Career Tracker Cohorts (CTC)

Further information on the project is available at careertrackercohorts.ch The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) decides on the basis of the project description in the download request on the use of the data. The download request needs to be in the form of a project description referring to the conditions mentioned below. Access to scientific-use files may be granted under the following conditions: — The project pursues (a) legitimate research question(s) and the application demonstrates that the data will be used appropriately for scientific purposes or for teaching at an institution of higher education. — The research question(s) described cannot be answered without the scientific-use files of the SNSF-CTC (justification of the data request). — The application provides all the information necessary (goal of the research project, name(s) of the person(s) and affiliations of all the persons accessing the data, description of the measures taken to ensure data security at the organisational, technical, personnel and informational level). — The project does not pursue any commercial purpose.

If the researchers intend to link the scientific-use files of the CTC with data from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO), this needs to be specified in the description of the intended use of the data. In addition, the following supplementary conditions apply: — The purpose of the research needs to be clearly defined. Pursuing different research questions is not possible. — The application demonstrates how the linkage with the FSO data is indispensable to the research project and that the data will be used appropriately for scientific purposes. — The researchers have to be employed at a recognized research institution (e.g. university) or at an organization of the federal, cantonal or municipal administration.