Deadline: 22 August 2018
The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) is seeking proposals for NRP 76 “Welfare and Coercion – Past, Present and Future” in order to investigate compulsory social measures and placements including those imposed privately in a broader context.
Goals
- Analysing the characteristics, mechanisms and impact of Swiss welfare policy and its practices in their diversity against a backdrop of both change and continuity;
- Identifying possible causes of welfare practices that, drawn between social order and individual rights, had an impact on the integrity of the persons affected;
- Investigating the impact of welfare practices on the persons affected and on their economic and social situation.
Topics
The call focuses on the following topics:
- Interactions between non-state actors and the state;
- Rights, proceedings, legal remedies;
- Economic entanglements;
- Transgenerational transmission of social, material and psychological disadvantages;
- Removal of children and adoptions in coercive situations.
Funding Information
- A budget of 2.5 million Swiss francs has been made available for this second call.
- This will provide funding for six to eight projects.
How to Apply
The letter of intent should take the form of a short letter of one to a maximum of two pages. It should be sent at the address given on the website and should contain the following information:
- Name and institution of the applicant
- Research question and goal of the project
- Start of research and research duration
- Collaboration with working groups in Switzerland and abroad
- Budget estimate
For more information, please visit NRP 76.