Employment conditions of employees funded under SNSF grants change as of 1 April 2018. The changes mainly concern doctoral students and other employees.
With these changes, the SNSF will be able to better accommodate the diverse practices at higher education institutions and ensure that all employees are treated equally. The amended regulations will apply to new applications with immediate effect. They can also be applied retrospectively to ongoing or approved grants.
The consequences for the three employee categories at the SNSF are the following:
The changes concern only employees whose salaries are charged to SNSF grants; they do not affect either grantees or applicants. The new rules are more flexible than the existing ones. For this reason, it is not absolutely necessary to change any existing employment relationships. The introduction of the salary range for doctoral students does not give rise to additional personnel costs. For further detailed information, please refer to the documents at the links below.