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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Green Deal – Last Major Challenge for Horizon 2020, to be continued in Horizon Europe ! |
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, considers climate change as the greatest challenge and opportunity of our time. Her strategy paper “The European Green Deal - Transforming Europe into the first Climate-neutral Continent” reflects her ambition to make Europe a leader in sustainable development and climate-neutral growth. A major call for projects will be launched in September 2020 (budget: 1 billion Euros), setting a first strong commitment for the Green Deal strategy and connecting the ending Framework Programme Horizon 2020 (2014-2020) and the upcoming Framework Programme Horizon Europe (2021-2017). It will include over 50 topics covering a wide range of scientific domains. In this context, it is worth mentioning that the European Commission has recently launched a large public consultation on « Adapting to climate change – EU Strategy », open until 20 August 2020. Research Services organise, in close collaboration with the Swiss National Contact Points Euresearch, an online information/networking event on the Green Deal strategy and call on 8 September 2020 (12:00-13:15). The programme and registration will be available soon. Further information : |
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RESEARCH SERVICES LATEST NEWS |
COVID-19/Coronavirus |
The Research Services have published two pages dedicated to the COVID-19 pandemic regarding 1) the extension of deadlines for the submission of certain calls for projects as well as the establishment of special project management measures at programs level, and 2) the numerous research initiatives targeting COVID-19 which have been launched at national and European level. |
Mobility Grants : Last Calls for Doc.Mobility and Early Postdoc.Mobility |
Proposals for the last Doc.Mobility and Early Postdoc.Mobility calls can be submitted until September 1st, 2020. Postdoc.Mobility will be continued as the only mobility funding option for postdocs. |
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The SNSF funds 36 new coronavirus research projects |
The SNSF took swift action by launching a special call, the first of its kind, on coronaviruses on 6 March 2020. The call was enthusiastically received in the research community. The aim is to find out more about the virus and improve clinical and public health measures open to researchers in Switzerland who contribute to expanding global efforts to fight the ongoing coronavirus epidemic. The SNSF responded by increasing the budget for the special call to 10 million Swiss francs. International experts had evaluated all of the applications within a month and 13 per cent of projects selected for funding. Professor Olivia Keiser, Institut de Santé Globale Institute des Etudes Globales Professor Nicolas Levrat and Dr Didier Wernli, Global Studies Institute. Governing systemic crises in the 21st century: Learning from early Covid-19 responses in Europe Professor Anne-Claire Siegrist; Faculty of medicine, Pathology and Immunology Dpt. How immune responses shape the clinical characteristics of COVID-19: a prospective cohort study in patients and their household contacts Professors Isabella Eckerle and Caroline Tapparel, Faculty of medicine, Microbiology and Molecular medicine dpt. Phenotypic characterization of a SARS-CoV-2 clinical strain bio-bank and risk assessment of evolving virus variants Professors Alexandra Calmy and Niklaus Labhardt, Faculty of medicine. Efficacy of same day chemoprophylaxis for exposed asymptomatic individuals exposed to SARS-CoV-2 in Switzerland: a pragmatic open-label cluster randomized trial (COPEP-trial) |
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NRP 78 “Covid-19” |
Mandated by the Federal Council, the SNSF is launching a call for a National Research Programme (NRP) to advance the understanding of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the clinical management and public health response, the development of vaccines, and therapeutics and diagnostics. The NRP aims to capitalise and build on existing national research competencies, to channel and bundle them into more extensive projects, and to foster multidisciplinary collaborations and sharing of data and results between scientists, health professionals and health authorities. |
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SNSF provides a research project registry on ‘Covid-19’ |
The project database offers an overview of research on Covid-19 funded by the SNSF, by Innosuisse, or within the European Framework programme Horizon 2020 with Swiss participation. |
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Data portal of the SNSF : Key figures of the Swiss National Science Foundation |
The SNSF is currently funding 5,806 ongoing grants for 18,712 researchers. The SNSF provides more information about SNSF key figures. |
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COST – new actions |
45 newly accepted COST Actions with Swiss participation will kick off in autumn 2020, providing a networking opportunity to the scientific community. |
EUvsVirus |
On 24-26 April the European Commission hosted the virtual pan-European hackathon EUvsVirus. Over 20,900 people from across the EU and beyond participated to work on innovative solutions for coronavirus-related challenges. The most promising projects (117) have been awarded and invited to join the new EIC COVID Platform, where they will be able to connect with end users, such as hospitals, and investors, foundations and other funding opportunities from across the EU. We are looking forward to their full development and deployment to successfully contribute to defeat the corona-crisis. |
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Funding and support for innovation, partnering and internationalization |
Euresearch Geneva and Vaud join forces with Innosuisse and Switzerland Global Enterprise to support innovative Swiss companies and help them to turn the coronacrisis into new opportunities.The event will include on-line 1:1 meetings for personalized advice. June 22th,2020 - 12:00 to 17:00 |
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Funding opportunities discovery |
The Academic Community at the University of Geneva can access *Research Professional, an online service offering an extensive database of open research funding opportunities and awards data. *Research Professional offers a user-friendly and easy to use service with broad coverage of international and national funding opportunities. www.researchprofessional.com. The next online training session is organised on June 30th. If you cannot attend but would like to receive the recorder seminar, please subscribe to the same form. You can send your questions or the subjects that you would like to be treated during the training in advance to service-recherche@unige.ch June 30th, 2020 - 13:00 - 14:30 |
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H2020-MSCA - Individual Fellowships |
Horizon 2020 – Online Applicants Training for Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Individual Fellowships. July 9th,2020 – 9:00 - 15:30 |
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SUCCESS STORIES |
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H2020 - MSCA - Individual Fellowships |
Six 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: |
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H2020 - ERC Advanced Grants |
Four researchers from UNIGE were awarded with prestigious ERC Advanced Grants: Professor Pedro Herrera, Faculty of Medicine, Genetic medicine and development recently received a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant (2020-2025) for the Merlin - MEtabolic Cell Reprogramming for the Recovery of Lost INsulin-Producing Cells. Professor Giuseppe Iacobucci, Faculty of Science, Physics Section, received a prestigious ERC Advanced grant (2020-2024) for the project MONOLITH - Monolithic Multi-Junction Picosecond Avalanche Detector for future physics experiments and applications. Professor Denis Jabaudon, Faculty of Medicine, Basic Neurosciences recently received a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant (2020-2025) for the Nature Nurture - Intrinsic and extrinsic determinants of neuronal identity. Professor Christian Lüscher, Faculty of Medicine, Basic Neurosciences recently received a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant (2020-2025) for the project F-Addict - Convergence of positive and negative reinforcement in fentanyl addiction. Congratulations to the new grantees! |
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H2020 - ERC Consolidator Grants |
Five researchers from UNIGE were awarded with prestigious ERC Consolidator Grants: Professor Dmitry Abanin, Faculty of Science, Theoretical Physics, recently for the project TANQ - Taming Non-Equilibrium Quantum Matter (2020-2025) Professor Camilla Bellone, Faculty of Medicine, Basis Neurosciences, for the project SocialNAC – Circuit and synaptic plasticity mechanisms of approach and avoidance social behaviour (2020-2025) Professor Camille BONVIN, Faculty of Sciences, Theoretical Physics Dpt for the project LSSgrav – Testing the law of gravity with novel large-scale structure observables (2020-2025) Professor Doron MERKLER, Faculty of Medicine, Pathology and Immunology Dpt, for the project PATHOCODE - Molecular pathology of anti-viral T cell responses in the central nervous system (2020-2025) Professor Zoltan ZAJACZ, Faculty of Sciences, Earth and Environmental Sciens dpt for the project OXYGEN - The redox evolution of arc magmas: from the oxygenation of the Earth’s atmosphere to the genesis of giant hydrothermal ore deposits Convergence of positive and negative reinforcement in fentanyl addiction (2021-2025) Congratulations to the new grantees! |
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CALLS FOR PROJECTS - SUBMISSION DEADLINES |
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Last calls H2020 |
Some last calls Horizon 2020 with deadlines this summer/autumn include mainly the domains of Energy and Security (Secure Societies), in addition to the major call “Green Deal” and the calls ERC-AdG, ERC-PoC, MSCA-IF, MSCA-COFUND and IMI2 mentioned elsewhere in this newsletter. |
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IMI2 - Future Calls |
IMI plans to launch IMI2 – Calls 22 and 23 on 23 June 2020. This date is indicative and may change. Find out the topics under consideration forthese calls for proposals. |
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H2020 - FET – information sessions |
Are you preparing a proposal for H2020 FET-Proactive or FET Innovation Launchpad? |
SNSF - Practice-to-Science |
The SNSF awards Practice-to-Science grants to qualified experts with proven practical experience who were recently hired or wish to join a university of applied sciences or a university of teacher education as an assistant professor. The time-limited positions offer the opportunity of obtaining higher qualifications and converting to a permanent position. |
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SNSF - Postdoc.Mobility |
SNSF Postdoc.Mobility fellowships support postdocs who wish to conduct a research stay abroad. |
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H2020: Last call for ERC Advanced Grants |
ERC Advanced Grants are individual grants designed to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they are already established research leaders with a recognised track record of research achievements for experienced researchers. |
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SNSF - Doc.Mobility |
Doc.Mobility fellowships of the SNSF enable doctoral students to write part of their PhD at a host institution abroad. Doctoral students matriculated abroad must move to a new institution for the fellowship. These fellowships are awarded for 6 to 18 months. |
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SNSF - Early Postdoc.Mobility |
Early Postdoc.Mobility fellowships of the SNSF enable postdocs starting their career to spend a postdoc research stay abroad. In principle, these fellowships are awarded for 18 months, in justified cases for at least 12 months. |
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SNSF - Agora |
The Agora scheme aims to promote the spread of knowledge, as well as the exchange of views and perspectives about scientific research. It therefore encourages projects involving two-way processes - with interaction and listening - which generate dialogues between researchers and the public. |
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H2020 - MSCA – Last call for individual Fellowships |
Post-doc research fellowships « Marie Sklodowska Curie » in all scientific domains with free choice of topic. |
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SNSF - Indo-Swiss Joint Research |
Within the scope of the bilateral programmes of the Swiss Confederation, the SNSF and the Indian Department of Biotechnology (DBT) are issuing a call for proposals. |
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H2020 - MSCA - COFUND |
Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (COFUND). |
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SNSF - SPIRIT (rolling call for pre-proposals) |
SPIRIT facilitates knowledge exchange between Swiss researchers and researchers in selected partner countries of low and middle income. |
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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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SNSF - Investigator Initiated Clinical Trials (IICT) |
For the sixth time, the SNSF is launching a call for clinical studies on topics that are outside the industry focus. |
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More calls |
Research Services SNSF Euresearch |
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CONTACTS |
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Dr Laure Ognois-Zaugg, Dr Alex Waehry, Dr Caroline Loutre, |