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Leading House MENA 2021-2024 Programme
Leading House MENA 2021-2024 Programme
The State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI (SBFI) published the following information that might find your interest. It is addressed to
- Switzerland-based researchers active in the MENA region
- International Relation Offices of Swiss universities
- Swiss representations in the countries of the MENA region
The University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES-SO) manages the Leading House for the Middle East and North Africa (LHMENA). After a first four-year mandate during which 35 mobility stays, research collaborations and innovation projects received its support, LHMENA recently announced its activities for 2021-2024.
Programme
For this new mandate, the focus will be put on research projects. A regular instrument, the "Research partnership grants", will be launched three years in a row. It will be followed by a more important instrument, the “Consolidation grants”, launched in the second half of the mandate. Each call will be announced on their website and by email. The schedule for the next four years will be as follows:
Instrument | Maximum amount | Launch | Application deadline | Project duration |
Research partnership grants | CHF 15,000 | September 2021 | December 2021 | June 2022 - July 2023 |
Research partnership grants | CHF 15,000 | May 2022 | September 2022 | February 2023 - March 2024 |
Research partnership grants | CHF 15,000 | May 2023 | September 2023 | February 2024 - March 2025 |
Consolidation grants | CHF 40,000 | May 2023 | September 2023 | February 2024 - September 2025 |
Eligible countries
Other important change, these instruments are now open to all countries of the MENA region, which are: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Occupied Palestinian territory, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen. Conditions and eligibility criteria will be specified in the regulation of each call.
Kick-off
The Leading House organises a kick-off event to present its new funding instruments and, more generally, to bring together the people in Switzerland who collaborate with the MENA region. It will also be the occasion to present some of the projects that were supported by the Leading House MENA during the 2017-2020 mandate. This kick-off event will take place on Monday 18thOctober, from 2pm to 6pm, in Fribourg and online. Detailed information and registration will be available soon on their website. Interested researchers can already save this date in their calendars.
Until then, LHMENA remains fully available to answer any questions. Please feel free to contact the Leading House by email or by phone at the number below. And remember that you can check research.swiss anytime to see the opportunities for bilateral collaboration offered by all the Leading Houses, SNFS, Innosuisse and more.