ERI Dispatch 2025–2028: ERI partners fear cutback in services
The universities and research and innovation promotion organisations are calling for significant, real growth for the entire ERI sector over the next four-year period.
The universities and research and innovation promotion organisations are calling for significant, real growth for the entire ERI sector over the next four-year period.
The ETH Domain depends on adequate, stable funding from the Confederation if it is to fulfil its role in driving innovation for Switzerland and educating urgently needed specialists.
The ETH Board appointed four women and six men as professors and awarded the title of professor to five individuals. It also took note of the resignation of one professor and thanked him for his services.
Pursuant to Art. 27 of the Ordinance on Public Procurement, contracting authorities subject to the Swiss federal legislation on public procurement are required once a year to report in electronic form on their public contracts exceeding CHF 50,000.
The ETH Board appointed 5 women and 10 men as professors and awarded the title of Professor to one individual and the title of Professor of Practice to one individual. It also took note of the resignation of one professor and thanked him for his services.
The skills shortages and the strong demand on the Swiss labour market for holders of ETH degrees justifies the increase in student numbers at the Federal Institutes of Technology. However, the constant growth in numbers poses considerable challenges.
In view of the ETH Domain’s announced budget cuts, lack of compensation for inflation and exclusion from the EU’s “Horizon Europe” framework programme, the institutions of the ETH Domain face major challenges. At its meeting on 24/25 May, the ETH Board stated that the disadvantages of non-association with Horizon Europe cannot be compensated by means ...
The President of ETH Zurich, Professor Joël Mesot, and the President of EPFL, Professor Martin Vetterli, the ETH Board appointed a total of 7 women and 12 men as professors and awarded the title of professor to 6 individuals.
At its meeting on 8/9 March 2023, the ETH Board was informed of the Federal Council’s planned cutbacks and decided how resources will be allocated to the institutions in 2024 under these conditions. The planned cuts to ERI funding jeopardise the education of highly qualified specialists in Switzerland. The ETH Board also appointed a new ...
At its meeting of 8/9 March 2023 and upon application of the President of ETH Zurich, Professor Joël Mesot, and the President of EPFL, Professor Martin Vetterli, the ETH Board appointed a total of 10 women and 14 men as professors and awarded the title of professor to six individuals. It also took note of ...
At its meeting of 7/8 December 2022 and upon application of the President of ETH Zurich, Professor Joël Mesot, and the President of EPFL, Professor Martin Vetterli, the ETH Board appointed a total of 6 women and 7 men as professors and awarded the title of professor to one individual. It also took note of ...
At its meeting of 7/8 December 2022, the ETH Board was pleased to note that the proportion of women newly appointed to professorships has once again reached a high level. In 2022, this figure stood at 41.7%. The ETH Board bade farewell to Janet Hering, who during her many years’ service as Director of Eawag ...
Their names are Marianne Liebi Adrian Wanner. Two young researchers who make the nanostructure of macroscopic samples, such as bones or brain tissue, visible in three dimensions using high-resolution images.
Empa researchers have developed novel materials made of carbon that exploit quantum effects to exhibit previously unattainable electronic and magnetic properties.
Professor of number theory Maryna Viazovska has solved a mathematical problem that has stumped researchers for centuries. This achievement brought her recognition with the Fields Medal, which is something like a “Nobel Prize for Mathematics”.
The institutions of the ETH Domain produce around 60 spin-offs each year. Among them, five are valued at over one billion dollars. Here is an introduction to these five “unicorns”.
The Swiss energy system is expected to be climate-neutral by 2050. The key to this is science: CO2 can be converted by electrolysis into raw materials for chemicals or synthetic fuels and the cost of a fossil-free energy system can be calculated using modelling.
Matthias Saurer is a physicist and heads the WSL isotope laboratory where complex measuring procedures are used to determine plants’ isotope ratios. These provide answers to questions about the nutrient and water balance in forests, for example, and provide important foundations for environmental and climate research.
Anna Kiesenhofer has a doctorate in mathematics and was doing research as a postdoc at EPFL on partial differential equations when she qualified for the cycling road race at the Olympic Games in Tokyo and won the gold medal in sensational fashion. She sees parallels between mathematics and cycling which were instrumental in her success.
Cyanobacteria are ancient organisms. The most varied types of shells without a core, which, at high density in warm waters, can secrete complex substances and also toxins. Some are toxic to both humans and animals. Elisabeth Janssen is on the trail of these natural toxins: applied research, the results of which can be incorporated into water protection or water management.
Quantum physics has a long tradition at ETH Zurich. Now it is further expanding its teaching and research activities. Around 150 students are completing the novel Master’s degree programme in Quantum Engineering, there is a “Quantum Center” and quantum computers are to be built in the ETHZ-PSI Quantum Computing Hub.
Failing to perform an experiment, considering the wrong hypothesis, having a paper rejected: failure is not only normal in science, it is also essential for cutting-edge research. What is the experience of researchers in the ETH Domain with this sensitive topic?
A pan-European initiative launched at the behest of the Swiss and British research communities calls for the two countries to be rapidly reintegrated into European science.
What are the institutions of the ETH Domain doing to reduce the CO2 emissions of their buildings? An overview shows: quite a lot, from anergy and waste heat to district heating and photovoltaics.
Gemeinsame Initiativen sind grosse Projekte in Zusammenarbeit zwischen den Institutionen des ETH-Bereichs und/oder externen Partnern. Ihr Thema bezieht sich auf eine der vom ETH-Rat festgelegten strategischen Schwerpunkte.
With its two Federal Institutes of Technology and four research institutions, the ETH Domain contributes to Switzerland’s prosperity and ensures the country’s place among the major scientific nations. The inadequate financial resources allocated by the Confederation for the period 2025-2028 jeopardise this model for success.
The ETH Board consists of a President and ten other members, all of whom are elected by the Federal Council. As a college, it has the necessary political, scientific, economic, managerial and legal competencies to ensure the sustainable development of the ETH Domain.
The main goals of this measure are the standardization, federation, or mutualization of existing services and infrastructure across the ETH Domain. It also aims to improve interoperability of existing services and fil gaps, considering the full data lifecycle: data (1) planning, (2) acquisition, (3) processing and analysis, (4) publication and re-use, (5) long-term preservation, (6) disposal. As a starting point, a survey of existing ORD services and infrastructure was conducted. Please see here the result of the landscape analysis.
At its meeting on 13 July 2022, the ETH Board approved “Joint Initiatives” of the ETH Domain Institutions covering “Energy, Climate and Environmental Sustainability” and “Engagement and Dialogue with Society”. The ETH Board is thus boosting the activities covered by the “Strategic Areas” of the ETH Domain, as defined in its Strategic Plan 2025–2028.
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Within the scope of its obligation to report annually to the Confederation, the ETH Board illuminates various aspects of the development of the ETH Domain. The annual report is a critical self-assessment of the ETH Domain conducted by the ETH Board, combined with a report on how the annual federal financial contribution is used. This report is based on the Federal Council’s strategic objectives and is submitted to the Federal Council. However, it is also directed to the Federal Parliament and the interested public.
The primary goal of the measure is to support ETH researchers to engage in, and develop ORD practices and to become ORD leaders in their fields.Its secondary goal — in synergy with Measure 2 — is to strengthen the connections between research communities and services and infrastructures providers. For any questions relative to the calls, please contact:For technical issues: EPFL ReO, Esther van der Velde – research@epfl.ch.For further information: Eawag: Damien Bouffard Empa: Michele Griffa EPFL: Arne Seitz ETH Zurich: openscience@sl.ethz.ch PSI: Uwe Filges WSL: Veruska Muccione The calls are along three different tracks: Explore projects will allow early phase exploration, testing and prototyping of what an ORD practice could be like. They will enable starting to engage with a community without necessarily building up something definitive. The aim is to help our researchers to explore if ORD practices can be developed and how. The first Explore call was closed mid-April 2022. The second and final call is open. Click here to access the Explore projects application guidelines - Next deadline: 29 February 2024 Click here to access the Application Portal – please note that the call is hosted on the EPFL Applicant Portal. Should you have an account, please use it. If not, please create one before applying. Financed Projects: Call 1 - deadline 14th April 2022 Establish projects will allow to establish ORD practices that are already existing, with a research agenda and a common understanding about ORD practices. It would give the possibility to bring it to the next level, improve its scope, and develop projects that can become the de facto standards in a community and raise the quality level. Deadline: closed The Establish call was closed on 28 July 2022.Financed Projects Contribute projects will help researchers to contribute to existing open communities built around ORD. They will validate their integration with existing infrastructures (including international ones) and focus on their potential to advance the scientific impact of the field as well as their technical quality. Click here to access the Contribute projects application guidelines - Next deadline: 12 December 2023 Click here to access the Application Portal – please note that the call is hosted on the EPFL Applicant Portal. Should you have an account, please use it. If not, please create one before applying. Financed Projects: Call 1 – deadline 1st April 2022Call 2 – deadline 28 July 2022Call 3 – deadline 12 December 2022Call 4 – deadline 31 March 2023 Conflict of interest guidance that is used during the evaluation of the proposals.
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ETH Domain staff can reserve conference rooms at the ETH Board building in Bern. Please reserve by e-mail. Two rooms are available: Conference room for 26 people Meeting room for 16 people Monday–Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The room is supervised by the Bern Hirschengraben meetings team. Minimum number of people per reservation: 4 persons. We also offer office space or workstations for individuals or meetings of less than 4 people upon request if available. These rooms may only be used by working groups whose activities are directly related to the ETH Domain. Bookings may only be made in the name of persons who belong to an ETH Domain institution and will be taking part in the meeting in question. Technical equipment and facilities Wi-Fi Video-conference system (also suitable for hybrid meetings) Digital projector Screen Flip chart ClickShare Meetings computer Logitech presentation system (pointer) Mineral water, tea and coffee are available on site. Any other services (e.g. catering) must be organised and paid for by the group itself.
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Im ETH-Bereich sind die beiden Eidgenössischen Technischen Hochschulen Zürich und Lausanne sowie die vier Forschungsanstalten PSI, WSL, Empa und Eawag zusammengeschlossen. Die ETH-Beschwerdekommission mit Standort in Bern ist eine verwaltungsinterne Beschwerdeinstanz, welche über Beschwerden gegen Verfügungen von Organen des ETH-Bereichs entscheidet. Zur Ergänzung des Teams suchen wir ab 01.01.2024 oder nach Vereinbarung eine Sekretärin / ...
The Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, stands for excellence in education, in pioneering fundamental and applied research and in the application of scientific results for the benefit of society. Like ETH Zurich and the four federal research institutes PSI, WSL, Empa and Eawag, EPFL is part of the ETH Domain. The ETH Board, ...
Der ETH-Rat ist das strategische Führungs- und Aufsichtsorgan des ETH-Bereichs, welcher aus den beiden Hochschulen ETH Zürich und EPFL sowie den vier Forschungsanstalten PSI, WSL, Empa und Eawag besteht. Bei der Vorbereitung und Umsetzung seiner Geschäfte wird der ETH-Rat durch seinen Stab unterstützt. Der Stabsbereich Finanzen & Personal konsolidiert und publiziert die Finanzergebnisse, erstellt Finanzanalysen ...
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