2023 Call for Opportunity Grants
The Leading House Asia launches the call for Opportunity Grants to support initiatives of researchers from Swiss universities, universities of applied sciences, universities of teacher education, and public research institutes, linked to specific events or incidents in East and Southeast Asia. The application deadline is on 15 May 2023.
Application deadline: 15 May 2023
Earliest start: 1 August 2023
Funding: max. 50k CHF for a project of up to 12 months
The Opportunity Grants support initiatives of researchers from Swiss universities, universities of applied sciences, universities of teacher education, and public research institutes, linked to specific events or incidents in East and Southeast Asia. Specific events can be large public happenings such as the Olympic Games, international or national expositions/biennales, major environmental events such as the implications of a typhoon, earthquake or tsunami, major economic and political developments such as the possible geopolitical implications of a presidential visit or a shift of power in a government as well as the launch of a new public policy such as new impactful agriculture or migration policies.
Open to postdoctoral researchers, senior scientists, or professors of Swiss federal and cantonal universities, universities of applied sciences and universities of teacher education, and public research institutes.