Funding for interdisciplinary project teams at ZKSD!

Do you want to make a sustainable impact? You have an idea for a project. You want to work in an interdisciplinary team You believe that the complex challenges facing society and the environment can only be solved through collaboration.

Support from an engineer, a sociologist, a biologist, an artist, an educator, or simply someone who can help structure and communicate your project, would thus be highly valuable.

The four ZKSD universities offer strong potential for this kind of collaboration, with students and faculty from a wide range of disciplines who are looking to work together on sustainability-related topics.

On September 25, the ZKSD will host a matchmaking event – with the opportunity to receive seed funding for your project!

Are you interested in sustainability-focused applied research or teaching projects, either because you are preparing your own project or because you want to contribute your expertise to one?
 

Here are your options:

A) Present your project idea to a group of interested participants and form a team. Register via this Link with a short description of your idea!

B) You don‘t have your own project, but would like to join a team that needs your skills. Register via this Link and provide details of your profile and interests!

On September 25, you’ll have the chance to either form your own team or join an inspiring one at ZKSD. Selected teams will receive up to CHF 20,000 in seed funding to further develop their project idea.

Application deadline: 18.08.2025