The EPFL Scientific Staff Association (ELSA) represents PhDs, Postdocs, Scientists and scientific assistants to better support their interests at EPFL.
We are currently restructuring the association. If you want to support us or if you want to raise an issue, please sign up!
L’Association du Corps Intermédiaire Scientifique de l’EPFL représente les doctorants, les post-docs, les scientifiques et les assistants scientifiques pour mieux soutenir leurs intérêts à l’EPFL.
Nous sommes actuellement en train de restructurer l’association. Si tu veux nous soutenir ou discuter d’un problème, inscris-toi!
Formerly known as ACIDE – L’Association du Corps Intermédiaire de l’EPFL
Winter/Spring 2025 Events
🎉🎊🙌 Vivapoly 2025 – May 22 – Noon – 2300 (Festivities at 1700)
The largest celebration and party on campus. Filled with food, friends and drinks. Your associations ELSA, Polydoc and EPDA will have a stand. Come meet us and share your experiences. Stop by to spin our wheel to win free prizes!
Looking to Volunteer – You will receive a small token of our appreciation with a beverage of your choice! Let us know [email protected]
🗄️💲Non-EU/EFTA citizens: entitled to unemployment benefits after the end of your PhD or postdoc contract?
In this workshop organized by us*, Ms Fiorella Deshogues, Legal Advisor specialized in Migration Law, will provide detailed information on:
- The status of PhD students and postdocs
- Questions concerning the right to unemployment benefit (“aptitude au placement”).
- You will better understand your migration status and your rights depending on the purpose of your stay (study or work?).
- Your work contract and permit are about to expire? You will learn about the conditions to be met in order to receive unemployment benefits.
When: 06.05.2025, 17:00-18:00, followed by an apéro for further questions
Where: CM 1 1
Registration: Sign up HERE
Questions: [email protected]
🥪☕️🤝Networking Lunch for the Scientific Staff – April 8th 2025
The Associations of EPFL’s Scientific Staff (ELSA), PostDocs (EPDA) and PhD students (PolyDoc) are jointly organizing a socializing Lunch!
Do you have questions about our organizations? How EPFL is run? Do you have comments and feedback?
Join us for a short introduction to us and EPFL followed by beverages, food and coffee (bring your mug!)
When: 08.04.2025, 12:15
Where: To be announced (EPFL main campus)
Signup : fill this form
💳📈📉Investment Seminar – April 3 2025
Based on your feedback from our previous events, we* are organizing a seminar on Investments, with the finance specialist Mr. Johan Lobmeyer, MBA.
Main topics:
- Fundamentals of Investments with use-cases
- Practical explanations for investment platforms
- Red flags to avoid
This seminar is planned for in-person participation only, with only 25 spots available. The registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis, with paid members of ELSA/EPDA having a priority. To ensure a spot in this seminar and future events don’t forget to sign up with ELSA (just 20CHF per year for PhD students and it helps us to organize these kind of events). This event has a participation fee of 5 CHF, to be paid via camipro, once your registration is confirmed.
When: Thursday, 3rd April 2025, 17:00-19:00 (apéro from 19:00)
Where: TBC (EPFL main campus)
Sign up: fill this form
Questions? Contact Clemens or Giannis
Tax Declaration Made Easy (x Polydoc + EPDA)
Wednesday 5 February 2025
We are organizing a seminar “Tax Declarations Made Easy” with Mr. Johan Lobmeyer.
Topics of this seminar:
Main topics:
- Conditions for the full tax declaration
- Is it worth it to apply the full declaration ?
- What income must be declared ?
- What expenses count as deductions ?
- How to fill out the tax declaration (With tips & tricks to go faster)
When: Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025, 17:00-18:30, networking apero ? ? ? after 18:30!
Where: online + in-person (EPFL main campus, (SG 1138))
Sign up: register here
Questions? contact Giannis Savva or Clemens Wöllhaf
Events supported by the membership fees of paid ACIDE members, the EPFL Associate Vice-Presidency of Research.