[MICROBIALS | RESEARCH FUNDING] Gerbert Rüf Stiftung Call 2016 on Microbials
Event details
| Date | 05.08.2016 |
| Hour | 16:59 › 17:00 |
| Speaker | Gerbert Rüf Stiftung |
| Category | Call for proposal |
Programme of the call:
The opportunities for the development of new tools in health care, drug discovery, the environment, agriculture and food production are increasingly limited by the availability of novel chemical compounds. Innovative approaches and solutions are needed.
Whereas “biologics“ describes products extracted from biological sources, there is a far greater potential in the direct use of micro-organisms – engineered viruses, bacteria, populations of microbes that work together in symbiosis – as a means of production, treatment and research. The use of microbial resources to produce desired effects within living organisms or in natural or man-made ecosystems bears powerful and underexploited tools.
Many promising approaches that depend on microbial resources exist in industry, yet the advent of rapid genomic sequencing and genome targeting opens up unprecedented opportunities in which microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi, algae, protozoa and viruses, can be modified and applied.
Support Criteria:
Submission of Projects:
*IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Please contact the Research Office at least 10 days before the submission deadline to get the required endorsement letter from EPFL.
More details about the call here.
The opportunities for the development of new tools in health care, drug discovery, the environment, agriculture and food production are increasingly limited by the availability of novel chemical compounds. Innovative approaches and solutions are needed.
Whereas “biologics“ describes products extracted from biological sources, there is a far greater potential in the direct use of micro-organisms – engineered viruses, bacteria, populations of microbes that work together in symbiosis – as a means of production, treatment and research. The use of microbial resources to produce desired effects within living organisms or in natural or man-made ecosystems bears powerful and underexploited tools.
Many promising approaches that depend on microbial resources exist in industry, yet the advent of rapid genomic sequencing and genome targeting opens up unprecedented opportunities in which microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi, algae, protozoa and viruses, can be modified and applied.
Support Criteria:
- Application- and impact-oriented;
- Original, innovative, creative;
- Interdisciplinarity and cross-institutional collaborations;
- Not merely additional (residual) financing of large initiatives;
- Clear project identity;
- 2 to 3 years, CHF 300,000 to 500,000;
- No infrastructure financed, only salaries and material costs linked to project.
Submission of Projects:
- The documents must be submitted by the leader of the project management team.
- The application must include a letter of endorsement from the Institute or Department Head*.
- The application form can be downloaded from the Gebert Rüf Stiftung website.
- Submission deadline for projects: 5 August 2016
*IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Please contact the Research Office at least 10 days before the submission deadline to get the required endorsement letter from EPFL.
More details about the call here.
Practical information
- General public
- Registration required