The Swiss National Science Foundation SNSF offers Scientific Exchanges that are aimed at researchers who want to host their own scientific event in Switzerland, invite colleagues from abroad for a research visit to Switzerland, or visit their colleagues in another country.
Scientific conferences and workshops are the two types of event covered by the scheme. Research visits by Swiss researchers to other countries or by researchers from abroad to Switzerland are funded for a period of 1 to 6 months. For scientific events, the travel expenses and food and board costs of participants from abroad are covered, for research visits those of travelling guests.
The Scientific Exchanges funding scheme also supports the organisation of events that allow research communities to exchange best practices on how to develop a Data Management Plan, preparing research data and making it publicly available.

The Research Partnership Grants support research projects with partner institutions which have to be based on an existing partnership.
A goal of this instrument is to allow researchers to conduct feasibility studies or pilot projects in order to apply for grants from larger funding agencies. A Research Partnership Grant builds on existing collaborations projects between researchers and scientists affiliated to a Swiss institution and researchers from the partner country.
Research Partnership Grants can fund the preparation of a joint project proposal for submission to large funding agencies or research projects to develop a long-​​​term partnerships between two institutions or chairs. Activities to intensify joint teaching or curriculum development are also covered by the grant.

The programme "JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships" enables researchers in Switzerland to stay in Japan for 12 to 24 months. The Swiss National Science Foundation SNSF is acting as the nomination body for the Postdoctoral Fellowships of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).