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Grants Office Events

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The Grants Office regularly organizes various events targeted at internal University of Basel researchers, and also an external audience interested in national and international funding schemes. Below, you will find a list of events that have already taken place, as well as those planned for the coming weeks.

Events Calendar

  • 02 Sep 2025
    13:00 - 15:00
    Bridge Proof of Concept Writing Workshop

    What are the best practices for writing a convincing and solid funding proposal?

    Tuesday 02nd September 13h‐15h, Kollegienhaus

    The “BRIDGE Proof of Concept” funding scheme fosters the further development of scientific results to evaluate their market and/or societal potential. It supports researchers on their way to entrepreneurship or their efforts to implement and apply their research results with an economic and/or societal partner.

    It covers any type of innovation or research field, and consists of 130’000CHF budget for one year plus entrepreneurship training/coaching. Applicants can either have obtained a Bachelor's or a Master's degree within the last 4 years, or be a PhD candidate 6 months before their thesis defense and up to 4 years afterwards.

    Please register by email to grants@unibas.ch, indicating the project you would base your application on. The number of place for this workshop is limited.

    Programme:

    13.00 Welcome - Gillianne Bowman, Grants Office

    13.05 Description of the grant: Can you apply? What will you get?

    13.15 A successful project in Basel – Cristina Loi – Digital Humanities Lab

    13.30 What is a good project?

    The proposal: general and research, AI use, IP, Gillianne Bowman, Grants office

    The proposal: market and business, Alice Fréton, Innovation Office

    14.15 Other offerings - Innosuisse Course and more! - Alice Freton, Innovation Office

    14.25 Start writing!

    14.50 Wrap-up

    15.00 End of the event 

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  • 19 Jun 2025
    12:00 - 13:30
    Funding research to innovate

    Would you like to know more about collaborating with industry and how to take your research on the first steps towards innovation?

    There are many funding and training opportunities to help you turn basic research into innovation. Learn more, directly from representatives of the funding agencies, and university support. The event is open to all researchers within the University of Basel, the Swiss TPH and the University Hospitals.

    Registration Link

    You will receive the link to the webinar a few days before the event.

    Programme:

    12.00    Welcome Dr. Gillianne Bowman, Grants Office

    Support and Services for Applicants

    12.05    Alice Fréton, PharmD , Startup Program Manager, Innovation Office

    Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Basel, let’s talk with the Innovation Office!

    12.20    Dr. Prabitha Urwyler, Scientific Officer, Innosuisse

    Innosuisse funding schemes

    12.35    Dr. Christian Brunner, Head of BRIDGE

    BRIDGE – the joint programme of SNSF and Innosuisse

    12.50    Dr. Cornelia Fuerstenberger, UNITECTRA

    Collaborations and Technology Transfer

    13.05 Dr. Gillianne Bowman, Euresearch            

    European Innovation Council: EIC Pathfinder and EIC Transition

    13.20 General Q&A

    13.30 End of the event

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  • 05 Jun 2025
    11:00 - 14:00
    Broadening Horizons: Discover the Secrets of EU Projects. Meet the Grantees and Evaluators.

    The Responsible Digital Society Network and the Grants Office are pleased to invite you to the event about Horizon Europe – the European Research and Innovation Framework Programme and how to prepare a strong proposal.

    In the morning we will focus on collaborative projects and give an update on the Status of Switzerland within Horizon Europe. In particular, we will focus on the area of "digital" research. Here we especially address members of the University network Responsible Digital Society but the event is open to researchers from all faculties.  

    During the networking lunch there will be the possibility to talk to the speakers and staff from the Grants Office.

    The session after lunch is dedicated to the ERC (European Research Council) Grants. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and receive first-hand experience from ERC panel members and successful Grantees.

    We look forward to welcoming you to our event. Please register here

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  • 15 May 2025
    14:20 - 15:20
    Research Data Management Network Marketplace

    As part of the course: Practical Strategies for Effective Research Data Management, the Grants Office will take part in the Network Marketplace. We will have the pleasure of presenting our services to a broader public.

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  • 14 May 2025
    09:00 - 13:00
    Grant Writing for Career Funding Programs - Part III

    Participants will learn how to prepare themselves for an application to one of the major career funding schemes, such as Ambizione, SNF Starting Grant, or Postdoctoral Fellowships (SNF, MSCA). We will discuss principle of Grant writing, evaluation processes, as well as the challenges and requirements for a strong proposal.

    Participants are required to invest time into preparatory work before the course and actively participate in group work during the course. At the end of the course, participants will have the knowledge and will have drafted the relevant proposal sections in order to continue towards finalizing their own Grant proposal.

    Detailed information.

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  • 07 May 2025
    09:00 - 13:00
    Grant Writing for Career Funding Programs - Part II

    Participants will learn how to prepare themselves for an application to one of the major career funding schemes, such as Ambizione, SNF Starting Grant, or Postdoctoral Fellowships (SNF, MSCA). We will discuss principle of Grant writing, evaluation processes, as well as the challenges and requirements for a strong proposal.

    Participants are required to invest time into preparatory work before the course and actively participate in group work during the course. At the end of the course, participants will have the knowledge and will have drafted the relevant proposal sections in order to continue towards finalizing their own Grant proposal.

    Detailed information.

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