SNSF · CH · SNSF
The Flexibility Grant supports postdocs and doctoral students who have childcare responsibilities, offering funding for external childcare costs or a support person's salary to allow a reduced work quota. It aims to help researchers balance their professional and private lives during an important career stage.
Data last verified 2026-08-14 · sources & verification
Structured dimensions read from the official page. What do these mean? ↗
Postdoc, Student
Individual
CH
University, Research Institute
Employed As A Doctoral Student Or Postdoc In A Research Project Funded By The Snsf, Postdocs: Work-Time Percentage Of At Least 80%
Holders of a Postdoc.Mobility return grant and doctoral students may only apply for the grant to cover child care costs, they are not eligible for a contribution towards a support person.
Researchers With Children
Not required
Evidence: every dimension above is read from this scheme's official page — official page ↗.
Applicants must be employed as doctoral students or postdocs in an SNSF-funded research project. Postdocs need a work-time percentage of at least 80%; doctoral students can apply for childcare cost coverage regardless of work-time percentage. Ambizione, PRIMA, Postdoc.Mobility return grant, and Doc.CH grant holders may also apply. Postdoc.Mobility return grant holders and doctoral students are only eligible for childcare cost coverage, not for support person contributions.
Rolling / ongoing
0 form file(s) downloaded; unknown — form text found but limits not explicit
Where each item on this page was read from, so every claim can be verified against the original. Several values often come from the same official page — that page is named in the Source column. Anything we could not reach or parse is listed under Not captured / obstacles below.
| Curated item | Value in this record | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Funding agency | SNSF | www.snf.ch ↗ |
| Country / funding source | CH · SNSF | same page as above — www.snf.ch ↗ |
| Deadline | Rolling — no fixed deadline — official page lists it as rolling/ongoing | same page as above — www.snf.ch ↗ |
| Funding amount | Not stated on the official page | same page as above — www.snf.ch ↗ |
| Eligibility | 8 structured dimensions — see the eligibility panel above | same page as above — www.snf.ch ↗ |
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