June 2019

NEWSLETTER - Research Services

HIGHLIGHTS

SPARK : Rapid funding of unconventional ideas

The aim of Spark is to fund the rapid testing or development of new scientific approaches, methods, theories, standards, ideas for applications, etc.
Duration: six months to one year.
Maximum grant amount: CHF 100,000; minimum grant amount: CHF 50,000
The Spark grant may cover the applicant’s salary.
The project must start no later than three months after the decision is communicated.
Open to all disciplines.
Submission deadline : July 17th, 2019

Common templates to facilitate data and material exchange

The Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN) and Swiss Biobanking Platform (SBP) have worked in close collaboration to deliver Data Transfer and Use Agreement and Material Transfer Agreement templates to facilitate data and material exchange in the context of academic research projects.
In order to be able to exchange data and samples for research projects between institutions, a Data Transfer and Use Agreement (DTUA) and/or Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) are required. Further informations

RESEARCH SERVICES LATEST NEWS

SNSF venue : save the date

The SNSF will organize a Swiss Tour in autumn 2019 and will stop by University of Geneva on November 26th, 2019. For more information, stay connected to our website.

Horizon 2020 Light House Event Euresearch

The aim of this event is to inform all interested stakeholders in Switzerland about European funding opportunities for the remaining year of Horizon 2020, covering all scientific domains and programme types.
Date: September 5th, 2019
Place: Bern
Agenda

Top class R&I projects wanted by the European Innovation Council

As of March 2019 the Enhanced Pilot European Innovation Council (EIC) supports revolutionary researchers and innovators all along the innovation chain with stronger measures.
Two new bottom-up initiatives have been launched: “Pathfinder” to turn fundamental research into advanced technologies, “Accelerator” to develop and scale up innovations to the stage where they can attract private investment.

If you missed the EIC information event in Bern on April 25th and the presentations of the high-level delegation of the European Commission, use the wizard to identify the EIC programme that better suits your project.

Horizon 2020 – New UNIGE guidelines

New Guidelines represent an information synthesis on Horizon 2020 project submission and management are now published on the Research Services website:
H2020 Project Submission
H2020 Grant Agreement Signature
H2020 Project Management

UNIGE regulations in relation to scientific research 

A page which consolidates the main documents describing the framework set by the University for scientific research is now available on the research service website.

Yareta: A new digital tool to archive and preserve your research data

The next 26th of June is taking place the opening of the new Yareta digital tool: a tool not only to archive and preserve your research data in the long term but also to make them available to the scientific community.
Yareta was developed to facilitate the work of researchers. Compliance with international archival standards in the domain of long-term preservation and fully consistent with the principles of good practices for research data management, the Yareta digital tool meets all of the requirements of funding agencies.
The Yareta tool was developed within the framework of the national swissuniversities project “Data Life-Cycle Management (DLCM) and the cantonal Projet de loi “Infrastructure numérique pour la recherche”. The tool is at the service of researchers from all higher education institutions of the Canton of Geneva.

Wednesday 26th of June 2019 – 12:00 - 2:00 pm
Uni Sciences II, Room A100 (aperitif: Sciences III, Hall)

* Les enjeux autour de la préservation des données de recherche : Pierre-Yves Burgi | Directeur du projet DLCM et Co-directeur du projet « Infrastructure numérique pour la recherche ».
* Du stockage à la préservation des données : Démonstration avec Yareta : Hugues Cazeaux | Responsable du pôle eResearch (DiSTIC).
* Apéritif

Both presentations will be given in French but slides will be in English.

Event free of charge but registration is required.
More information

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EVENTS

ERC Grants for Excellence in Research

If you are looking for funding for yourself and your team for a 5 year cutting-edge fundamental research project in your domain, ERC Grants are your opportunity:

ERC Starting Grant (2-7 years after award of PhD) Call open: July 2019 - deadline: October 2019
ERC Consolidator Grants (7-12 years after award of PhD) Call open: October 2019 - deadline: February 2020

You will hear about eligibility conditions, competitiveness criteria and the experience of a Grantee. You can get tips and expert advice.
Questions about Advanced (deadline 29.08.2019) and Synergy Grant (deadline 5.11.2019) will also be dealt with. Please inform us in advance if you wish us to cover these types of grant at the event.

June 25, 2019 - 12:00 - 13:30pm
UNI Mail, MR160
Registration

H2020-MSCA - Individual Fellowships

Horizon 2020 – Applicants Training for Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Individual Fellowships.
This event is a one-day training for researchers (PostDoc) planning to apply to the 2019 MSCA Individual Fellowships call (deadline: 11.09.2019).
Due to place restriction, preference will be given to applicants planning to apply with UNIGE or another host institution located in Geneva.

July 4, 2019 – 10:00 - 4:00pm
Uni Dufour, room 408
Information and registration

Research Infrastructures in Europe and Switzerland

You will learn about the topics open next year in Horizon 2020, the timelines of the ESFRI roadmap and the Swiss roadmap, and get an outlook on RI in Horizon Europe.

Juy 5th, 2019 - Berne
Informations

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SUCCESS STORIES

Euresearch Success Stories

Euresearch Success Stories dedicated its latest release to the Geneva-based company ID Quantique and to its long-lasting collaboration with the University of Geneva.
Learn more about the activities of QRANGE, part of the EU Flagship on Quantum Technologies, and discover what motivates ID Quantique to be on board of this promising project, coordinated by the University of Geneva.   

H2020

Data published by the European Commission confirm Geneva and its vibrant innovation ecosystem as one of the Hot Spots of research and innovation in Europe.
Despite the high competition of Horizon 2020, one out of five projects submitted by Geneva-based companies was funded (20% success rate), resulting in a total of 78 top notch projects awarded between 2014 and 2018. The success rate of companies in Geneva is higher than the average of Swiss companies (17.8%) and twice as higher compared to the success rate of all participating companies (10.4%).
We are looking forward to their continuous success with the new funding opportunities of the European Innovation Council, the most business-friendly part of Horizon 2020.

H2020-MSCA - Individual Fellowships

Four projects with UNIGE participation have been selected for European funding under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA). IF are individual fellowships at the postdoctoral level for experienced researchers who wish to develop their career prospects with a research experience abroad. All scientific domains can benefit from an IF, with free choice of topic. These are the selected projects:

DIVE into AD, Dr Aurélien Lathuiliere under the supervision of Prof Giovanni Frisoni – Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics (Faculty of Medicine).

ESCAPE, Dr Martin Turbet under the supervision of Prof David Ehrenreich – Astronomy Department (Faculty of Science).

MOBILISE, Dr César Guzman-Concha under the supervision of Prof Marco Giugni – Department of Political Science and International Relations (Geneva School of Social Sciences).

SPECIMEN, Dr Katharina Steiner under the supervision of Prof Bruno Strasser – Section of Biology (Faculty of Science).

ERC Advanced Grants

Professor Robbie Loewith of the Faculty of Science, Department of Molecular Biology recently received a prestigious ERC Advanced Fellowship (2019-2024) for the Tendo - Tension of endomembranes maintained by TORC1 project. More information on his research group.
Professor Loewith is UNIGE’s first researcher to receive three consecutive ERC Fellowships, Starting (2008-2013), Consolidator (2014-2019) and currently Advanced (2019-2024).

Professor Michel Milinkovitch of the Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Genetics and Evolution recently received a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant (2019-2024) for the Evomorphys project - Identifying how Evolution exploits physical properties of tissues of Generate the complexity and diversity of Life. More information on his research group.

ERC Consolidator Grant

Professor Mirko Trajkovski of the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism recently received a prestigious ERC Consolidator Fellowship (2019-2024) for the Healthybiota - Microbiota-host interactions for Integrative metabolic health reprograming. More information on his research group.

ERC Consolidator Grant

Professor Michael Hothorn of the Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Botany and Plant Biology Section, recently received a prestigious ERC Consolidator Fellowship (2019-2024) for the Inspire -System-wide discovery and analysis of inosito pyrophosphate Signalling networks in plants.More information on his research group.

CALLS FOR PROJECTS - SUBMISSION DEADLINES

ASSM

Fonds Käthe Zingg-Schwichtenberg
Submission deadline: June 15th, 2019

Post Doc Mobility

Postdoc.Mobility
Submission deadline: August 1st, 2019

ERC Advanced  

ERC Advanced Grants are individual grants for experience researchers. The call opened on 21 May 2019. For the Letter of Commitment of the Host Institution required for all ERC applications, please inform Euresearch one month before submission deadline at the latest.
Submission deadline: August 29th, 2019

Early Postdoc Mobility

Early Postdoc.Mobility
Submission deadline: September 1st, 2019

Doc Mobility

Doc.Mobility
Submission deadline: September 1st, 2019

Agora

Agora – where research meets the public
Submission deadline:September 3rd, 2019

COST Action

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.
Submission deadline: September 5th, 2019
Informations

H2020-MSCA - Individual Fellowships

PostDoc research fellowships in all scientific domains with free choice of topic.
Submission deadline:September 11th, 2019
Informations

H2020-MSCA - COFUND

Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (COFUND)
This action is meant for organisations that fund or manage doctoral programmes or fellowship programmes for researchers (PostDoc).
Submission deadline: September 26th, 2019
Informations

ERC Starting

ERC Starting Grants offer funding to top researchers at the beginning of their research careers (2 to 7 years of research experience after PhD) . Expected publication: July 2019. For the Letter of Commitment of the Host Institution required for all ERC applications, please inform us one month before submission deadline at the latest.
Submission deadline: October 2019
Contact Euresearch to obtain guidelines and support.
Watch out for the Applicant Training event that will be organised in Geneva in August! (more info to come)

ERC Synergy

ERC Synergy Grants have been developed in order to bring together complementary skills, knowledge and resources from 2-4 excellent researchers with the goal of jointly addressing research problems. Each project can be up to a maximum of € 10 million for a period of 6 years. Additional budget can be requested under specific circumstances.
Expected submission deadline : November 2019 – last ERC Synergy call for H2020.
Do not hesistate to contact Euresearch for more information and support.

ERC Consolidator

ERC Consolidator Grants provide funding to top researchers (7 to 12 years after the PhD). The next call will open in October 2019 (expected date). For the Letter of Commitment of the Host Institution required for all ERC applications, please inform us one month before submission deadline at the latest.
Submission deadline (expected): February 2020 - last ERC Consolidator call for H2020.
Do not hesistate to contact Euresearch for more information and support.

IMI

Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) – Calls 18/19 and beyond
Indicative information on upcoming calls 18 and 19 to be published in late June 2019 is available now: Research topics

SNSF - Project funding

Project funding
Submission deadline: October 1st, 2019

International Co-Investigator Scheme

International Co-Investigator Scheme (anciennement Money follows Cooperation Line)
Submission deadline: October 1st, 2019

SNSF - Lead Agency

Lead Agency process
Submission deadline: October 1st, 2019

Ambizione

Ambizione
Submission deadline: November 1st, 2019

PRIMA

PRIMA
Submission deadline: November 1st, 2019

IICT

Investigator Initiated Clinical Trials (IICT) 2019
Submission deadline: November 1st, 2019

FLARE

Funding LArge international REsearch projects (FLARE)
Submission deadline: November 15th,2019

Horizon 2020

Many calls are still open for collaborative research projects:
Future and emerging technologies (FET-open, FET-proact)
Information and communication technologies (ICT)
Secure, clean and efficient energy
Secure societies
List of all open calls (Euresearch)

More calls

CONTACTS

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Director Research Services

Dr Alex Waehry,
Head European and international research support − Euresearch

Dr Eliane Abou Mansour,
Head National and regional support ad-interim

SNSF Research commission at UNIGE

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