PRIMA (Promoting Women in Academia)
PRIMA grants are aimed at excellent women researchers who show a high potential for obtaining a professorship. PRIMA grantees conduct an independent research project with their own team at least at the group leader level within a Swiss research institution.
PRIMA grants cover the grantee's salary and project costs for a five-year period. With this competitive grant, PRIMA grantees can carve out a name for themselves and take the next step up the academic career ladder: a professorship.
If a PRIMA grantee is appointed as a professor in Switzerland during the funding period, the remaining amount of the PRIMA grant will be transferred to the new place of work as research funds.
Submission deadline
1 November
Written confirmation of the research institution
To submit your application to the SNSF, you will need a written confirmation of the research institution, which consists of two separate letters:
| Letter 1: | Detailed confirmation signed by the contact person mentioned in the application and by the head of the institute/department |
| Letter 2: | General confirmation of the Office of the Vice President Research |
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In order for the general confirmation letter (letter 2) to be issued on time, the detailed confirmation (letter 1) must be sent to the UZH Grants Office (support@research.uzh.ch) by 23 October 2020 at the latest. Below you will find the template of the SNSF for letter 1 as a Word document (for female and male applicants respectively; the German version can be found on the German website). Please use the institute's/department’s letterhead and replace the bold text [in brackets]. Template detailed confirmation (DOCX, 50 KB) |