SWEET (SWiss Energy research for the Energy Transition) is a funding programme of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE). SWEET targets solution-oriented research and innovation activities that are key to implementing Switzerland’s Energy Strategy 2050 and achieving its climate goals.
Through thematic calls, SWEET funds inter-/transdisciplinary approaches to energy research that result from close collaborations between the SSH and the natural sciences and engineering. Consortia must reflect the diversity of Switzerland’s research and innovation community.
The aim of the sixth SWEET call is to analyse the influence of the energy transformation on critical infrastructures and the vulnerability of the energy system to technical natural and societal hazards, especially those that are influenced by climate change. The call has a total budget of CHF 8M.
The consortium must be led by a Swiss institution of higher education and must involve at least 5 different institutions:• 1 ETH Domain • 1 Swiss universities of applied sciences• 2 implementation partners from the Swiss industry and/or private sector • + other research or implementation partner
Consortia of max. 10 members can request max. CHF 8M for 6 years for personnel, equipment, subcontracting and other project-related costs (excluding overheads and amin costs). Larger consortia will be penalized by receiving less funds. Each member must commit own and/or third-party funds.
• Call launch: 6 July 2023• Deadline notification of intent: 29 August 2023 • Eligibility check: within 10 days• Deadline pre-proposals: 18 October 2023, 12:00 CET• Invitation full proposals (only 2): Jan 2024• Deadline full proposals: Apr 2024• Decision: Jul 2024 • Start (only 1): Oct 2024
Have a look at past granted projects.Check out, in particular, SURE “SUstainable and Resilient Energy for Switzerland”, which is led by PSI and involves USI researchers.
Institutional support and any required matching funds and infrastructure is decided by the USI Rectorate. Please submit as soon as possible a brief description of the project, consortium, budget and the support requested from USI to Research Office.
