Eight SNSF Sinergia projects awarded to EPFL researchers

Researchers were able to submit applications for funding under Sinergia one last time in April 2023. In summer 2023, the SNSF integrated the Sinergia programme into its project funding scheme. By doing so, the SNSF have grouped together collaborative and interdisciplinary research in their main funding scheme in order to provide even better support for this type of project.

The SNSF Scientific Board approved the following EPFL affiliated projects:

• Towards a Unified Model of Musical Form: Bridging Music Theory, Digital Corpus Research, and Computation

Participating institutions: EPFL, Anton Bruckner Private University (Austria), Durham University (Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

Responsible institution: EPFL (Prof. Martin Rohrmeier and Prof.Friedrich Eisenbrand)

• An acoustic quantum interface for circuits and spins

Participating institutions: ETHZ, Walther-Meissner-Institut (Germany), EPFL (Prof. Guillermo Villanueva)

Responsible institution: ETHZ

• Sustainable Group-IV Active Photonics Research (SUGAR)

Participating institutions: Paul Scherrer Institute, EPFL (Prof. Anna Fontcuberta i Morral), ETHZ

Responsible institution: Paul Scherrer Institute

• Socio-Emotional and Ethical Blended Learning to Transform the 21st Century School (SEEBL21): the Interdisciplinary Study of Children’s Rights and Psychological Needs

Participating institutions: Haute Ecole Pédagogique du Valais, UNIGE, Université Lumière Lyon (France), EPFL (Dr. Isabelle Vonèche Cardia), Graasp Association

Responsible institution: Haute Ecole Pédagogique du Valais

• The Quantum-Optical Twist and Scan Microscope - imaging strongly correlated matter on the nanoscale

Participating institutions: ETHZ, Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel), University of Basel, EPFL (Prof. Georg Fantner), UNIGE

Responsible institution: ETHZ

• The Food-Medicine Continuum in Vervet Monkeys: Investigations on the Interplay between Diet Quality, Stress Coping, and the Endocannabinoid System

Participating institutions: University of Bern, CHUV, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel), UNIL, University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), UZH, UNIL, EPFL (Prof. Vassily Hatzimanikatis), UNIGE

Responsible institution: University of Bern

• An integrated joint system (IJS) to model osteoarthritis and uncover phenotypes - Phase 2 of the Lausanne Knee Study

Participating institutions: CHUV, EPFL (Prof. Jacques Fellay), University of Oulu (Finland), University of Melbourne (Australia), UNIL

Responsible institution: CHUV

• Multifunctional lipid nanoparticles as carriers for DNA-therapeutics: Treatment of a genetic liver disease

Participating institutions: University of Basel, EPFL (Prof. Sandrine Gerber), UZH

Responsible institution: University of Basel

Congratulations to all the grant recipients.