Services and Advice Contact Points A-Z

Advisory Services – Grants Office and Innovation Office

Swiss National Science Foundation

Grants Office services, SNSF

 

The Grants Office provides support for the career funding schemes.

The Innovation Office provides support for the innovation-oriented funding schemes BRIDGE Proof-of-Concept and BRIDGE Discovery.

We advise you with regard to:

Research proposals

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

Information on administrative procedures as well as resources and tools for proposals are available on the internal website, which is accessible within the University and Inselspital network. External people should contact the Grants Office or Innovation Office.

Research projects

General questions

So that you can efficiently find an answer to any questions that arise during the project, we:

  • look for creative and suitable solutions for your specific case
  • advise you on possible steps and their consequences
  • establish contact to the funding agency, where desired and necessary
  • find the right contact person for your request, if the Innovation Office is not the right place