The Foundation grants its funding within any field of medical research – from basic to clinically-applied research. The grant is intended to support well-defined research activities within the applicant’s general research program. It is not intended for partial or supplementary project support or for purely clinical studies.
Eligible for applications are independent, early-career group leaders in Switzerland. "Independent" is defined as employment as an independent principal investigator (PI) in group-leader position, equally eligible to apply for independent SNF project funding. "Early-career" is defined as within the first 6 years of independence as group leader by the deadline date of the relative call and after deducting any eligible interruptions.