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SCIEX – Scientific Exchanges between Switzerland and Bulgaria: Call for Proposals

SCIEX is aimed at PhD students and postdocs affiliated with a Bulgarian institute who wish to do a research secondment in a non-commercial research institute in Switzerland.

SCIEX is one of the three funding programmes offered by the SNSF as part of the second Swiss contribution to selected EU member states. The mandate for the implementation of SCIEX was given by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and is co-financed by the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science.

The main objectives of SCIEX are to further scientific knowledge and development, to improve and deepen the grantees’ scientific skills, to foster research collaborations and to strengthen scientific networking between Switzerland and Bulgaria.

This funding programme offers PhD students and postdoctoral researchers the possibility of carrying out research projects on topics of their choice across all disciplines. The objectives of SCIEX are to further scientific knowledge and development, to improve and deepen these researchers’ scientific skills, to foster research collaborations and to strengthen scientific networking between Switzerland and Bulgaria.

The SCIEX fellowships cover the grantee’s salary, including social security contributions and research funds (e.g. conference costs, etc.).

Proposals for the SCIEX Fellowships 2025 may be submitted by PhD (doctoral) students or postdoctoral researchers from all disciplines.

For PhD students, a SCIEX Fellowship is awarded for a minimum of six months and a maximum of twenty-four months, and for postdoctoral researchers it is awarded for a minimum of six months and a maximum of eighteen months

The participation requirements are detailed in the call document.

Timeline:

Opening date: 1 November 2024

Submission deadline: 13 March 2025

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