This instrument aims to encourage more advanced, solid projects between Switzerland and the MENA region. The impulse for the Consolidation Grants proposals should come from previous collaborations between the Swiss and the MENA applicants, with the goal to evolve and deepen those partnerships.
The objective of this instrument is to allow researchers to conduct fieldwork, laboratory feasiblility studies, or to organise conferences and workshops.
Grant amount: max CHF 40’000 per project
Project duration: max. 18 months
Eligible Swiss institutions: The call is open to all scientific disciplines and fields of research. Federal and cantonal universities, universities of applied sciences and universities of teachers’ education, as well as public research institutions
Eligible contries: all 17 countries of the MENA region (see call document for full list)