[ PHRT - 5th Call for proposals | Research funding ]
Event details
| Date | 15.05.2021 |
| Category | Call for proposal |
Personalized Health and Related Technologies (PHRT) is a strategic focus area of the ETH Domain aiming to support and drive transformation in Personalized Health by providing clinicians with access to ETH technologies in order to evaluate their potential contributions to clinical decision making. The goals of the program include improving the quality of Precision Medicine by supporting earlier and better diagnosis as well as providing a choice of tailored therapeutic strategies for patients based on their particular biological makeup and other individual factors.
With its 5th call for proposals, PHRT invites applicants to team up with partners at clinical institution to submit proposals for:
Researchers and consortia of scientists from all ETH Domain institutions are encouraged to apply. Applicants are encouraged to submit project proposals that collaborate with the Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC).
Who can apply:
Funding: A total of up to CHF 7.5 million is made available for education (about 15 projects) and technology translation projects (about five projects).
Submission process:
Submission deadline: 15 May 2021
An information session is organized by the Research Office on March 29th 2021 from 12:00 to 13:00 via Zoom, with the participation of Dr. Vonder Mühll, Executive Director of PHRT, and Dr. Curtin, Medical Director of PHRT. Click here for registration.
For more information and application, please have a look at PHRT website, the 5th call for proposals overview, the iDoc and TPdF Projects guidelines, and the TT Projects guidelines. You will find all application forms and the TT Project budget template in the EPFL Toolkit.
Please contact [email protected] for personalised advice.
With its 5th call for proposals, PHRT invites applicants to team up with partners at clinical institution to submit proposals for:
- Interdisciplinary doctoral, so-called iDoc Projects,
- Transition Postdoc Fellowship, so-called TPdF Projects, and
- Technology Translation Projects (TT Projects).
Researchers and consortia of scientists from all ETH Domain institutions are encouraged to apply. Applicants are encouraged to submit project proposals that collaborate with the Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC).
Who can apply:
- All scientists with a doctoral degree (postdocs only for TPdF Projects) employed by an institution of the ETH Domain, i.e. faculty members and senior researchers employed at Empa, EPFL, ETHZ, PSI, Eawag or WSL.
- Collaboration with “non-ETH Domain” research and/or clinical groups from universities, university hospitals and clinical institutions is highly recommended and desired. However, PHRT funds can only be received from researchers of the ETH Domain.
Funding: A total of up to CHF 7.5 million is made available for education (about 15 projects) and technology translation projects (about five projects).
- For iDoc Projects: Salary for 36 months + up to CHF 10’000 per year for consumables on request.
- For TPdF Projects: Salary for 24 months + up to CHF 10’000 per year for consumables on request.
- For TT Projects: max CHF 750'000 for 24 months
Submission process:
- The PHRT proposals are to be submitted using the official templates, which are available on the PHRT website, consisting of three parts:
- Part 1: General information
- Part 2: Scientific and technical information
- Part 3: Budget
- The selection of the proposals will be preceded by a formal check by the PHRT office.
- The interdisciplinary PHRT review panel is composed of up to 15 experts, of which half are from ETH Domain institutions and the other are scientists and experts from other institutions, primarily international.
Submission deadline: 15 May 2021
An information session is organized by the Research Office on March 29th 2021 from 12:00 to 13:00 via Zoom, with the participation of Dr. Vonder Mühll, Executive Director of PHRT, and Dr. Curtin, Medical Director of PHRT. Click here for registration.
For more information and application, please have a look at PHRT website, the 5th call for proposals overview, the iDoc and TPdF Projects guidelines, and the TT Projects guidelines. You will find all application forms and the TT Project budget template in the EPFL Toolkit.
Please contact [email protected] for personalised advice.
Practical information
- General public
- Free