Applications

In order to review a request for support, Empiris requires complete documentation (without password protection).

This consists of:

• Project description: form for applicants 
• Detailed budget (investment costs, operating costs, payroll costs, etc.)
• Financing plan
• Logical framework matrix/logframe (for projects with a total cost of over CHF 25,000): template 
• Other attachments

The following must also be submitted (if not published on the applicant's website):

• Applicant's articles of association
• Proof of tax exemption
• Financial report/financial statements for previous year
• Certified audit report for previous year

The project description should not exceed ten A4 pages. If Excel files are submitted, these spreadsheets must be formatted in such a way that they can be printed legibly in A4 format.

Applications for research projects

The following documents and information are requested electronically to review your request for support:

• Completed first page of form for applicants
• Description of the research project with an executive summary that can also be understood by non-specialists. If the project is part of a multiphase program, please provide information about the entire program, and in particular about the results achieved in phases that have already been completed.
• Detailed budget and financing plan (including information on the following aspects: Which institutions have you submitted a funding request to? Which institutions have already confirmed a grant? Which have declined?)
• The research project should generally have undergone a preliminary review and been declared eligible for funding by an academic body. 
• Schedule
• CV of the person(s) submitting the request
• List of publications
• For requests relating to medical research: the impact factor of the last two publications
• Copy of the latest publication
• Approval from the responsible ethics committee, where prescribed or appropriate. If the project has not been approved by an ethics committee, provide a brief explanation.

The request for support and accompanying documentation must be submitted in electronic format and without password protection to info@dont-want-spam.empiris.ch.