Advanced Postdoc.mobility - Swiss Center for Affective Sciences

ARF, 13-14 February 2014
Grants and fellowships overview
(non-EU resources for career funding)
Cristina Soriano
Head of the Education and Training Program (E&T)
[email protected]
SWISS CENTER FOR
AFFECTIVE SCIENCES
SWISS CENTER FOR
AFFECTIVE SCIENCES
Career funding opportunities
Incoming
Outgoing
On site
Other support
SWISS CENTER FOR
AFFECTIVE SCIENCES
Career funding opportunities
Incoming
 Doc.ch
 Ambizione
 Advanced Postdoc.mobility
(reintegration phase)
 SEFRI fellowships
 Cogito fellowships
 EuroScholars
 ThinkSwiss fellowships
 …
SWISS CENTER FOR
AFFECTIVE SCIENCES
Career funding opportunities
Incoming
 Doc.ch
 Ambizione
 Advanced Postdoc.mobility
(reintegration phase)
 SEFRI fellowships
 Cogito fellowships
 EuroScholars
 ThinkSwiss fellowships
 …
SWISS CENTER FOR
AFFECTIVE SCIENCES
Career funding opportunities
Incoming
 Doc.ch
 Ambizione
 Advanced Postdoc.mobility
(reintegration phase)
 SEFRI fellowships
 Cogito fellowships
 EuroScholars
 ThinkSwiss fellowships
 …
 write a doctoral thesis
 salary + project costs
 4 years
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humanities and social sciences
Swiss masters degree
up to 2 years after degree
change of institution (or 1 semester
abroad during PhD)
SWISS CENTER FOR
AFFECTIVE SCIENCES
Career funding opportunities
Incoming
 Doc.ch
 Ambizione*
 Advanced Postdoc.mobility
(reintegration phase)
 SEFRI fellowships
 Cogito fellowships
 postdoctoral research
 salary + project costs
 3 years
 up to 5 years after PhD
 high-level publications
 min 1 year gone from PhD institution
 EuroScholars
 ThinkSwiss fellowships
 …
* Ambizione can also be used by researchers already located in Switzerland who wish to become autonomous
SWISS CENTER FOR
AFFECTIVE SCIENCES
Career funding opportunities
Incoming
 Doc.ch
 Ambizione
 Advanced Postdoc.mobility
(reintegration phase)
 SEFRI fellowships
 Cogito fellowships
Reintegration criteria:
 EuroScholars
relevance of the research for the
career
in Switzerland and
 academic
ThinkSwiss
fellowships
added value for knowledge transfer
other countries and Switzerland
 between
…
 Postdoc back in Switzerland
 Wrap-up, or new project
 Right after (or no later than 12
months after) mobility end
 salary + social charges
 (project costs)
 3-12 months
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not back to home institution
apply before leaving
up to 5 years after PhD
Swiss / residence/ married
(non Swiss) 3 years of previous
research at a Swiss institution
SWISS CENTER FOR
AFFECTIVE SCIENCES
Career funding opportunities
Incoming
 Doc.ch
 Ambizione
 Advanced Postdoc.mobility
(reintegration phase)
 EuroScholars
Euroscholars: (bachelor & master) from US & Canada
 ThinkSwiss scholarships
ThinkSwiss: (doctoral) from US & Canada
 SEFRI* fellowships
SEFRI: (doctoral & postdoctoral) from anywehere
 Cogito fellowships
Cogito: (postdoctoral & professor) from anywhere
 …
* SEFRI = Secrétariat d’Etat à la Formation, à la Recherche et à l’Innovation
SWISS CENTER FOR
AFFECTIVE SCIENCES
Career funding opportunities
Outgoing
 Doc.mobility
 NCCR Doc.mobility
 Early Postdoc.mobility
 Advanced Postdoc.mobility
 Cogito postdoc mobility
 Boninchi postdoc mobility
 Zdenek/ Bakala postdoc
mobility
 …
SWISS CENTER FOR
AFFECTIVE SCIENCES
Career funding opportunities
Outgoing
 Doc.mobility
 NCCR Doc.mobility
 Early Postdoc.mobility
 Advanced Postdoc.mobility
 Cogito postdoc mobility
 Boninchi postdoc mobility
 Zdenek/ Bakala postdoc
mobility
 …
SWISS CENTER FOR
AFFECTIVE SCIENCES
Career funding opportunities
Outgoing
 Doc.mobility
 NCCR Doc.mobility
 Early Postdoc.mobility
 Advanced Postdoc.mobility
 Cogito postdoc mobility
 Boninchi postdoc mobility
 Zdenek/ Bakala postdoc
mobility
 …
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stay abroad while PhD
travel, living costs
(research, conferences, matriculation)
6-18 months
 1 year candoc experience at Swiss
institution
 Swiss / residence/ married
SWISS CENTER FOR
AFFECTIVE SCIENCES
Career funding opportunities
Outgoing
 Doc.mobility
 NCCR Doc.mobility
 Early Postdoc.mobility
 Advanced Postdoc.mobility
 Cogito postdoc mobility
 Boninchi postdoc mobility
 Zdenek/ Bakala postdoc
mobility
 …
 Student hired by NCCR funded/hosted
project
 6-12 months
 Applications to NCCR
 You will be mailed instructions
 Until end 2016
SWISS CENTER FOR
AFFECTIVE SCIENCES
Career funding opportunities
Outgoing
 Doc.mobility
 NCCR Doc.mobility
 Early Postdoc.mobility
 Advanced Postdoc.mobility
 Cogito postdoc mobility
 Boninchi postdoc mobility
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postdoc abroad
travel, living costs
(research, conferences, matriculation)
18 months* (no follow-up > advanced)
 within 6 months of ending PhD1 and
up to 2 years after viva
 Swiss / residence/ married
 (non Swiss2: 3 years of previous
research at a Swiss institution)
 Zdenek/ Bakala postdoc
mobility
* Ashorter
… duration of a minimum of 12 months is possible in justifiable cases
1 But you need to be a doctor by the time you leave
2 Swiss nationals domiciled abroad and foreign nationals must declare in writing that they intend to pursue a scientific career in
Switzerland after the mobility fellowship
SWISS CENTER FOR
AFFECTIVE SCIENCES
Career funding opportunities
Outgoing
 Doc.mobility
 NCCR Doc.mobility
 Early Postdoc.mobility
 Advanced Postdoc.mobility
 Cogito postdoc mobility
 Boninchi postdoc mobility
 Zdenek/ Bakala postdoc
mobility
 …
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postdoc abroad
travel, living costs
(research, conferences, matriculation)
12-36 months
+ return grant
 up to 5 years after PhD
 Swiss / residence/ married
 (non Swiss) 3 years of previous
research at a Swiss institution
SWISS CENTER FOR
AFFECTIVE SCIENCES
Career funding opportunities
On site
Personal funding and/ or project funding for
local researchers
 Marie Heim-Vögtlin (MHV)
 SNF professorships
 SCOPES / SCIEX
 Boursières d’excellence
 Cogito foundation projects
 Jacobs foundation projects
 SNIS projects
 …
NOTE: The SNSF Ambizione can also be used by researchers working in Switzerland who wish to become autonomous. See “Incoming” grants
SWISS CENTER FOR
AFFECTIVE SCIENCES
Career funding opportunities
On site
 Marie Heim-Vögtlin (MHV)
 SNF professorships
 SCOPES / SCIEX
 Boursières d’excellence
 Cogito foundation projects
 Jacobs foundation projects
 SNIS projects
 …
SWISS CENTER FOR
AFFECTIVE SCIENCES
Career funding opportunities
On site
 Marie Heim-Vögtlin (MHV)
 SNF professorships
 SCOPES / SCIEX
 Boursières d’excellence
 Cogito foundation projects
 Jacobs foundation projects
 SNIS projects
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re-start a non-linear career
doctoral students and postdocs
females (and males)*
salary
(contribution to project & child
care)
 Part-time allowed
 2 years
 excellent record
 host institution statement on the
possibility of extending
employment after MHV
 not an incoming grant 1
 …
* MHV is primarily aimed at women researchers whose chances of obtaining other funding are reduced due to non-linear career paths
1
If the candidate already has strong links with Swiss research or if they intend to follow their spouse to Switzerland in the near future, an
exception may be granted. Please get in touch with the MHV secretariat for further information.
SWISS CENTER FOR
AFFECTIVE SCIENCES
Career funding opportunities
On site
 Marie Heim-Vögtlin (MHV)
 SNF professorships
 SCOPES / SCIEX
 Boursières d’excellence
 Cogito foundation projects
 Jacobs foundation projects
 SNIS projects
 …
 autonomy
 salary (assistant professor) +
project costs, team salary,
infrastructure
 4 + 2 years
 high-profile publications
 2-9 years postdoc experience
 several years away from home
institution (1 abroad)
 Swiss degree or 2 years at Swiss
institution
 desirable: teaching experience
 desirable: institution change
SWISS CENTER FOR
AFFECTIVE SCIENCES
Career funding opportunities
Other support
 120% postdoc
 Tremplin grant
Support for researchers with family obligations
Support for female careers
 REGARD courses
 International short visit
Go away or bring people for short visits*
 Publication grants
Fees for book (esp. thesis) publication
 Media training grants
Training on outreach communication
 Travel grants
Support for conference travel
 …
* 1 week – 3 months
SWISS CENTER FOR
AFFECTIVE SCIENCES
Career funding opportunities
Other support
 120% postdoc
 Tremplin grant
Support for researchers with family obligations
Support for female careers
 REGARD courses
 International short visit
Go away or bring people for short visits*
 Publication grants
Fees for book (esp. thesis) publication
 Media training grants
Training on outreach communication
 Travel grants
Support for conference travel
 …
* 1 week – 3 months
SWISS CENTER FOR
AFFECTIVE SCIENCES
Career funding opportunities
Other support
 120% postdoc
 Tremplin grant
 REGARD courses
 International short visit
 Publication grants
 Media training grants
 Travel grants
 …
 SNSF/ NCCR postdocs* with family
obligations
 20% contribution:
• Part-time (max reduction 40%)  +
20% = support person (at 60% max)
• Up to 20% postdoc salary to child
care costs (max 1K/ month)
 4 years max
 postdocs originally hired at 80-100%
 NCCR postdocs:
 support available until end 2016
 applications directly to NCCR
 you will be mailed instructions
* Only researchers with a postdoctoral contract (not collaborateur, MA, etc)
SWISS CENTER FOR
AFFECTIVE SCIENCES
Career funding opportunities
Other support
 120% postdoc
 Tremplin grant
 REGARD courses
 International short visit
 Publication grants
 Media training grants
 Travel grants
 …
 UNIGE female career support
 Replacement for a semester
 deadline: 15 March 1014
 Info: Bureau de l’Égalité
http://www.unige.ch/rectorat/egalite/progra
mmes/subside-tremplin.html
SWISS CENTER FOR
AFFECTIVE SCIENCES
Incoming
Career funding opportunities
Outgoing
On site
Other
support
More details
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Swiss National Science Foundation > click on menu “Funding” http://www.snf.ch/en/Pages/default.aspx
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Cogito Foundation: http://www.cogitofoundation.ch/en/
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Euroscholars: http://www.euroscholars.eu/
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Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS): http://www.snis.ch/funding_types
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ThinkSwiss: http://www.thinkswiss.org/
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Jacobs foundation: http://jacobsfoundation.org/what-we-do/project-funding/
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Fondation Ernst & Lucie Schmidheiny: http://www.fondation-schmidheiny.ch/informations.html
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Boninchi Foundation: http://www.unige.ch/rectorat/Pbs.html
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Bureau de Égalité, UNIGE: http://www.unige.ch/rectorat/egalite/programmes.html
SWISS CENTER FOR
AFFECTIVE SCIENCES
Incoming
Career funding opportunities
Outgoing
On site
Other
support
Additional sources of information
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Swiss foundations (association of Swiss grant-giving foundations):
http://www.swissfoundations.ch/fr/mitgliederliste
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Euraxes network (promotion of European careers): http://www.euraxess.ch/maincontent/fellowships-grants.html
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CRUS (Conference of Swiss University Rectors): http://www.crus.ch/information-programmes
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SEFRI (Secrétariat d’Etat à la formation, à la recherche et à l’innovation):
http://www.sbfi.admin.ch/themen/01366/01380/01828/index.html?lang=fr
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Académie suisse des sciences humaines et sociales SAGW/ASSH:
http://www.sagw.ch/fr/sagw/foerderung/reisekosten.html
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Prix-Bourses-Subsides (UNIGE Rectorate): http://www.unige.ch/rectorat/Pbs.html
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International exchanges and study abroad office, UNIGE: http://cms.unige.ch/exchange2012/en
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AGFA (Association de Genève des Fondations Académiques): http://www.agfa-ge.ch
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Aides financières Canton de Genève: https://www.ge.ch/aides_financieres/formations/fondations.asp

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