Category Archives: News/Events Switzerland
Launch of ASAIN on 29 October in Basel
We are excited to announce the inaugural event and official launch of our sister organization ASAIN – the Australian Swiss Academic and Innovation Network, which will take place on October 29 at the prestigious Novartis Pavilion in Basel. Learn more about ASAIN.
This gathering will be an opportunity for thought leaders, researchers, and innovators from both countries—and beyond—to connect, collaborate, and contribute to a thriving academic network.
Date: 29th of October, 2024, 5pm – 8pm
Location: Novartis Pavilion in Basel.
Secure your spot at this landmark event by RSVP here: https://lu.ma/22a4qwu6
Swisstech – stay up to date with Swiss Innovation
The swisstech campaign is a private-public initiative supported by Presence Switzerland, Innosuisse, Swissnex and Switzerland Global Enterprise. The campaign aims to raise Switzerland’s profile as a world-leading innovative location for business and to increase the visibility of its deeptech and other state-of-the-art companies as well as of its research excellence abroad.
Science Switzerland Newsletter: Dec 2013-Jan 2014
The new Science Switzerland newsletter is out. The newsletter is reporting important news, studies and discoveries in Switzerland and will keep you updated with the newest Swiss developments in science, technology, education and innovation.
To read the newsletter, please click here.
SAAN Annual Review 2013
The first Annul Review since SAAN’s inception in 2008 is out and ready to be read and spread.
Content:
- President’s Foreword
- Switzerland & Australia
- Mission / Services
Events 2013 - SAAN Executive Board
- SAAN Management
- Important Links
- Partners / Sponsors
Ambizione: Funding scheme through SNSF aiming young researchers. Call for proposals
With Ambizione, Ambizione-PROSPER, Ambizione-SCORE (hereinafter Ambizione), the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) would like to promote junior researchers in all disciplines. This funding scheme is aimed at young researchers who would like to conduct, manage and lead an independently planned project at a Swiss university.
Ambizione is aimed at qualified researchers from Switzerland who are spending a stay abroad or have returned after a stay abroad, e.g. within a fellowship for advanced researchers. Moreover, Ambizione would like to attract the best, next-generation foreign talents to carry out research work in Switzerland.
Researchers will be subsidised for a maximum of three years with a salary (research associate level) and research funds. Research funds may also be used to employ support personnel. Candidates with sufficient experience may apply for the appointment of a PhD student under specific conditions if good reasons can be given.
The approval of applications is always dependent on the agreement of the host institute. A prerequisite for submitting an application to Ambizione is a confirmation from the host institute, giving the applicant adequate support in covering expenses (e.g. material, equipment, personnel, travel, etc.).
Conditions of participation
- Doctorate
- At the time of the submission deadline: Application submitted generally up to 5 years after doctorate
- At the time of the submission deadline (for medical scientists): At least three years of postgraduate clinical/practical activity (qualification as specialist an advantage). Application submitted generally up to 9 years after the state examination
- High-level publications
- At the time of the submission deadline: after conferal of doctorate, research activities of at least 12 months at a university other than where the candidate obtained the doctorate
Evaluation procedure
The evaluation procedure is organised in two phases. In the first phase, the National Research Council of the SNSF makes an initial selection based on the documents submitted. In the second phase, candidates are invited to an interview to present their research project and career plan. The target figure for the proportion of female candidates is 35 %. Each year, 40 – 50 grants are awarded.
Call for applications and submission
All application documents should be submitted electronically via the web platform mySNF. Submissions will only be accepted in response to a specific call. Applications received outside the application period will be processed during the next application period.
Next call for applications: 14 November 2013
Next submission deadline: 14 February 2014
Start of the grant: 1 September 2014 at the earliest; 1 September 2015 at the latest
mySNF: To meet the submission deadline a mySNF user account must be requested two weeks before the submission deadline at the latest.
*please refer to the mentioned website below to apply*
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Reference Link: Ambizione Website
Scholarships for UNIL Summer UG Research Programme in Biology 2014
The University of Lausanne School of Biology launches a call for applications to the 5th Summer Undergraduate Research (SUR) Programme in the biological sciences.
This English-taught 8-week programme (July 3rd to August 26th, 2014) aims at introducing Bachelor-level students to the world of biological and biomedical research: Individual students will be each integrated in a different experimental research laboratory of the School of Biology. This 5th edition of the SUR Programme will host around 20 participants from all over the world, including a couple of local students.
A full scholarship toward tuition costs, living expenses and justified travel costs will be awarded to all selected participants.
Application deadline: January 31st, 2014.
More information about the programme: http://www.unil.ch/ecoledebiologie/sur
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