A set of measures for UASs and UTEs

The SNSF aims to offer the universities of applied sciences (UASs) and the universities of teacher education (UTEs) more funding opportunities. For this reason, it now approves positions for doctoral students matriculated at a university abroad if there are no suitable partners in Switzerland for the relevant research field of the UAS or UTE. Under the Eccellenza funding scheme for assistant professors, grantees are able to use their grant to finance part of their salary. By doing so, they gain more research time.

Further measures under discussion include a time-limited funding scheme exclusively for researchers from UASs and UTEs. Moreover, the SNSF is intensifying its communication with these institutions: it is including them in its regular tour of Swiss academic institutions (known as the “Tour de Suisse”) and will launch a dedicated web page for them in 2018.