Revised SNSF Funding Regulations will take effect in January 2016
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The fully revised Funding Regulations of the SNSF will take effect on 1 January 2016. The SNSF has brought them into line with the revised Research and Innovation Promotion Act (RIPA) and set out separate project funding regulations.
Important changes for researchers:
- introduction of a new category called "project partner" (for researchers who contribute to a project without assuming overall responsibility)
- re-submitted proposals must be significantly improved compared to the initial submission
- the "direct rejections" procedure is discontinued; in future, applications that are clearly below standard will not be considered
- the scientific evaluation criteria have been set out more clearly
- new eligible costs: direct costs for the use of infrastructure and costs for scientific exchange and networking.
More details on the SNSF website.