UZH Research Committee

The Research Committee is a commission of the Extended University Executive Board. It is administratively subordinate to the Prorectorate for Research.

Within the scope of its competence, the Research Committee decides on grants from the funding programmes of the University Research Fund (UFO). It can discuss strategic concerns in connection with the promotion of young researchers. The University Executive Board may assign further tasks in the area of research promotion to the Research Committee.

Each faculty and each department is represented by a member. The faculty representatives are elected by the competent body of the respective faculties, the stand delegates are elected on the basis of the regulations for the election of stand delegates to the bodies and other committees of the University of Zurich. The Vice President Research chairs the committee.

The committee usually meets in late spring (April/May) to award the UZH Doc.mobility grants of the spring call. In early summer (June) for the awarding of the UZH Candoc and Postdoc Grants and then again in fall (October/November) for the second awarding of the UZH Doc.Mobility Grants and the UZH Postdoc Team Award.

Current members of the Research Promotion Commission of the UZH:

(term of office faculties: 01.08.2024 - 31.07.2028 / term of office representatives: 1.8.2024 - 31.7.2027).

• Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Stark, Vice President Research (Chair)
• Prof. Dr. Rafael Walthert, Vice Dean Research, TRF
• Prof. Dr. iur. Dr. h.c. Helmut Heiss, Vice Dean Research, RWF
• Prof. Dr. iur. Kern Alexander, Sub. RWF
• Prof. Dr. Michel Habib, WWF
• Prof. Dr. Armin Schmutzler, Sub. WWF
• Prof. Dr. Maries van den Broek, Vice Dean Research MeF
• Prof. Dr. Matthias Baumgartner, Sub. MeF
• Prof. Dr. Hanspeter Nägeli, VSF
• Prof. Dr. Cornel Fraefel, Sub. VSF
• Prof. Dr. Raji Steineck, Vice Dean Research PhF
• Prof. Dr. Johannes Ullrich,  Sub. PhF
• Prof. Dr. Owen Petchey, Vice Dean Infrastructure / Academic career development MNF
• Prof. Dr. Alexander Gorodnik, Sub. MNF
• Merle Ederhof, PhD, Representative FFL
• PD Dr. Valerie Treyer, Sub. Representative FFL
• Rachel Lindemann, Representative WNW
• Dr. Helena Hof, Sub. Representative WNW
• Kajsa Bornhauser, Representative Students
• Laura Galli, Sub. Representative Students
• Dr. Claudine Leysinger, Representative ATP

The Research Committee receives administrative support from the Research & Grants Office: