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.