[ Novartis | FreeNovation ]
Event details
Date | 14.04.2018 |
Category | Call for proposal |
FreeNovation provides funding opportunities for innovative, substantial-risk projects that have the potential to open up novel research directions and aim beyond incremental innovation and discovery. Proposals need to be particularly original and hard to fund by conventional funding programs due to the “unorthodox” character of the idea or absence of a long-standing academic reputation held by the researchers. Reviews are anonymous to give a better chance to young scientists and unconventional ideas. Multidisciplinary research may have higher chances of success.
Specificities: Projects should be relevant to biomedical research with an ultimate aim to provide innovative healthcare solutions for patients in the following fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI):
- AI in drug discovery
- AI in clinical development and medical practice
- AI and the patient
Eligibility:
- Up to 2 applicants.
- PhD or equivalent.
- Letter of Institutional Support.
- Employed at a reputable healthcare or healthcare-related organization, incl. universities or universities of applied science in Switzerland.
Funding and Duration: up to CHF 180’000 for 18 months
Application: create an account on the FreeNovation submission portal and fill out the online application form following the call guidelines (section 6).
Internal Deadline: 4 April 2018 send your proposal to Research Office to obtain a Letter of Institutional Support.
Call Deadline: 14 April 2018 (23:59 Swiss local time).
Decision: mid-June 2018
For EPFL Instructions and Toolkit, have a look at the Research Office website.
Practical information
- General public
- Free