Ambizione

Ambizione grants are aimed at young researchers who wish to conduct, manage and lead an independent project at a Swiss higher education institution. The funding scheme would like to promote qualified researchers between 1 and 4 years after the PhD from Switzerland as well as excellent researchers from abroad.

An Ambizione grant comprises the salary of the grantee and project funds. Researchers who hold or have been promised a non-professorial teaching position with prospects of an academic career are eligible to apply for an Ambizione project grant (project funds only).

To submit an application to the SNSF, you need a written confirmation from the research institution (template is available on mySNF and AVA).

At UZH, you will receive the confirmation letter via the approval process in AVA, the UZH third-party funding platform.

Here you can find instructions for the application process with UZH as host institution (incl. salary rates) and what information is required on AVA. (PDF, 823 KB)

Please contact the responsible persons at the institute, seminar or clinic at an early stage to discuss aspects of the scientific connection as well as the available resources (premises, infrastructure, etc.).

You can register on AVA with your UZH login (short name and password).

If you do not (yet) have a UZH login, an administrative employee of the host institution can enter the project data in AVA on your behalf and then send you the confirmation letter.

Please enter your project details on AVA and start the approval process in good time. Once the approval process has been completed, you can download the confirmation letter from AVA as a PDF.