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Congratulations to our researchers!
The grants and fellowships are listed in chronological order according to date of announcement. This list does not claim to be exhaustive.
557 innovative, unconventional projects were submitted as part of the SNSF's second regular call for proposals for Spark. The 157 approved projects will be supported with a total of 15 million Swiss francs. 24 innovative, unconventional projects are being funded at the University of Zurich.
The SNSF has evaluated 499 applications for an SNSF Starting Grant 2024. 61 of these applications will be funded - they will receive a total of almost 105.4 million francs. 14 grants were awarded to researchers carrying out their project at UZH.
You can find the SNSF Starting Grants 2024 at UZH here (PDF, 63 KB)Find all SNSF Starting Grants 2024 here
Maria Consolata Miletta, research group leader at the Department of Neonatology, has received 2 grants from the Global Human Milk Research Consortium in the field of breast milk research.
The SNSF will fund 92 AMBIZIONE projects in 2023. Of these, 14 grants will be awarded to early career researchers at the University of Zurich.
In the SNSF Consolidator Grants call for proposals 2023 , the SNSF is supporting a total of 19 Projects. Of these, 3 projects at UZH will be funded.
Find the SNSF projects of the Consolidator Grants call 2023 at UZH here
Find all SNSF projects of the Consolidator Grants call 2023 here
The Swiss 3R Competence Centre (3RCC) funds two pioneering research projects under its Targeted Call 2023 entitled Advancing Responsibility: Reducing Surplus Animals and Promoting Change. This initiative aims to foster innovative strategies to globally address and reduce surplus animals, enhancing the ethical use of animals in research. One of the grants is awarded to Philippe Bugnon from the University of Zurich for his project on “Algorithmic Breeding Planning”.
Find the press release of the Swiss 3R Competence Center here (3RCC)
In the SNSF Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowship call for proposals 2023 , the SNSF is supporting a total of 48 Projects. Of these, 4 projects at UZH will be funded.
In the 2nd call for proposals in 2023 (October), the SNSF is supporting a total of 353 Projects. Of these, 53 projects at UZH will be funded.
The SNSF has evaluated 138 applications for an SNSF Doc.CH Grant 2023. 53 applications reached the secons evaluation phase and 25 projects will now be funded with an average of 227,705 francs. 3 grants were awarded to researchers carrying out their project at UZH.
Simona Grano, Privatdozentin at the Asia-Orient Institute, has been awarded the TOY Senior Fellowship 2023/2024 by the Asia Society.
The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) is funding 6 interdisciplinary, collaborative projects at the University of Zurich in 2023. The total Sinergia contributions awarded amount to over 10 million Swiss francs.
Here you can find the Sinergia projects 2023 under UZH management
In the 1st call for proposals in 2023 (April), the SNSF is supporting a total of 361 Projects with CHF 257 million. Of these, 44 projects at UZH will be funded.
The SNSF has evaluated 447 applications for an SNSF Starting Grant 2023. 67 of these applications will be funded - they will receive a total of almost 115 million francs. 10 grants were awarded to researchers carrying out their project at UZH.
You can find the SNSF Starting Grants 2023 at UZH here (PDF, 62 KB)
The ERC has evaluated 395 applications for an ERC Synergy Grant 2023. 37 of these applications will be funded - they will be supported with a total of 395 million euros. Philipp Homan from UZH and the Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich and three European partners have been awarded one of the coveted ERC Synergy Grants. More than 3 million of the 10 million project on speech disorders in psychotic illnesses will go to UZH.
The SNSF has evaluated 435 applications for an SNSF Ambizione Grant 2022. 97 of these applications will be funded - they will receive a total of almost 77.5 million francs. 19 grants were awarded to researchers carrying out their project at UZH.
You can find the SNSF Ambizione Grants 2022 at UZH here (PDF, 66 KB)
Daniele Caramani, Full Professor of Comparative Politics at the Department of Political Science (currently on leave to work at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence), has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant for a research project on global politics.
Roger Fayet, Adjunct Professor at the Department of Art History, has received a Getty Scholar Grant from the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles and a scholarship for the fall semester 2023.
The SNSF has evaluated 91 applications for an SNSF Advanced Grant 2022. 18 of these applications will be funded - they will receive a total of CHF 40,858,632 over an average of five years. 1 grant was awarded to Fritjof Helmchen, who is carrying out his project at UZH.
The SNSF has evaluated 503 applications for an SNSF Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowship 2022. 90 of these applications will be funded - they will receive a total of almost CHF 22.1 million in funding over an average of two years. 19 awards went to researchers carrying out their project at UZH.
Find the SNSF Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowships (SPF) 2022 at UZH here
Find all SNSF Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowships (SPF) 2022 here
The SNSF supports a total of 31 Agora projects in 2022 - 3 of which take place at UZH:
Find the AGORA projects 2023 at UZH here
The SNSF has evaluated 74 applications for the Sinergia program. 19 of these projects will be funded - the SNSF is thus supporting interdisciplinary research by two to four researchers with the prospect of groundbreaking findings. The total budget amounts to CHF 47.9 million or an average of CHF 2.5 million per project. 2 grants were awarded to projects led by UZH researchers.
Adrian Künzler, Assistant Professor of Commercial and Business Law with a focus on corporate, competition or intellectual property law, has been awarded the Robert S. Campbell Jr. Visiting Fellowship at Magdalen College, Oxford University, for his research.
In the 2nd call for proposals in 2022 (October), the SNSF is supporting a total of 337 projects with CHF 242 million. Of these, 40 projects at UZH will be funded.
The SNSF has evaluated 182 applications for an SNSF Consolidator Grant 2022. 30 of these applications will be funded - they will receive a total of almost CHF 54 million over an average of five years. 7 grants were awarded to researchers carrying out their project at UZH.
