Since Switzerland is allowed to participate again in the ERC Starting Grant program, the SNSF has announced that they will relaunch their Professorial Fellowship program in 2025.
Institute of Physics
This document describes the process for getting support from the Institute of Physics (IPHYS) for application.
Generalities
IPHYS accepts both external and internal candidates. SNSF Professorial Fellowship applicants who would like to be hosted at IPHYS must first be approved by the hosting institute according to the process described below.
For the purpose of the internal selection process, a professor of the institute needs to endorse the application. SNSF Professorial Fellowship applicants should therefore first obtain the support from an IPHYS professor (called the supporting professor in the following).
Upon successful application, SNSF Professorial Fellowship awardees will receive the title of Assistant Professor (non tenure-track). They head their own research group and supervise the PhD students involved in their project. SNSF Starting Grant awardees receive 100 kCHF of start-up funds.
Description of the selection process
The supporting professor is responsible to ensure that the candidate they support is of outstanding quality. The supporting professor also needs to state in an endorsement letter (using the template provided below) either that they commit to provide the necessary space and infrastructure for the success of the proposed project, or they need to provide a list of required lab (with specifications) and office space, and infrastructure. Finally, the supporting professor must be ready to take over the supervision of the involved PhD students should the grant holder leave EPFL.
The IPHYS selection is based on the following criteria:
- Scientific excellence
- Availability of resources
- Strategic and synergetic advantage for IPHYS.
The details of the selection procedure will be announced later.
Timeline & deadlines
IPHYS deadlines are at midnight (23h59) on the indicated date. Files received after the deadline will not be considered.
IPHYS pre-application deadline: Autumn 2024
SNSF application deadline: February 1st, 2025 (TBC)
Links
IPHYS pre-application site
IPHYS template for endorsement by supporting professor
EPFL toolkit for SNSF Professorial Fellowship
SNSF Professorial Fellowship