Research Funding
The primary objective of ZHAW digital is to promote and facilitate networking for research projects and researchers from all scientific disciplines dealing with issues and questions of digital transformation. The aim is twofold: firstly, to strengthen the competitiveness of the ZHAW and the Canton of Zurich as a centre of research and development in national and international competition; and secondly, to support the economy and society in seizing the opportunities presented by digital transformation.
Funding opportunities
DIZH Fellowship
The DIZH Fellowship is a funding programme by ZHAW digital with the objective of providing support to researchers of outstanding calibre in their academic careers and professional development. The programme is intended for all professors, senior researchers, research assistants and PhDs who are intensively involved in pressing topics and questions of digital transformation in their research. ZHAW digital is currently supporting the sixth generation of fellows.
Click here for the current call: FS-Call 2026 (PDF 185 kB)
Digital Futures Fund
The "Digital Futures Fund for Research and Development" welcomes all ZHAW researchers who would like to develop or test an innovative idea for digital transformation. Your input can contribute to the area of research and development. All project leaders are automatically accepted into the digital community "Digital Futures Lab" through their funded project. This enables them to network and exchange ideas on specific topics with the community members.
All about the Digital Futures Fund
More about the Digital Futures Lab community
DIZH Innovation Program
The Zurich higher education institutes (ZHAW, UZH, PHZH and ZHdK) initiate various types of innovative digitalization projects with the private and public sector. In these partnerships, researchers can consider the needs and experiences of their partners in industry and government and vice versa. Hence, research findings can align more with practical real-world applications.
The next deadlines for the submission of proposals for all calls of the DIZH Innovation Programme will be published on the DIZH website as soon as they have been set.