UZH establishes long-term interdisciplinary research structures

(CONNECT) UZH supports the establishment of long-term interdisciplinary research structures with start-up funding from its TRANSFORM funding line. Over the next four years, three new projects will be funded with a total of 3.6 million Swiss francs, UZH announced in a press release. A prerequisite for receiving the funds is that the research structures continue to be supported by faculty funds following the start-up funding.

The establishment of an Institute for Archaeology, Classical Philology and Classical Studies (IAKA) at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is being supported with CHF 1.8 million. The Institute of Archaeology, the Department of Ancient, Medieval and Modern Greek and Latin Philology and three chairs of Ancient History at the Department of History are involved in the project to research Greco-Roman and other early cultures.

The establishment of a center for reproducibility and research synthesis is being supported with CHF 1 million. The aim here is to develop methods for assessing the quality and validity of scientific findings. Although the center is based at the Faculty of Medicine, other disciplines could also benefit from the findings, writes UZH.

The new Center for Engineered Immunotherapy receives 0.75 million francs. Among other things, UZH intends to pool existing research activities on immunotherapy in the CEI. This should enable the potential of approaches developed for a specific disease to be better recognized and used in other areas. ce/hs