Eligible funders
ARI is recognized as an eligible host institution for most of the national and international funding agencies
EU-Horizon 2020
Switzerland is fully associated to Horizon 2020. Research institutions, organizations and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) based in Switzerland are able to submit proposals to all Horizon 2020 calls.
SNSF - Swiss National Science Foundation
ARI is not an academic institution (not granting academic degrees), therefore, the applicant needs to find an academic supervisor in a Swiss university.
Innosuisse
ARI is classified as a non-commercial research center outside the higher education sector.
SERI - State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation
FCS Scholarship - Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship
Aimed at young researchers from abroad who have completed a master's degree or a PhD and need to pursue the studies in Switzerland with a research, a doctorate or a post-doctorate grant in one of the Swiss Universities, Federal institutes of technology (EPFL/ETHZ/PSI/WSL/EMPA/EAWAG), IHEID, Universities of applied sciences or Universities of teacher education. It is possible for a student to apply for a scholarship at ARI, if he/she has a joint letter from a future host academic supervisor of one of the above-mentioned institutions and ARI.
ThinkSwiss Research Scholarships
ARI is eligible for funding on a case to case basis. Aimed at students enrolled in US and Canadian universities who want to go to Switzerland to conduct research or participate in a summer school.
3RCC Swiss 3R Competence Centre
The 3RCC Call for Projects addresses applied and basic research projects that support the development, optimization, application, implementation, or education of 3Rs approaches, methods and technologies. It aims at subsidizing each of the 3Rs (Replacement, Reduction or Refinement).
IBSA Foundation
The IBSA Foundation provides financial support for 5 scholarships, each of EUR 30.000, to young researchers under the age of 40. This includes scholarships, which are a concrete and direct way to promote scientific research in specific fields of medical discipline, including Orthopedics-Rheumatology and Medicine of Pain.
Branco Weiss Fellowship
It is a unique postdoc program. It awards young researchers around the world with a generous personal research grant, giving them the freedom to work on whatever topic they choose anywhere in the world, for up to five years.
Gebert Rüf Stiftung Foundation
Its objective is to promote «Switzerland as a top location for business and as a place to live». As a private funding agency guided by its mission statement «making science effective», it supports entrepreneurial projects which are committed to achieving an impact.
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