Lunch event about Swiss and European grant opportunities

​Are you developing an innovative life sciences project and looking for the right funding opportunities?

​Join us on November 18, 2026 at Walter Klybeck for a focused lunch event on Swiss and European grant opportunities.

​The FHNW School of Life Sciences, Innosuisse and Euresearch will share practical funding guidance as well as concrete project examples.

​We look forward to bringing researchers, start-ups and life sciences companies together to explore how promising projects can access the right funding and collaboration opportunities.

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​Programme

​12:00 Welcome and introduction

​12:10 FHNW School of Life Sciences and Walter Klybeck – collaboration and innovation ecosystem

​Project examples

​12:20 Development of a high sensitivity point-of-care test.
Prof. Dr. Dominik Meinel, Team leader, In vitro diagnostics, FHNW School of Life Sciences

​12:30 PFAS: analysis and quantification in water streams.
Prof. Dr. Stefan Gaugler, Team leader, Instrumental Analytics, FHNW School of Life Sciences

​European and Swiss grants

​12.40 European funding opportunities for research and innovation.
Dr. Sasha Hugentobler, European Research Advisor, Euresearch

​12:55 Funding opportunities for innovation projects in Switzerland.
Pascale Hirschi and Ramona Schürch, Project Funding Coordinators, Innosuisse

​13:10 to 14:00 Business lunch, networking and exchange with the speakers