Open Calls
Discover opportunities to collaborate between Switzerland and India!
Open Calls are opportunities offered by Swissnex or other Swiss and Indian stakeholders to engage in collaborative activities. Please have a look at the respective webpages for more information and keep in mind that we can't answer any questions related to opportunities not directly offered by Swissnex in India.
Open Calls
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Open Call | New Perspectives at the Trialogue Days
May 1, 2026Researchers and other professionals across disciplines and career levels residing in India, Uganda or Switzerland can submit abstracts on a perspective of Planetary Health they would like to bring to the table to enrich the existing expertise of the Trialogue Days. Deadline is May 31.
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Open Call | Young Minds at the Trialogue Days
May 1, 2026Students, young researchers and professionals residing in India, Uganda or Switzerland under the age of 30 can submit abstracts on projects related to Planetary Health. Deadline is May 31.
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Startup Camp India – SpaceTech 2026
April 23, 2026 — June 30, 2026Swiss startups working on space technologies, satellite applications and the real-world uses of satellite data can apply.
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Open Call | Bose Beamline Challenge 2026
January 20, 2026Indian and South Asian school and undergraduate students can apply to explore particle accelerators and beamlines through hands-on scientific inquiry. The deadline to submit applications is 30 April 2026.
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Open Call | University of Geneva Summer Schools
March 2, 2026Join the University of Geneva Summer Schools to gain hands-on, interdisciplinary insight into global health, sustainability, diplomacy and environmental action at the heart of international Geneva.
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Open Call | Compute Grants & Collaboration Projects with the Swiss AI Initiative
February 16, 2026Researchers, research teams and institutions across Europe and beyond can apply for compute grants and collaboration projects with the Swiss AI Initiative, advancing frontier AI research using 'Alps', one of the world’s most powerful AI-centric supercomputers. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
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Open Call | One Health Joint Research Projects 2026
February 3, 2026This call for joint research projects allows researchers in Switzerland to collaborate with academic partners in India on research that adopts a One Health approach, focusing on the interconnected health of humans, animals and the environment. The deadline to submit applications is 5 May 2026.
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Open Call | Production Projects on Switzerland’s ‘Alps’ Supercomputer
January 23, 2026Researchers at academic institutions can apply for production project allocations to carry out large-scale scientific or engineering simulations and analyses using Switzerland’s national supercomputing infrastructure ‘Alps’. Application deadline is May 19.
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Open Call | Development Projects on Switzerland’s ‘Alps’ Supercomputer
January 23, 2026Researchers at academic institutions can apply for development project allocations to work on code and algorithm improvements using Switzerland’s national supercomputing infrastructure ‘Alps’. Application deadline is May 19.
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Open Call | Transdisciplinary Development Research 2026
January 20, 2026Researchers and non-academic actors from policy and practice can collaborate in transnational and transdisciplinary consortia. The deadline to submit applications is 18 May 2026.
Closed Calls
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Open Call | CSCS-USI Summer School 2026 on High-Performance Computing and Data Analytics
March 16, 2026Intermediate graduate students can apply for the CSCS-USI Summer School 2026, a week-long programme focused on high-performance computing (HPC), GPU programming and data analytics. The summer school will take place from July 25 to July 31, 2026 at Hotel Serpiano in Switzerland, with opportunities for digital participation. Application deadline is April 12.
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Open Call | Global Spark 2026: Building Confidence in Collaboration
March 9, 2026 — April 7, 2026Global Spark 2026 is developed for ZHAW in coordination with Swissnex in India and Swissnex in China with contribution from Swissnex in Japan. It is open to ZHAW faculty and staff and is free of charge.
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Open Call | Joint Research Projects in Social Sciences 2026
January 20, 2026This call for joint research projects allows researchers in Switzerland to collaborate with academic partners in India. The deadline to submit applications is 8 April 2026.
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Open Call | Joint Research Projects in Mountain Hazard Geoscience 2026
January 20, 2026This call for joint research projects allows researchers in Switzerland to collaborate with academic partners in India. The deadline to submit applications is 8 April 2026.
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Open Call | ThinkSwiss Research Scholarships 2026
January 20, 2026ThinkSwiss Research Scholarships offers students from India, Singapore, Australia, Brunei, and select Pacific Island Countries fully-funded research stints in a Swiss laboratory of their choosing. Applications are now closed.
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