Grant sum: max. 50 kCHF
Project duration: up to 12 months
Eligible partners: located in China, Japan, South Korea, ASEAN member states. Partners located in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan are also eligible.
Goals and objectives
The 'Opportunity Grants' support bottom-up 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.
These research-based initiatives aim at increasing the visibility of Swiss science, technology and innovation abroad.
Events or incidents eligible for 'Opportunity Grants' 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.
- Launch of a new public policy such as new impactful agriculture or migration policies.
Timeline
Call launch: 17 May 2022
Application deadline: 31 July 2022
Review process: August-September 2022
Decision: mid-September 2022
Earliest project start: November 2022
Project duration: up to 12 months
Call document, contacts and application form are available on the LH Asia website.