Call: Research Partnership Grants with South Asia and Iran

The ZHAW was commissioned as Leading House by the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) to foster bilateral research collaborations with partner institutions in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. 

The Research Partnership Grant supports Swiss researchers who are interested in research collaborations in any of the nine countries within the mandate region. It has three main purposes:

• foster new partnerships and/or
• allow existing partnerships to grow and develop and/or
• support emerging research talent

Applications are accepted from applicants who are permanent residents of Switzerland and have an employment contract with a federal or cantonal university, university of applied sciences, university of teacher education or any officially recognized research institute in Switzerland (in accordance with the listings on the SERI Website). The call is open for activities in all scientific disciplines and fields of research,.

Save the Date: On November 12th, 13:00 CET this Leading House will hold an online session related to this call. To register for the online session, please click here.

This Leading House will peer review all applications by experts in the respective fields. Should anyone wish to be available as an expert for this call, please do not hesitate to contact us: leadinghouse@zhaw.ch.