Dr Laure Ognois-Zaugg
Director Research Services
Dr Alex Waehry
Head European and international research support − Euresearch
Dr Caroline Loutre
Head National and regional support
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NEWSLETTER - Research Services |
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HIGHLIGHTS |
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Horizon Europe launch imminent |
The new Framework Programme for Research and Innovation « Horizon Europe » will offer wide opportunities for collaborations and funding in most scientific domains, for individual and collaborative projects. The programme will run with an all-time record budget of 95 billion Euros over 7 years (2021-2027). More information: |
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RESEARCH SERVICES LATEST NEWS |
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New Euresearch appearance and website |
The Swiss network for information on European Research and Innovation, Euresearch, renews his appearance and his website. |
The European Open Science Cloud: a tool for Open Science in Europeurope |
Open Science is meant to become the new norm. This leads to a revolution in research practices, where our unprecedented ability to access, combine and process heterogeneous information transforms the research landscape. Global Open Science is becoming a driver for enabling a new paradigm of transparent, data-driven science as well as accelerating innovation. In Europe, this vision is being realised through an ambitious programme under the heading of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). |
e-Infrastructures in Horizon Europe |
The European e-Infrastructures activities aim at achieving a single and open European space for on-line research where researchers enjoy leading-edge, ubiquitous and reliable services for networking and computing, and seamless and open access to e-Science environments and global data resources. Would you like to know more about the e-Infrastructures programme in Horizon Europe and the European Commission’s priorities? See the recording of the presentation given by the European Commission officer at the EGI Conference 2020. |
COVID-19 - Impact on research programmes and related calls |
Check out the Research Services COVID-19 webpages with the latest updates on impact, research projects and networks. |
Innosuisse successfully concludes energy funding programme |
Developing and implementing solutions to relevant issues relating to the energy transition in Switzerland: this was the aim of the energy funding programme, which is managed by Innosuisse, the Swiss Innovation Agency, and will be completed at the end of 2020 after a period of eight years. The core element was the establishment and management of eight Swiss Competence Centers for Energy Research (SCCERs) in seven action areas. |
Simplified selection process for the SPIRIT programme |
From 1 February 2021, the SPIRIT programme no longer requires a pre-proposal. Researchers can submit their project proposals directly. The program aims to strengthen cross-border research that involves researchers in Switzerland and in partner countries in the global South. No thematic limitations apply. SPIRIT is focused on equal opportunities and aims to raise awareness of gender-specific questions. Submission deadline on 2 November. The first call based on the new model will be launched in August 2021. Remark : No pre-proposals nor full proposals will be accepted during the transition phase (February till July 2021). |
A pioneering multilateral Open Science policy |
The funding network CHIST-ERA, in which the SNSF actively participates, has published its Open Science policy statement. This is the first multilateral declaration of its type in Europe. |
Single postdoc scheme for fellowships abroad |
The SNSF supports postdocs who wish to do research abroad with a single scheme: Postdoc.Mobility. The Early Postdoc.Mobility scheme is being integrated into Postdoc.Mobility. The SNSF fellowships fund a research stay abroad, which generally lasts two years. It enables researchers to acquire more in-depth knowledge, increases their scientific independence and enhances their research profile. The fellowships are aimed at researchers who wish to pursue an academic career in Switzerland after their time abroad. The SNSF adapted the Regulations on Postdoc.Mobility in August 2020. They are now closely aligned with the DORA (San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment) principles. The SNSF assesses the overall performance of researchers when evaluating project proposals. Two submission deadlines are possible each year (1 February and 1 August). |
17 Swiss COST projects to strengthen collaboration with Europe |
Ideas that go beyond borders |
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EVENTS |
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Horizon Europe National Event |
A national on-line information event will bring together official representatives of the European Commission, SERI, etc., national contact points, high-profile researchers in European R&I programmes, and administrative/technical experts for Q&A. Date : 17-18 February 2021 |
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SUCCESS STORIES |
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ERC Synergy Grant |
ERC Synergy Grants bring together complementary skills, knowledge and resources from excellent researchers with the goal of jointly addressing research problems.Professor Aurélien ROUX of the Faculty of Science, Biochemistry Department, received a prestigious ERC Synergy grant (2021-2027) for the project R2-TENSION – “In-situ spatiotemporal imaging of membrane hydration, electrostatics, tension and curvature to understand cell response to osmotic shocks and cell migration” in collaboration with Prof. Sylvie ROKE, EPFL. |
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NFRP-2019-2020 (EURATOM) |
A new project with UNIGE participation has been selected for European funding EURATOM, the framework programme of the European Atomic Energy Community for nuclear research and training activities (Euratom FPRD) which coordinates the research programmes of the Member States for the peaceful civil use of nuclear fission and fusion energy and which is an integral part of Horizon 2020. |
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H2020-ICT-2020 |
A new project with UNIGE participation has been selected for European funding Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). |
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H2020-WIDESPREAD-2020 - 5 |
A new project with UNIGE participation has been selected for European funding Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation (WIDESPREAD) addressing the causes of low participation of some European countries to the framework programmes by fully exploiting the potential of Europe's talent pool. It ensures that the benefits of an innovation-led economy are both maximised and widely distributed across the European Union. Synergies with European Structural and Investment funds are an important component. Professor Christoph Michel, Faculty of Medicine, Department of basic neurosciences for the project TwinBrain - TWINning the BRAIN with machine learning for neuro-muscular efficiency. |
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Eccellenza 2020 |
45 new Eccellenza projects are being financed and conducted by professors from which 6 are attributed to UNIGE. 4 new projects in the Faculty of Science and 2 in the Faculty of Medicine. Congratulations to the new grantees! |
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CALLS FOR PROJECTS - SUBMISSION DEADLINES |
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SNSF - BRIDGE Discovery |
Innosuisse and the SNSF are launching the fifth call for proposals for the funding scheme BRIDGE Discovery. |
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SNSF - JPND JTC Call 2021 - EU Joint Programme |
Neurodegenerative Disease Research |
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SNSF - BRIDGE Proof of Concept |
The seventeenth call for BRIDGE Proof of Concept projects is open until 8 March 2021. Young researchers who want to apply their research results and realize an innovative product or service can submit their project proposal. |
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SNSF - ERA-NET NEURON JTC Call 2021SPIRIT |
The NEURON Network launches a joint transnational call for projects on 'Neurodevelopmental Disorders'. |
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SNSF - Doc.CH |
The Doc.CH grants in the humanities and social sciences are awarded by the SNSF to promising researchers who wish to write a dissertation in the humanities and social sciences in Switzerland on a topic of their own choice. |
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SNSF - Project fundings |
Under the project funding scheme, qualified researchers define their research themes and objectives themselves and conduct their project under their own responsibility. |
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Horizon Europe: News on incoming ERC Calls |
First calls for ERC Starting and ERC Consolidator Grants are expected to open early 2021. Researchers having obtained their PhD between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2018 are expected to be eligible for StG-2021 and those with PhD date between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2013 for CoG-2021. |
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SNSF - COST |
The SNSF funds COST projects within the scope of the recently approved COST Actions of the series CA182## or CA191##. Researchers with at least one year's experience since obtaining their doctorate that are actively participating in one of these COST Actions are eligible to apply. |
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SNSF - Ageing Well in the Digital World - programme AAL |
Interested in applying for the open Call for Project Proposals 2021? The topic of this year’s Call is: “Advancing inclusive health & care solutions for ageing well in the new decade”. |
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SNSF - COST |
COST funds pan-European, multi- and interdisciplinary, bottom-up networks of researchers across all science and technology fields. COST does not fund research itself, but provides support for networking activities carried out within COST Actions. |
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Research Services SNSF Euresearch |
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CONTACTS |
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Dr Laure Ognois-Zaugg Dr Alex Waehry Dr Caroline Loutre |