Flexibility grants are aimed at postdocs and doctoral students who have to look after children at an important stage in their career and are therefore in need of more flexibility.
The Flexibility Grant offers researchers two options to balance their professional and private lives: on the one hand, it can provide funding to help cover the external child care costs charged to the researcher. On the other hand, it can be used to help finance the salary of a support person, allowing the grantee to reduce his/her work quota. The two measures can also be combined.
Doctoral students or postdocs employed as part of an SNSF-funded research project are eligible to apply. The child must be cared for by a third party for professional reasons on at least three working days. Of the remaining two days, the child may be looked after by a third party on no more than one day. An additional requirement for postdocs is a workload of at least 80%, while doctoral students can apply for childcare cost contributions regardless of their workload. Ambizione, PRIMA, Postdoc.Mobility return grant and Doc.CH grant recipients can also apply for a Flexibility Grant. Recipients of a Postdoc.Mobility return grant and doctoral students can only apply for a contribution towards childcare costs, but not for a contribution towards a support person.
Submission
at any time
Website
Countries
Switzerland
Level of education
PhD student, Researcher with Ph.D.
Funding Types
scholarships / personnel costs, non-personnel research expenses
Last update
16.07.2025