CROSS – Collaborative Research on Science and Society

The Collaborative Research on Science and Society (CROSS) Program encourages interdisciplinary projects that deal with current issues in society and technology, and that are carried out as a collaboration between researchers from EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) and UNIL (Université de Lausanne).

Through an annual call for projects, CROSS provides competitive grants to support the preparatory phase of new research endeavors with a view to obtaining major funding.

Proposals must come from joint UNIL-EPFL teams, which bring together specialists in the human and social sciences on the one hand, with specialists from life sciences, natural sciences or engineering on the other.

Call for projects 2024:

CROSS 2024

Open to all topics

Open call
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CROSS 2023

Crisis

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CROSS 2022

Responsible innovation

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Past CROSS projects

from 2012 to 2021

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CROSS events

Roundtables, talks and projects presentations

Upcoming events

CROSS news

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Six new CROSS projects on the theme of crisis

— The 2023 edition of the CROSS (Collaborative Research on Science and Society) program invited researchers from EPFL and the University of Lausanne to submit proposals for joint projects on the theme of crisis. These projects combine natural sciences and engineering with social sciences and humanities to address some of the most pressing challenges facing society.

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Reminder: Submit proposals on 'Crisis' for CROSS 2023 by August 25

— The deadline for submitting joint project proposals from researchers at EPFL and the University of Lausanne for the 2023 edition of the interdisciplinary Collaborative Research on Science and Society (CROSS) program on the theme of 'crisis' is August 25th.

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CROSS funds three projects on responsible innovation

— The Collaborative Research on Science and Society (CROSS) program in EPFL’s College of Humanities (CDH) is pleased to announce that it will fund three research projects for the year 2022, all on the theme of responsible innovation.

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