About NRP50
Milestones
August 23, 2000
Swiss Federal Council mandated the SNSF to implement the NRP 50
March 2001
Approval of the implementation plan by the Research Council
April 27, 2001
Approval by the Federal Councillor Ruth Dreifuss (Federal Department of Home Affairs)
August 15, 2001
Deadline for the submission of research proposals
January 1st, 2002
Start of research
April 22-23, 2002
Kick-off meeting
2003
Call for second round of research proposals (emphasis on risk assessment on young investigators)
2004
Extension of projects in the first public call
May 15, 2004
Launch of the public call for projects
2005
Call for third round of research proposals (emphasis on risk assessment and overall evaluation of results)
December 2007
End of scientific work
Spring/Summer 2008 Presentation of results