Doctoral candidates and postdocs: How to proceed if you want to apply for a Sciex research stay?
To apply for Sciex you must be a doctoral candidate or a postdoc at an eligible institution in your home country.
Sciex finances research stays; Sciex is not a study grant.
Fellowship Application
- The Supervisor of a doctoral candidate or the mentor of a PostDoc, the potential Fellow and a research partner in Switzerland agree on an exchange project (find a Swiss partner on www.proff.ch).
- The Supervisor checks whether the sending institution is eligible and whether it agrees to a research placement of the potential Fellow.
- The Swiss partner agrees on becoming a "Host Mentor" for the Sciex Fellow. The Swiss Host Mentor is the Main Applicant (see G-1 : Guidelines for Main Applicants, PDF) in a Sciex Fellowship Application.
- The Swiss partner checks whether his Swiss institution is eligible and whether it has signed a Performance Agreement.
- The Main Applicant coordinates the filling in of the forms « F-1 », « F-2a », « F-2b »,
« F-3a », « F-3b » plus annexes. - The supervisor fills in « F-2a » and sends it to the Main Applicant.
- The Junior Researcher "Fellow" fills in « F-1 » & « T-2 » and sends them to the Main Applicant.
- The sending Institution fills in form « F-3a », sends a scan to the main applicant and the original form with signature to CRUS – Sciex-3, Postbox 607 – CH-3000 Bern 9.
- The Host Institution fills in form « F-3b » and sends a scan to the main applicant and the original form with signature to CRUS – Sciex-3, Postbox 607 – CH-3000 Bern 9.
- If all forms are complete, correct and precise, the Main Applicant sends them in one mail to sciex(at)crus.ch, with the reference line "Sciex Proposal Forms".
- Sciex will notify the Main Applicant about the decision of the Steering Committee.
- The Main Applicant will contact the Charter & Code Supporter of his/her institution for Contractual Arrangements.
Short-Term Visits (STV)
Senior Researchers from the NMS and from Switzerland can apply for short-term research visits. STV are only refunded in connection with an assigned Sciex Fellowship.
For reimbursement, please see the Scientific Reporting Form.
For the financing of unconnected STV please consult the following website: http://www.snf.ch/E/funding/individuals/shortvisits/Pages/default.aspx
Timing for Proposal Processing
1st November | 1st April | Submission of all proposal forms to sciex@crus.ch | |
N-1 | 15th November | 15th April | Formal check |
N-2 | 20th December | 20th May | Scoring |
24th January | 24th June | Evaluation Committee | |
N-3 | End of March | End of August | Decision of the Steering Committee |
April | September | Contractual Arrangements |
