Through the Roadmap network, organised by the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), researchers become part of a collaborative process in which swissuniversities is responsible for identifying new research infrastructures supported by the cantonal universities and universities of applied sciences. The National Roadmap does not serve as a tool for federal infrastructure funding; the responsibility for establishing, financing, and managing these infrastructures rests with the appropriate institutions.
To submit projects, the umbrella organisation of Swiss universities has established a three-stage process: coordination, prioritisations, and pre-selection by the Deputy Rectors for Research of the relevant universities. More information about swissuniversities’ internal processes, governance, and selection criteria can be found on the following pages: Process Outline , Governance , and Selection Criteria.
USI researchers and project leaders involved in designing new national infrastructures or major upgrades of existing infrastructures are invited to contact Prof. Patrick Gagliardini, Pro-rector for Research at USI, to express their interest in submitting
For the coordination phase, interested parties are invited to submit a 2-page draft of their The selection criteria indicated by swissuniversities must already be considered at this stage. After the first idea exchange phase, a
For further information, we would like to point out that SERI and swissuniversities will participate in an information event organised by the Swiss Social Sciences and Humanities Open Cluster (SSHOC-CH) and dedicated to the Roadmap on 11 December from 1 to 2 pm.
