Swiss National Science Foundation
SNSF PRIMA (retired)
Retired, PRIMA was merged into SNSF Professorial Fellowships. The PRIMA budget is preserved for women researchers within the new scheme.
Scheme retired
SNSF PRIMA (retired) has been discontinued by the funder. See the description below for the successor scheme and the current application path.
Key facts
- Status
- Retired (2024 restructure)
- Successor
- SNSF Professorial Fellowships
- PRIMA budget
- Preserved within successor scheme, ring-fenced for women
- Next call
- SNSF Professorial Fellowships round opens 1 Feb 2026
- Success rate
- Not applicable (scheme retired)
Who is eligible?
- •No longer accepting applications under the PRIMA name
- •Successor scheme: SNSF Professorial Fellowships (excellence-based, women researchers funded via preserved PRIMA budget allocation)
- •See SNSF Starting Grants for early-career career funding alternatives
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Professorial fellowship with salary + up to CHF 1M research budget over 5 years for prospective Swiss professors.
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Up to €2M for mid-career researchers 7-12 years post-PhD consolidating their independent research team.
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