The aim of the Consolidation Grant (COG) is to encourage more advanced, solid projects filling in the gap between smaller instruments and the SNSF bigger calls
The Consolidation Grant (COG) promotes sustainable, longer-term research cooperation between Swiss and Latin American scholars with the aim of producing accountable scientific outcomes in domains that have been identified as priority by both Latin American and Swiss institutions. It aims to promote mono- or interdisciplinary projects and involve bilateral or multilateral partnerships with Latin American countries.
Aim and objectives
The impulse for the Consolidation Grant proposals should come from previous partnership projects between the Swiss and Latin American teams, with the goal to evolve and deepen those collaborations to prepare for more extensive applications (Anschubfinanzierung). Along with the organization of
collective workshops, conferences, and fieldwork, the COG fosters initiatives for the mobility of young researchers (PostDocs, PhD, and MA students)
Eligibility
Researchers of all disciplines are invited to apply. Project proposals should ensure a direct transfer to society, benefiting local communities and building capacity. Researchers also must present socially, culturally, or technically innovative projects, fostering resilience. Each proposal must have one principal applicant based in Switzerland and one in Latin America. The Swiss Principal Investigator must hold at least a PhD degree and employment as a scientist in an eligible Swiss institution (Swiss federal institutes of technology, cantonal universities, federal and cantonal research institutes,
universities of applied sciences) with a permanent position contract (minimum of 40%) unrelated to the COG project.