Research Programs

World Food System Center Research Programs

The Center's Research Programs support new cross-disciplinary and solution oriented research to address food system challenges. The Center administers these competitive programs in coordination with the Research Commission of the ETH Zurich.

Please see below and related pages for important information about each program, including eligibility and other requirements.

Information for Applicants

Applicants should review the important information below, which applies to all World Food System Center Research Programs.

Further details and application templates can be found on the webpages for each of the programs:

Smart Sustainable Farming Research Program (next call in Fall 2024)

Improving Sustainability of Agricultural and Food Systems across Key Environmental Metrics Research Program (call open)

Future Food Initiative (calls closed)

The Center also seeks to find funding opportunities from various foundations interested in supporting food system transformation:

Addressing environmental and human health risk of food systems (call open)

Each call has its own documentation, specific themes, and selection criteria. Please see Calls for Proposals on the individual programs for complete information.

Principal Investigators must be current members of the World Food System Center. See individual calls for additional requirements.

Co-applicants can be from the ETH Zurich, Eawag, or any other research institutions in Switzerland or abroad.

The deadline for submitting proposals is specfic to each call. Please see call documents.

Decisions will be communicated approximately four months after the submission deadline.

As a rule, the proposals will be evaluated by an Evaluation Committee, as outlined in call documents. The projects will be evaluated according to the criteria provided, usually a combination of program criteria as well as scientific criteria.

The Vice President Research will make the final decision regarding which projects are funded based on the final recommendation of the Evaluation Commitee.

Please review individual call documentation for additional details.

All proposals must be submitted electronically using provided templates.