[ EPFL Internal Equipment Call for Proposals | Research funding ]

This call aims at supporting the research community in the acquisition of large equipment funding (min. value of CHF 50'000.-).

Selection process
The School Deans and the Vice-Presidency for Research (VPR) will make the ranking and selection in coordination with the Equipment & Centers Management Office (ECO).

The criteria for the ranking are the following:

• The number of labs sharing the requested equipment
• The impact of the equipment on the research projects
• The labs’ contribution and eligibility for external funds (R’Equip)
• The PI’s career situation and seniority

• A room for the equipment must be identified and validated in the application form by the head of infrastructure of your school
• Applications for the SNSF R’Equip program must be submitted to this call and clearly stated
• For teaching equipment (DLL), please mention this clearly in the application description
• New professors who are already benefitting from a startup fund are not eligible for this call (except for R'Equip application). The startup fund call deadlines are March 1st and July 1st.

• Fill in the Application Form
• Register your application on GrantsDB to validate your submission:
  • Funding Body = EPFL - VPR-DAR - Equipement et soutient à la recherche
  • Call acronym = EPFL-VPR Spring 2020
• Submission deadline: 01.02.2020