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Within the Swiss Roadmap for Research Infrastructures 2027 process organised by the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), swissuniversities is the body responsible for identifying new research infrastructures supported by the cantonal universities and universities of applied sciences and arts.
In this context, swissuniversities has developed a process for projects set up by cantonal universities and universities of applied sciences and arts. This comprises three phases: coordination, prioritisation and pre-selection by the vice presidents for Research of the higher education institutions concerned.
More information on swissuniversities' internal process can be found here: Process Outline, Governance, Selection Criteria, Specification document, Template for project ideas Phase A.
Additional questions: members of higher education institutions are asked to contact the departments responsible within their institutions for the internal procedure: universities / universities of applied sciences / universities of teacher education.
The ETH Board is the responsible body for research infrastructure projects in the lead of institutions of the ETH Domain. The ETH Board takes its decisions according to its established internal process and in line with SERI‘s guidelines.
Project proposals recommended to the higher education institutions by swissuniversities for the SNSF scientific review
As part of swissuniversities' internal process for the Roadmap for Research Infrastructures 2027 Phase B, swissuniversities has prioritised 11 project proposals and recommended them to the higher education institutions (HEIs) for submission to the SNSF for scientific review. The implementation of the projects is still open at this stage. In accordance with swissuniversities' internal process for the Roadmap for Research Infrastructures 2027, the projects and the SNSF's review results will be treated by the vice-presidents for Research (VPsRES) in Phase C in order to prepare a pre-selection for the attention of the responsible bodies swissuniversities. The implementation of the projects depends in particular on funding from the HEIs or their sponsors and the approval of the HEIs management.
Project proposals led by institutions of the ETH Domain are not listed below. They follow the established internal process of the ETH Board.
| Working title project proposal | Main institution | Scientific coordinator | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| DARIAH-CH Federated Infrastructure | UNIBE | Tobias Hodel | |
| EM-Frontiers 2.0 | UNIBE | Benoît Zuber | |
| Bedretto Underground Laboratory for Physical Sciences | UZH | Björn Penning | |
| Swiss Direct Democracy Research Infrastructure | UZH | Daniel Kübler | |
| Global Glacier Data Cube | UZH | Michael Zemp | |
| SwissBioAnalytics | UZH | Ralph Schlapbach | |
| Swiss Institute for Vaccine, Drug and Device Development | UZH | Michael O. Hottiger; Thorsten Buch | |
| Swiss National Precision Oncology Center | UZH | Andreas Wicki | |
| Swiss Federated Research Infrastructure for Language Sciences | UZH | Volker Dellwo | |
| Swiss Testing and Training Facility for Aerial Robotics & Autonomous Systems | ZHAW | Hella Bolck | |
| Swiss Quantum Materials Design Infrastructure | UNIGE | Andrea Caviglia |
Departments responsible within universities
| Institution | Contact |
|---|---|
| Universität Basel | Website |
| Universität Bern / Université de Berne, UniBE | Website |
| Université de Fribourg / Universität Freiburg, Unifr | Service Promotion Recherche / Dienststelle Forschungsförderung, , Dr. Katja Wirth, Mail |
| Université de Genève, UNIGE | Ysadora Charital, Service de Soutien à la Recherche (Research and Grants Office), Mail |
| Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL | Annalisa Buffa, Mail |
| Université de Lausanne, UNIL | |
| Universität Luzern, Unilu | Prof. Dr. Alexander H. Trechsel, Prorektorat Forschung, Mail, Website |
| Université de Neuchâtel, UniNE | |
| Universität St. Gallen, HSG | Stefan Graf, Mail |
| Università della Svizzera italiana, USI | Prof. Patrick Gagliardini, Prorettore per la ricerca, Mail |
| Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, ETH Zürich | |
| Universität Zürich, UZH | Abteilung Strategische Forschungsplattformen, Thomas Spirig, Mail |
Departments responsible within universities of applied sciences and arts
| Institution | Contact |
|---|---|
| Berner Fachhochschule / Haute école spécialisée bernoise, BFH | Florian Abrecht, Leiter Fachstelle Forschung, +41 31 848 30 92, Mail |
| Fachhochschule Graubünden, FHGR | Josef Walker, Mail |
| Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, FHNW | Andrea Kofler, Mail, Website |
| Kalaidos Fachhochschule Schweiz | Christian Fichter, Mail |
| Hochschule Luzern, HSLU | Andrea Weber-Hansen, Mail, Website |
| OST - Ostschweizer Fachhochschule | Prof. Guido Piai, Professor für Elektrotechnik und Elektronik, +41 58 257 33 91, Mail, Website |
| Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana, SUPSI | |
| Haute Ecole Spécialisée de Suisse occidentale, HES-SO | Dicatère Recherche et Innovation, Christine Pirinoli, Mail |
| Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, ZHAW | Ressort FuE über Stabsleiter Martin Jaekel: Mail |
| Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, ZHdK | Abteilung Research Dossier, Beate Böckem, +41 43 446 20 13, Mail, Webseite |
Contact person for universities of teacher education
| Peter Klaver, Interkantonale Hochschule für Heilpädagogik, HfH, Mail, +41 44 317 11 54 |