Switzerland Hub 2024 Funding Request
The Europlanet Switzerland Hub has opened a call for funding proposals (up to 1000 €) submitted by Europlanet members residing in Switzerland, working for a Swiss organisation, of Swiss nationality or with a project benefiting Switzerland. You do not need to be a current member to apply; however, the successful applicants will be required to become member prior to 31st of December 2024 in order to receive the money. Application deadline is 22nd of December 2024 23h59 CET. For any question, please contact the Hub Chair at thibaut.roger@unibe.ch.
Guidelines for submitting a request
Budget
- The total budget allocated to this call is up to 1000€; projects of higher magnitude should be requested via the committee funding scheme of Europlanet (a new call for this scheme will be opened in early 2025.
- The evaluation committee reserves the right to attribute only part of this total budget.
Eligibility
Proposals for financial support can only be submitted either by:
- Members of Europlanet residing in Switzerland
- Members of Europlanet of Swiss nationality
- Members of Europlanet employed (now or within the last year) by a Swiss organisation (company, university, foundation, association, etc.)
- Members of Europlanet proposing a project beneficial for the Swiss planetary science community.
Only projects that have taken place in 2024 will be considered – Refund requests by the successful applicants must be submitted by the end of year 2024, with proofs of payment of the claimed expense: as such this grant cannot cover for upcoming activities, events and travels to occur in 2025.
Scope
- The scope of the funding scheme is deliberately broad to enable the community to request support for diverse and innovative projects. As such, it can include projects such as, but not limited to: travel to conferences, outreach and public activities, equal opportunity initiative, knowledge and technology transfer events, etc.
- The project conducted should further the aims of Europlanet and/or active ly involve Europlanet members.
- This grant will favour projects from junior members (up to 4 years after completion of a PhD), amateurs astronomers and professional acting in support of research (e.g., science communicators, knowledge and technology transfer officers, educators, etc.)
Administration
- The administration of the supported projects should be handled by the local organisation (note: overheads will not be supported).
- Successful proposals will need to provide a short report on outcomes of the funded activities to the Europlanet Switzerland Hub Chair – if not included in the application.
Evaluation
- The Europlanet Switzerland Hub Chair will compose an evaluation panel composed of Europlanet members and Swiss planetary science community members, based on the scopes of the projects (e.g., for outreach projects evaluation, science communicators will be added to the evaluation panel).
- Any panel member with a conflict of interest for a given proposal will be excluded from its evaluation.
Submission
The call is opened until 22th of December 2024 23h59 CET. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.
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