Lead your own independent project and research team in Switzerland.
The SNSF Starting Grants 2026 target researchers who wanted to apply for a 2026 ERC Starting Grant or for an SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship.
The SNSF Starting Grants call 2026 will be open from 1 February 2026 to 5 May 2026 at 5:00 p.m. The dates differ from the previous call, which had a deadline of 15 January. However, this change will not affect applicants’ eligibility. All relevant information for this call will be available on the SNSF website as of 1 February 2026.
The SNSF website is now updated. You will find the call document for previous SNSF Starting Grants as well as all the documents and information you need to prepare your application.
Eligibilty
- Applicants are between 3 and 8 years after their PhD defence.
- If grantees are not yet professor, they will become at least assistant professor without tenure-track. To this end, their higher education institution must confirm before the start of the SNSF Starting Grant that they will receive the status and title of, at least, assistant professor.