SNSF: How to use the new funding eligibility widget

The new widget will give you instant feedback about your funding request. 

It is a two-step process. 

The first step of the process will check if your article if eligible for funding. After you complete this step, you will receive an email asking you to complete the second step of the process. Please check your email folders for this.

The second step of the process will require you to add additional information so the funding approval can be made.

First step: Complete the funding eligibility check

1. Enter your email address.

If you are not the grantee, you can register the funding request on behalf of the grantee:

2. Select your funder and grant

Your grant details should upload automatically when you select SNSF as a funder. Select your grant(s) to continue:

3. Choose your publication type:

ChronosHub only process OA fees for articles in journals. If you select any other publication type, your funding request will not be processed and you will be redirected to contact [email protected]:

4. Select your journal

SNSF only fund OA charges in fully OA (gold) journals. If you choose a hybrid journal, a journal which is a combination of OA articles and paywalled articles, your funding request will not be processed and you will receive this message:

5. Indicate if you are publishing in a special issue

SNSF has decided to stop paying any Article Processing Charges (APCs) for Open Access articles in special issues from 1 February 2024. Articles submitted to a journal by 31 January 2024 will still be funded. 

Please be aware that articles not meeting these requirements may be rejected later.

6. Enter your funding acknowledgement

Your funding acknowledgement must include SNSF and the grant ID:

7. Upload your invoice and manuscript

We will need the invoice to make a payment if the article is eligible for funding. Please upload this in PDF format.
You can also add the publication file. This helps with adding the additional information in step 2.

When you are ready, please confirm and submit.

You will then receive an email asking you to complete the second step.

2. Second step: add article and invoice details.

1. Check your email

After you have completed the first step, you will receive an email inviting you to complete your request. Please click on 'Complete funding request'.

2. Add more details about the article.

Clicking on the link will take you to a page that requests you add more information about the article. If the article is already available online, you can add the DOI and the information will be filled automatically. Uploading the publication file will also fill out some of the information automatically.

3. Add details about the authors. 

Clicking on 'Add author' will take you to add more information. The corresponding author is required. Click on 'Add author'

One or more authors have an incomplete affiliation. You must add at least 1 Corresponding Author

All authors must have an email address. At least one author must be a grantee, so to save time you can always add the author who is the grantee or grantees. 

4. Double check the acknowledgement text, grant information and special issue information you have already submitted.

Once you have checked the information, either save as draft or click next.

5. Double check the invoice information.

Our invoice scanner will have done most of the work! Please check this against the invoice you have submitted and adjust accordingly. If all ok, click next and submit.

6. Submit

Confirm that all the information you have supplied is correct and accurate. 

Then submit your funding request.

After you submit your funding request you will receive a notification letting you know if your funding request was successful. If the funding request is successful, the invoice will be paid.