Leading House Asia: Opportunity Grants

Goals and objectives

The ‘Opportunity Grants’ support bottom-​up initiatives of researchers from Swiss universities, universities of applied sciences, universities of teacher education, and public research institutes, linked to specific events or incidents in East and Southeast Asia.

These research-​based initiatives aim at increasing the visibility of Swiss science, technology and innovation abroad.

Events or incidents eligible for ‘Opportunity Grants’ can be:

• Large public happenings such as the Olympic Games, international or national expositions/biennales.
• Major environmental events such as the implications of a typhoon, earthquake or tsunami.
• Major economic and political developments such as the possible geopolitical implications of a presidential visit or a shift of power in a government.
• Launch of a new public policy such as new impactful agriculture or migration policies.

Eligibility

The call is open to all scientific disciplines and fields of research, including social sciences and the humanities.
Postdoctoral scientists, senior scientists and professors of Swiss federal and cantonal universities, universities of applied sciences, universities of teacher education, as well as public research institutes, are eligible to apply. Please check the eligible institutions here. The main applicant must be employed at one of the aforementioned Swiss institutions. Researchers of all nationalities are eligible to apply as main applicant.

Grant sum: max. 50’000 CHF
Project duration: up to 12 months
Eligible partners: located in China, Japan, South Korea, ASEAN member states. Partners located in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan are also eligible.

More information available here

Also please check the other Grants offered by the Leading House of Asia.