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If partner organisation is Lead Agency: partner deadline is decisive; submit via mySNF within 7 days of partner submission.",false,"Required — joint application with at least one researcher from a partner country (Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, South Tyrol, or other SNSF Lead Agency agreement country); each party submits to their own national funder simultaneously.","2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z","open","Single stage (simultaneous submission to both national funders); applications must be in English.","Annual","2026-08-02T05:57:34.412Z","2026-08-02T07:07:39.930Z",[19],"CH","Supports bilateral research projects between Switzerland and a partner country (6 Lead Agency agreement countries\u002Fregions). Swiss subproject funded under SNSF Project Funding rules; partner subproject under partner funder rules. Applications must be in English. Max 20% of Swiss budget may go to additional 'project partners'. Trilateral applications not supported. 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