Korean-Swiss Science and Technology Programme
Overview 2009-2013
Dr. Rahel Byland, Programme Manager ETH Zurich
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ETH Zurich in the Context of Switzerland’s
S&T Landscape
Federal Department of Economic Affairs,
Education and Research (EAER)
ETH Domain
National network of technical universities and research institutions
Joint strategic management and supervisory body: ETH Board
Sister
institution
EPF
Lausanne
ETH Zurich
Research
Institutions
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Coordination of the Programme in Switzerland
The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), in a
mandate from SERI, is representing all Swiss universities,
research institutes, and universities of applied sciences.
In its role as Leading House it coordinates the programme and
ensures its availability to researchers from all those Swiss
institutions.
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Joint Calls
Seed Funding 2009 and 2010
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7 broad scientific areas (environment, material
sciences, energy, life sciences, IT, applied
physics and design sciences)
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2 calls with 28 and 31 applications respectively
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Support of 12 (2009) and 13 (2010) projects
with 20’000 CHF for 1 year
50
40
30
20
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0
2009
2010
applications
2011
2012
grants
Joint Research Projects 2011 and 2012
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5 broad scientific areas (environment, material
sciences, energy, life sciences, IT)
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2 calls with 42 and 43 applications respectively
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Support of 6 projects from each call
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Korean-Swiss Science Days
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2010: 9/10 September in Seoul “Cleantech
for Green Growth”. With Swiss Embassy
and NRF, Korean and Swiss Universities
and small companies.
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2011: 9/10 November in Zurich at ETH
“Water for the Future” with EAWAG, Swiss
and Korean universities.
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2012: 17/18 April at SNU, SNU-KAIST-ETHZ
-EPFL Joint Symposium on Biomedical
Engineering
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2013: 7/8 May 2013 in Lausanne at EPFL
“Novel trends at the frontier of
computing and electronics”. With
Nanotera.ch, several Swiss institutions
KAIST, SNU and Samsung and LG
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Learnings from the Programme
 Even application numbers for different topics, applications from many
different institutions in both countries
 Cooperation is wide spread over scientific fields and institutions
 Only 37 small projects out of 144 applications could be supported
 The available funding of the programme did not match the great interest in
cooperation between Switzerland and Korea
 Despite the low success rate application numbers have steadily
grown
 Cooperation between the two countries and interest in funding has
increased
 Applicants have applied for several consecutive years
 Cooperation is sustainable and funding for longer-term projects needed
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Future of the Programme in Switzerland
The responsibility for the programme will be split between the SNSF
(research funding instruments in cooperation with NRF) and
ETH Zurich (strategy and symposia)
Korean-Swiss Science Days
ETH Zurich will continue to organize and fund the Korean-Swiss Science Days
with Korean partners. Both bottom-up initiatives as well as strategic topics
should be considered.
Strategy
ETH Zurich together with the Swiss Embassy in Seoul is mapping the ongoing
research cooperation between Korea and Switzerland to identify topics of
mututal interest and suggest new funding instruments for the future.
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Thank you!
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