Research Office

The Research Office supports the EPFL research community in administrative tasks linked to funding acquisition and research projects.

Mission

The Research Office has several missions:

  • Inform the EPFL research community on funding opportunities
  • Support application processes and contracting for public and not-for-profit funding
  • Help with management of large research and mobility projects
  • Assist with ethical aspects linked to EPFL research projects.

 

2023 Research Office survey

Read below or download the full report, including our implementation plan to keep improving our services towards the EPFL community.

I would like to thank all members of our community who took the time to respond to the survey. We highly appreciate the constructive criticism and the many suggestions for improvement. We will do our best to implement all of these!

Prof. Ambrogio Fasoli, Associate Vice President for Research

Team

With extensive experience in research funding acquisition and academic management, the Research Office staff is at your disposal to help you succeed. Find out who does what!

Examples of large projects coordinated by the Research Office

Solutions4Sustainability

The initiative aims at developing sustainable solutions for reducing our energy dependence and carbon footprint.

Cyber-Defence Fellowships

CYD Fellowships are designed to promote new solutions to major challenges in the fields of security and data science by bringing together basic and applied research in cyber-defence.

EPFLeaders4impact

MSCA postdoctoral fellowships in sustainable innovation.

Latest news

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14th Call for Proposals – Cyber-Defence (CYD) Fellowships

— Cyber-threats have been accelerating due to the exponential growth of network connectivity. These new capabilities provide myriad opportunities for security hackers to wreak significant damage for commercial, political, or other gains. To promote research and education in cyber-defence, EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, and the Cyber-Defence (CYD) Campus have jointly launched the “CYD Fellowships – A Talent Program for Cyber-Defence Research.” There are two calls per year and the 14th call is now open.

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Gaznat – EPFL Research Programme – Second Call for proposals

— Gaznat and EPFL have a long-standing strategic cooperation, which involves setting up a competence pole on CO2 capture, storage, and utilization for the production of synthetic gas. Building on the success of this collaboration, a new framework agreement was signed in December 2024 that involves issuing new calls for research proposals.

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CYBER-DEFENCE FELLOWSHIPS: Roxanne Chevalley

— To promote research and education in cyber-defence, EPFL and the Cyber-Defence (CYD) Campus launched a rolling call for Master Thesis Fellowships – A Talent Program for Cyber-Defence Research. This month we introduce you to Roxanne Chevalley, a CYD Master Thesis Fellowship recipient, who is finishing up her Master Thesis in the Decentralized and Distributed Systems Lab at EPFL.

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Contact

Contact

EPFL Research Office

Av. Auguste-Piccard 1

CH – 1015 Lausanne


Contact: [email protected]


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