Starting Grants 2023 may submit a third application to the SNSF Starting Grants 2024 call.

• Repeated submissions (Art. 1.2 Call document (PDF))

Position and salary

Higher education institutions that offer assistant professorships must offer at least such a position and title for the duration of the grant. Applicants who do not already have such a secured position should request funding for their salary at the level of assistant professor via the SNSF Starting Grant. It can be either the full salary or part of the salary in case of the salary partly covered by other funds.

Research institutions that do not offer assistant professor positions and titles, must offer a position involving independent project and management responsibility (“group leader position”) for the duration of the grant. Applicants who do not already have such a secured position request funding for their salary at the level of group leader via the SNSF Starting Grant. It can be either the full salary or part of the salary in case of the salary partly covered by other funds.