Connect & Collaborate Grant

Collaboration across different scientific disciplines and the inclusion of different perspectives is critical for translating scientific knowledge into action and for ensuring that real world-challenges are addressed with a holistic approach resulting in long-term and sustainable solutions. 

The projects supported with this grant must therefore include a collaboration across different scientific fields and/or involve stakeholders contributing complementary perspectives.

Eligibility

You can apply for this grant if you are a Swiss-based researcher. This includes professors, senior scientists, postdocs, and PhD students of all Swiss federal and cantonal universities, universities of applied sciences, universities of teacher education and public research institutes across all scientific disciplines and fields of research with a minimum employment level of 40%. Please check the eligible institutions in our overview.

Evaluation criteria

The proposals will be rated based on the following main criteria:

• The degree of interdisciplinarity of the proposed activity  
• The potential for long-term collaboration of the proposed activity
• The impact and relevance of the proposed activity
• The degree of innovation in terms of the introduction of new formats, tools, and approaches
• The feasibility and organization of the proposed activity

The Leading House will also apply diversity criteria to ensure a broad representation of perspectives, institutions, and participants. 

For more detailed information, please consult the call document.

Call information and documents

The next call will open in 2027. Find relevant documents from the previous call below.

Call documents

• Call for Connect & Collaborate Grant 2025 (PDF 151 kB)
• Budget table Connect & Collaborate Grant 2025 (XLSX 28 kB)

Inspiration

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