Open Science grants
This list is regularly updated. If you know of other calls not cited here, feel free to send us an email at [email protected] and we’ll add it to the list!
Open Calls
Second national calls to support collaborative projects in:
(i) Data science researchâto advance statistical modeling, machine learning, & AI; (ii) Innovationâto translate research into real-world impact; & (iii) Infrastructureâto build community-driven, FAIR-aligned data science platforms. Pre-proposal submissions by 27 Oct 2025.
Programme Open Science II: open science communication and awareness-raising
Up to CHF 30â000 per project to promote and strengthen Open Science activities and communication in line with the National OA & ORD Strategies. Rolling submissionsânext deadlines: 31 Oct 2025, 31 Jan 2026, 30 Apr 2026.
Programme Open Science II: mobilize & facilitate participation in international initiatives
A minimum of CHF 10â000 per project to support the sustainable integration and participation of Swiss higher education institutions, research communities, and research groups in European and international Open Science initiatives and (infra)structures. Rolling submissionsânext deadlines: 31 Oct 2025, 31 Jan 2026, and 30 Apr 2026.
Submissions Anytime
Up to CHF 10,000 to make research data open
Eligible costs include data cleaning, metadata creation, anonymization, and publishing in FAIR-compliant repositories
Our friends who fund Open Science
You will find below funding entities who often provide calls for OS-related projects.
The Swiss Open Research Data Grants program is jointly organized by ETH Domain and Swissuniversities. It aims to support ORD practices across disciplines and higher education institutions in Switzerland, with a focus on creating synergies and complementarities. EPFL applicants can apply through both paths, with the ETH Domain path being used for evaluation if a call is open via both organizations at the same time.
No open call at the moment
The CHIST-ERA Open Research Data Call tackles the challenge of Open & Re-usable Research Data & Software from the perspective of the possible reuse of data, with the objective of creating the conditions for research in any domain based on open or shared data and software.
The Hasler Foundation promotes information and communications technology (ICT) for the well-being and benefit of Switzerland as an intellectual and industrial centre. The Foundation aims to play an active role in ensuring that Switzerland continues to take a leading position in science and technology in the future.
The Foundation funds or co-funds selected educational, research and innovation projects and undertakings in the field of ICT.
Research projects can be submitted at any time.
No open call at the moment.
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) funds a variety of projects related to open science. Some examples include:
- Support for open-access publishing and data sharing in the scientific community
- Development of new tools and technologies to improve scientific collaboration and data sharing
- Programs to increase diversity and inclusion in the scientific workforce
- Funding for open-source software development to support scientific research
- Support for the creation of new scientific commons and the sharing of knowledge and resources.
The Simons Foundation is a private philanthropic foundation that supports scientific research and education, particularly in the fields of mathematics, theoretical physics, and theoretical computer science. It also funds research in the life sciences and autism research.
Next deadline: 8.03.2023
The SNSF has available grants to fund Open Access publications in scientific Journals, books and book chapters.
More information about the SNSF Open Access policy
For publications from projects funded by SNSF grants, the Foundation supports researchers in making their articles freely available without limitations or delays by paying the Article Processing Charges (APCs) in peer reviewed journals.
The SNSF supports finances the publication of scientific books that are freely accessible without limitations or delays. Book Processing Charges are awarded for scientific publications regardless of whether the underlying research results were obtained in research projects funded by the SNSF or not.
Peer-reviewed monographs (including dissertations, habilitations, legal commentaries and editions) and anthologies qualify for funding. The cost of publisher services for quality control, book production and distribution are covered by a book processing charge (BPC).
The SNSF finances book chapters that result from an SNSF-funded research project and are published in a peer-reviewed open access anthology.
Coverage of publication fees can be requested as book chapter processing charges (BCPCs).
Citizen participation can also drive scientific progress: small projects can get funded through the crowdfunding platform wemakeit.com and receive a matching grant (Science Booster) from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) up to a maximum of 5,000 CHF.
Past Funding Calls
Large compute call
Up to CHF 1M funding and >500K compute hours to support the research and development of open science artifacts in foundation models and key societal AI applications
The EPFL Presidency dedicated a total of CHF 3 Mio over the period 2019-2021 to promote open and reproducible research at EPFL through the bottom-up adoption of best practice in research management and knowledge dissemination.
Several EPFL teams were awarded grants in 2018 and 2019 to develop OS projects