The Open Science Micro-Grants Scheme supports researchers at the University of St. Gallen in taking concrete, practical steps toward more open and reproducible research. Designed to lower time and resource barriers, the scheme provides targeted funding for clearly defined improvements such as first-time preregistration, preparing and sharing data or code, developing reproducibility packages, or integrating Citizen Science elements into research projects.
This grant scheme is currently in a pilot phase funded by swissuniversities.
The grant is intended to fund projects and activities for up to 12 months that go beyond applicants’ regular research, teaching, or dissemination activities and that produce a clearly defined open science (OS) output. Funded projects should contribute to making research processes, data, code, methods, teaching materials, or research findings more accessible, reusable, and transparent.
Applications are open to academic faculty at HSG who are engaged in research and are employed at HSG for the full duration of the proposed project. Applicants must hold an employment contract of at least 50% at HSG.
Read through the detailed call for proposals and use the official application template linked below to submit your grant proposal.
Keep your application to a maximum of two pages (excluding timeline and budget), and submit everything as a single PDF to openscience@unisg.ch with the subject line "HSG Open Science Grant Application".
Deadline: 15.09.26
Reach out to André Walter or Sabou Rani Stocker at openscience@unisg.ch.
Applications will be assessed according to the following criteria:
Priority will be given to projects with a clearly defined output, a realistic implementation plan, and a strong connection to open science principles.
