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	swissuniversities - Calls Open Research Data (ORD)

Contact: Igor Sarman (servizio.ricerca@usi.ch)

The calls at a glance

Swiss higher education institutions and research organizations can now apply for ORD funding to support innovative research practices. Funding covers initiatives in early-stage exploration and infrastructure enhancement.

Guiding principles of ORD projects

The call’s objective is to fund projects that enable, facilitate, and foster the sharing of research data based on ORD principles, by making tools available (e.g. best practices, guidelines, training activities), thus allowing researchers to become Open Science leaders in their field.

Action Line A1: Explore Projects (CHORD Track A)

This call supports early-stage ORD projects that aim at exploring, conceptualizing, prototyping, and/or building up ORD practices to improve research capabilities and support research communities, focusing on underrepresented disciplines and fostering sustainable and collaborative ORD practices.

Deadline: 2 March 2025

Funding and duration

Deadline: 2 March 2025. Decision: June 2025. Earliest start: 1 July 2025. Latest end: 31 July 2026. Budget: up to CHF 200’000 in federal funding per project (the rule of Matching Funds applies).

	Action Line B3.2: Strategic Research Infrastructure Enhancement

This call targets the consolidation and strategic development of the Swiss ORD landscape by integrating and/or enhancing ORD components within existing strategic Research Infrastructures. Projects should seek synergies with other infrastructures to avoid duplication and maximize impact.

Deadline: 2 March 2025

Funding and duration

Deadline: 2 March 2025. Decision: June 2025. Earliest start: 1 July 2025. Latest end: 31 July 2026. Budget: up to CHF 250’000 in federal funding per project (the rule of Matching Funds applies).

	Open Science: Communication and Awareness Raising Projects

This call supports projects that raise awareness about Open Science (including ORD). Projects that fulfil strategic messaging, stakeholder management and/or impactful storytelling are welcome.

Deadline: rolling call

Funding and duration

Proposals are evaluated on a rolling basis. Latest end: 31 July 2026 Collaboration with other Swiss higher education institutions eligible for funding is desirable and given particular weight in the evaluation. Budget: up to CHF 100’000 in federal funding per project(rule of Matching Funds applies)

Contact: Igor Sarman (servizio.ricerca@usi.ch)

Matching Funds principle

Swissuniversities calls adopt the Matching Funds principle: higher education institutions are required to cover at least 50% of the total project costs from their own resources. For detailed procedure contact USI Research Service.

Institutional support

Project applicants must have received explicit approval from USI before they submit their project proposal. Project applications must be signed by the president or rector of all participating higher education institutions.