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Humanitarian Action Challenges: Proposals wanted
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- Internal news
The fifth call for proposals within the framework of the "Humanitarian Action Challenges" is open. The initiative supports collaborative research with humanitarian organisations such as the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to develop solutions to humanitarian problems.
New Coffee Lectures in November: knowledge in 15 minutes
For researchers
In the new Coffee Lectures in November, new tools and relevant topics for scientific work will be presented in a quarter of an hour.
The ETH Library’s new course programme for the second half of 2024
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Start the autumn semester well equipped with our varied course programme.
New Communication Academy course programme now online
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- Internal news
Make your research easy to understand, present your findings in a compelling way and convey a confident image to the media: the Communication Academy course programme for the Fall 2024 Semester is now online.
ETH hosts its first medical research networking event
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How well is ETH Zurich positioned in medicine and how is it developing? What obstacles need to be overcome and what potential for cooperation and innovation could be utilised even more effectively? Questions like these will be addressed at the first Medicine @ETH Day on 4 September 2024.
Fit in research data management – workshop series in Autumn Semester 2024
For researchers
Get yourself and your research project in shape with our research data management workshop programme. You can now register for the Autumn Semester 2024 workshops.?
Customised events: Doctoral awards ceremony at the Scherrer lecture hall
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Last Friday, ETH Zurich celebrated the completion of 145 doctoral theses. To give the doctoral students and their families a special experience, the Academic Services (AkD) calls on the event experts from the 365体育官网_365体育备用【手机在线】 Services department.
The Executive Board domain of Research has been reorganised
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- The Executive Board reports
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The Executive Board domain of Research has been reorganised since 1 July 2024. It is divided into an Office of Research and three departments: "Research Initiatives and Infrastructures", "Scientific Integrity and Research Ethics" and "Grants Office".
Changes at the ETH Grants Office
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- Internal news
From 1 July 2024, the Grants Office will bundle all services relating to internal research funding and the acquisition of third-party funding from public funding bodies in Switzerland and abroad. ?
Publishing Negotiations: Crucial Agreement Reached with Elsevier
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Unlimited reading and publishing; AI use regulated
Short and sweet: the “RDM Guidelines” for ETH researchers explained
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In a series of short videos, the ETH Library explains the most important aspects of the “RDM Guidelines” quickly and easily – for good scientific practice and FAIR data.
IARU Early Career Collaboration Grants
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- Global News
- Funding Opportunities
- Global Presence
- Internal news
Applications are open (until 15 July 2024) for IARU Early-Career Collaboration Grants for a short-term research stay at one of ETH Zürich's ten IARU partner universities.
ETH Library promotes Open Science: support for further important initiatives
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Fundraising with SCOSS creates resources for Software Heritage and the Research Data Alliance.
Scientific community reflects on fundamental research standards
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- Internal news
Reproducible research is a key standard in science. At the inaugural Swiss Reproducibility Conference, researchers will discuss the best ways to meet this requirement – including how to cope with growing data volumes and pressure to publish.
Legal support for research collaborations
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- Internal news
The research contract group in the Knowledge Transfer and Corporate Relations department has reorganised itself and geared its services even more closely to the needs of researchers.
Into the summer with knowledge and caffeine – the Coffee Lectures in June
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Can't see your way through the open access jungle? Tangled up in literature management? Lacking inspiration for your holiday reading? Then come to one of our Coffee Lectures. All you need is 15 minutes.
Publishing negotiations: Read & Publish Agreement with World Scientific
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Members of ETH Zurich can publish open access in the hybrid journals of World Scientific Publishing unlimitedly.
SNSF project approved? We help with the data management plan
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Has the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) accepted your project for funding? Then you now need a Data Management Plan (DMP) so that the funds can be released. ETH Library supports you.
ETH Zurich launches 3R Hub to establish methods that improve animal experiments
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- Institutional
- The Executive Board reports
- Internal news
The new Hub is a point of contact for researchers with questions about the 3Rs – the three foundational principles of animal experimentation to which the ETH is committed: Replace, Reduce and Refine. The 3R Hub raises awareness among researchers and the public about compassionate animal research.
Support for animal experiment research and reinforcement of the 3R principles
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To promote the development and implementation of new methods for refining, reducing or even replacing animal experiments (known as the 3Rs), ETH Zurich’s Vice President for Research launched the 3R Hub. He has also expanded the university’s Animal Welfare and 3R office. In this way, ETH is affirming its position that animal experiments are necessary in many areas of basic research.
Research Grants to Address Pressing Global Challenges
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Research and innovation are needed to solve the planet’s most pressing challenges, which disproportionately affect those living in low-income countries. ETH4D’s Research Challenges and Pilot Grants fund ETH researchers to develop solutions for those living on $10 a day or less. Apply by 21 April.
"Germaine de Sta?l": funding for cooperation with France
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- Global News
- Funding Opportunities
- Global Presence
- Internal news
The call 2025–2026 of the "Germaine de Sta?l" programme for bilateral research cooperation between Switzerland and France has been launched. The application deadline has been extended until 30 May 2024.
“Researchers’ credibility does not have to suffer when they engage politically”
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New guidelines for policy engagement and science-based policy advice have been in force at ETH Zurich since February. They offer guidance for ETH members wishing to participate in the dialogue between science and policy. Benedikt Knüsel, Head of the Science-Policy Interface unit, explains the key issues in this obvious field of tension.
News from the Executive Board 2024/3
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- The Executive Board reports
- Teaching
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The Executive Board issued the 2024 regulations for the new Master's degree programme in Space Systems and the continuing education programme Master of Advanced Studies ETH in AI and Digital Technology (MAS ETH AID). It also simplified the financial planning of the Central Administrative Units. In addition, new guidelines for engagement at the science-policy interface and for the provision of political advice have been in effect at ETH Zurich since 1 February.
Data stewardship in large research infrastructures? Find out how it works in the BedrettoLab
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Rebecca Hochreutener und Dr. Marian Hertrich (BedrettoLab für Geowissenschaften und Geoenergien, D-?ERDW) im vierten Interview der Reihe zu Modellen von Data Stewardship an der ETH Zürich.
New rules of procedure to address scientific misconduct are adopted
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- Internal news
The new rules of procedure to address scientific misconduct enter into effect on 1 June 2024 at ETH Zurich. What has changed and why a revision was necessary.
19 ETH labs certified by GreenLabs for their sustainability efforts!
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- Internal news
Over the last months, laboratories at ETH had the opportunity to participate in the GreenLabs pilot and drive sustainability efforts in their lab practices. End of January 2024, the first certification ceremony of the pilot took place, awarding 19 labs for their progress. ETH GreenLabs will be further rolled out with the goal to review all labs at ETH.
Coffee Lectures – check out our new programme
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In nur 15 Minuten: Holen Sie sich nützliche Tools und Themen, die Sie bei Ihrer t?glichen Forschungsarbeit unterstützen – in den Coffee Lectures der ETH-Bibliothek.
Fit in research data management – workshop series in Spring Semester 2024
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Get yourself and your research project in shape with our research data management workshop programme. You can now register for the Spring Semester 2024 workshops.
Virtual conference hub launches successfully
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- Internal news
In mid-December, climate researchers from ETH gathered in the CHN building for the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. Although the event took place in the United States, there was no shortage of stimulating conversations and debates, nor informal exchanges over coffee.
Repurposed: former ammunition depot becomes ETH warehouse
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- Internal news
Due to an acute lack of space in the centre, the Department of Earth Sciences was looking for new storage space. Together with the 365体育官网_365体育备用【手机在线】 Services storage team, a former army ammunition depot has now been converted. Over thirty Euro pallets are already stored in the new high racks.
Open Access: free publishing now possible in even more journals
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- Internal news
From 2024, the ETH Library will cover the costs of publications in more journals, including Nature Communications and Scientific Reports.
Registration for the ETH Research Data Management Summer School 2024 is open
For researchers
This ETH Summer School furnishes early-career scientists with a comprehensive understanding of research data management. Following a practice-oriented approach, they learn the basics and the most important tools.
New Communication Academy course programme now online
- For researchers
- Internal news
Make your research easy to understand, present your findings in a compelling way and convey a confident image to the media: the Communication Academy course programme for the Spring 2024 Semester is now online.
Love Data Week 2024 Switzerland
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Under the motto “My Kind of Data”, the ETH Library and Scientific IT Services will be celebrating their love of data from 12 to 16 February 2024 and jointly providing an insight into research data management.
Seed Grants for participatory Citizen Science Projects
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Open, diverse and inclusive science thrives on the involvement of the public and citizen participation - in other words, on Citizen Science. In order to promote such participatory research, Citizen Science Zurich awards Seed Grants once a year for the development or implementation of Citizen Science projects. ETH researchers can currently apply for funding.
Stalemate in negotiations with publishers: These are ETH Library's solutions from January 2024
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The national negotiations between swissuniversities and Elsevier and also with Taylor & Francis did not lead to an agreement by mid-December 2023.?The ETH Library, together with the other universities affected, is preparing for a situation without a contract from January 2024.
SYoS-Lecture: Responsible assessment of open science
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In collaboration?between the ETH Library and?EPFL, the third lecture of the Swiss Year of Scientometrics (SYoS) will take place in Lausanne on 7 February 2024. Dr Elizabeth Gadd speaks about the challenges of research assessment in the context of open science.
“If needed, we also deliver concrete sculptures of eight hundred kilograms”
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- Internal news
Special orders, such as the request from ETH researcher Vasily Sitnikov to deliver a sponge-shaped concrete block to the Old Botanical Garden, are the daily business of the 365体育官网_365体育备用【手机在线】 Services department's transport team.
Call for Proposals: Humanitarian Action Challenges
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- Internal news
The call for proposal of the Humanitarian Action Challenges is now open. It supports collaborative research with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to develop solutions for humanitarian action.
AI For Energy & Sustainable Manufacturing
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- Internal news
ETH Zurich members are invited to participate in the conference “AI For Energy & Sustainable Manufacturing” on 9 November 2023 at ETH Zurich. The full-day event will bring together researchers, innovators, industrial decision-makers and data scientists to meet and discuss.
Interview: Data Stewardship at the Departmental Level – Insights from D-HEST
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- Internal news
This conversation between PD Dr Jochen Klumpp (IT Services Group (ISG), D-HEST) and Dr Julian Dederke (ETH Library) is the third instalment in a series of interviews explaining the work of data stewards within the Data Stewardship Network and showcasing various data stewardship models at ETH Zurich.
The third AI + X Summit in the context of politics and generative AI
- Honours and prizes
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- Internal news
Over 2,000 students, researchers, entrepreneurs and industry representatives discussed the latest trends in artificial intelligence at the AI+X Summit 2023. Popular topics included the influence of generative AI, AI legislation, AI in medicine and trustworthy AI.
Support for the enhancement and exchange of research data
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- Working at ETH
- Internal news
Research thrives on the open exchange of knowledge – and of data that make knowledge possible in the first place. In order to support this exchange of data, the?ETH Domain’s Open Research Data Program to open up research data has been in place since the beginning of 2022. Researchers can now once again apply for funding.
Open access to a new therapy – It Takes a Library
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Mandy Boontanrart's research is meant to reach those who need it most. With the help of Barbara Hirschmann from the ETH Library, she is one step further.
“For me, it’s about excellence in research”
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- Internal news
Christian Wolfrum has been Vice President for Research at ETH Zurich since the beginning of the year. What are the next challenges for research and how does he propose to tackle them?
Preserving hard-earned data – It Takes a Library
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How can Anne Abels preserve her research data for researchers even after her doctorate at ETH Zurich? Thanks to Mohamed El-Saad from the ETH Library, she found a good way.
How to proceed for funding of publication fees with SNSF grants
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When the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) funds a project, it covers the fees for any resulting gold open-access publications. Researchers from ETH Zurich use the SNSF’s ChronosHub platform to settle these fees.
Register now for Fire Safety Trainings
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- Internal news
The fire protection courses of the SSHE teach all interested ETH members how fires can be prevented and how to react correctly in case of fire. There are still free places for the upcoming courses.
Keeping up the pace – It Takes a Library
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Yurena Seguí Femenias wants to stay up to date with scientific developments even after her doctorate at ETH Zurich. Together with David Johann from the ETH Library, she has found a solution.
The new ETH Library course programme is online
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In the second semester of 2023, you can expect diverse topics such as writing with AI-based tools, the visualisation of research data or "Rock your Master's" – a new event especially for Master's students.
Research data management and related topics: know-how for your research project
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This series of workshops organised by the ETH Library and Scientific IT Services at ETH Zurich introduces you to varied aspects of research data management.
The second lecture of the Swiss Year of Scientometrics: reframing scientometrics
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The event will take place on 11 October 2023 in collaboration with the CHESS. Prof. Emanuel Kulczycki will explore how ontological understanding of science influences what we count and how we interpret it.
New Communication Academy course programme now online
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- Internal news
Make your research easy to understand, present your findings in a compelling way and convey a confident image to the media: the Communication Academy course programme for the Fall 2023 Semester is now online.
Interview: Data Stewardship for Monitoring Air Travel Emissions Data at ETH Zurich
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The following interview between Dr Giuliana Turi (ETH Sustainability, Office of the President) and Dr Julian Dederke (ETH Library) is the second in a series of interviews that take a closer look at the work of active data stewards in the Data Stewardship Network.
Gold and Bronze for e-rara and e-manuscripta
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The swiss cooperation platforms receive Best of Swiss Web Award 2023
Blogs in the era of AI – a panel discussion
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The ETH Library is celebrating the 15th anniversary of its blog, ETHeritage. To mark the occasion, a public panel discussion on the topic of trends and future, titled “Trends und Zukunft”, will be held in the ETH Zurich main building on Tuesday, 13 June at 5.00 p.m. Those interested in attending can do so either in person or online.
The Image Archive is running a Wikipedia writing workshop – We are writing for the third time!
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Join the Image Archive’s very first Wikipedia writing workshop! It will take place online on Saturday, 03 June 2023, and the topic will be ETH portraits.
Online Information Fair: ETH Library – Your partner for managing the research life cycle
- For researchers
- Books and Library
Between 17.15 and 18.45 on 16 May 2023, doctoral students will be given a compact overview of the ETH Library services relevant for their doctoral thesis.
The ETH Library is working at full speed to replace PlagScan
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Plagiarism detection software is now the responsibility of the ETH Library. We are doing our best to make a comparable software available to you as soon as possible.
Rodent skull from the 3D printer for training
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- Internal news
Researchers conducting neuroscientific animal experiments at ETH Zurich can now practice their handlings on 3D-?printed models. This benefits animal welfare. ?
The first lecture of the Swiss Year of Scientometrics: opportunities and challenges
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The first lecture of the Swiss Year of Scientometrics (SYoS) will take place on 7 June 2023. Dr Stefanie Haustein will be giving an overview of the landscape of scientometrics and its recent developments.
ChatGPT and AI – where do we go from here? The future of scientific writing
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Will AI tools like ChatGPT fundamentally change the way we approach scientific texts? We will be discussing this question at the ETH Library’s 17:15 Colloquium on 20 April 2023.
Interview: A vision for Open Science and Data Stewardship at ETH Zurich
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The discussion between Professor Elizabeth Tilley, Lars Sch?bitz (both D-MAVT, Global Health Engineering) and Dr Julian Dederke (ETH Library) is the first in a series highlighting the work of a pilot group of data stewards who are active in the Data Stewardship Network.
New standards platform available with access extended to IEC standards
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Search standards on a new platform and view now also the IEC standards for electrical engineering, electronics and information technology.
Visual literature search – Connected Papers
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With Connected Papers, the ETH Library is presenting a new search tool for use by researchers at ETH Zurich. It provides a visual, exploratory approach to the search for scientific articles.
Evaluating research performance – possibilities and limits
For researchers
Is it really possible to measure research performance and the influence of scientific work objectively? The “Swiss Year of Scientometrics” (SYoS) shines a light on the limits and possibilities for scientometrics.
?Do you speak Digital?? Shaping digital transformation
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How do you approach the digital transformation of a university? At the 17:15 Colloquium by the ETH Library, Dr Susanne Schumacher will show how this is being done at Zurich University of the Arts.
e-rara now includes thumbnails and other new features
For researchers
e-rara puts digitized prints at your fingertips – now with new functions and navigation options.
Educational cyborgs and the use of robots in higher educational institutions
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Human and machine: humanoid “educational robots” open up new pathways in education. In the 17:15 Colloquium by the ETH Library on 23 February 2023, we explain how they can be used in research and practice.
“We are still in a transitional process”
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- For researchers
- Internal news
Since October 2022, biochemist Dorota Pfizenmaier and chemical engineer Charles Ledoux have been Vice-President and President of the Academic Association of Scientific Staff at ETH Zurich (AVETH). In an interview with Internal news they describe what it was like coming to ETH Zurich during the lockdown and which university policy challenges they intend to address.
New open access publishing opportunities from 2023 onwards
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- Service info
- Internal news
New open access agreements with the American Chemical Society (ACS), Canadian Science Publishing (CSP), Microbiology Society, Springer Nature, Oxford University Press (OUP) and Portland Press.
Young Researchers’ Exchange with South Korea and Japan
- International opportunities
- For researchers
- Service info
The Leading House Asia has launched the 2023 calls for young researchers’ exchange with South Korea and Japan. Application deadline is 31 March 2023 (South Korea) and 30 April 2023 (Japan).
Coffee Lectures – the new events programme is available now
For researchers
Time is precious. This is why we host the Coffee Lectures event. Within the 15-minute timeframe, you receive the information on relevant tools and topics that you need for your academic work.
Research data management and related topics: know-how for your research project
For researchers
This series of workshops organised by the ETH Library and Scientific IT Services at ETH Zurich introduces you to varied aspects of research data management.
Launch of the Data Stewardship Network at ETH Zurich
For researchers
Whether for the management of research data, reproducible data analysis or the development of code scripts – the Data Stewardship Network opens up new opportunities for sharing data.
Access to new Wiley Archives for members of ETH Zurich
For researchers
Access to the comprehensive primary sources in the Wiley Digital Archives will provide new insights, especially for those interested in environmental sciences and scientific research.
The new ETH Library 2023 course programme
For researchers
Our new courses and workshops for the first half of the year are now online. They cover a wide range of interesting and exciting topics that will help you with your studies or work.
ETH Research Data Management Summer School 2023
For researchers
Early career scientists receive an extensive overview on Research Data Management, its principles, its practical implications and on useful tools. Register now!
New Communication Academy course programme now online
- For researchers
- Internal news
Make your research easy to understand, present your findings in a compelling way and convey a confident image to the media: the Communication Academy course programme for the Spring 2023 Semester is now online.
A sparkling new look for AstroRara
For researchers
Just under four years after the launch of AstroRara, users can now discover new content and a revamped design.
The search is on for a solution to the cost-of-living adjustment for doctoral students
- Institutional
- For researchers
In contrast to other ETH Zurich employees, it is still unclear for doctoral students whether and when they will receive a cost-of-living adjustment and how this will be financed. The Executive Board is unhappy with this situation. A working group will seek a solution in early 2023.
Agreement reached with Oxford University Press to resolve access blocks
For researchers
Full access to Oxford University Press journals.
Switzerland and Horizon Europe – What happens next?
- For researchers
- Honours and prizes
- Internal news
Switzerland currently has only limited access to Horizon Europe, the world’s largest funding programme for research and innovation. Here’s why this will become problematic for Switzerland as a centre of research and innovation in the long term.
How to go open access
For researchers
Take part in our online course on 24 November 2022 and receive important basics about open-access publishing.
A spectacular piece of literary history – New publication: the correspondence between Ingeborg Bachmann and Max Frisch
For researchers
The letters exchanged by Ingeborg Bachmann and Max Frisch are among the most spectacular documents in the history of literature – and they are now being published as a book. At the Max Frisch Archive, we are hosting an archive discussion and putting original letters on display for the first time.
New order interface in ETH Library @ swisscovery
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You can now order more easily and get a better overview of your loans.
Artificial Intelligence and Digital Curation - Opportunities and Risks for Libraries.
For researchers
Artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning is one of the most important technological trends of recent years. Find out what opportunities and risks it has at the 17:15 colloquium by the ETH Library on November 24, 2022.
Energy Transition Show – podcasts about the global energy transition
For researchers
Take advantage of the comprehensive access to podcasts about the global transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
Call for Proposals: Humanitarian Action Challenges
- For researchers
- Internal news
The third call for proposal of the Humanitarian Action Challenges is now open. It supports collaborative research with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to develop solutions for humanitarian action!
ETH Library @ swisscovery: plan your orders
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Limited ordering options 12–13 November 2022.
Scholarly Communication – exciting perspectives and networking
For researchers
Register by 11 November 2022 for this year's IATUL Fall Seminar.
ETH Zurich expands its membership in the SciPost publication portal
For researchers
Independent publishing: SciPost gives ETH Zurich researchers an additional way of publishing their research results as open-??access articles without relying on commercial providers.
24 October 2022: brief period of restriction for ETH Library @ swisscovery
For researchers
Orders are subject to restrictions from 17.00 to 19.00.
Coffee Lectures: new knowledge in fifteen minutes
For researchers
In the event series of the ETH Library in October and November 2022, you can get input on tools and topics that support your academic work in a short and crisp form.
Productive failure
For researchers
ETH Zurich's chair for Learning Sciences and Higher Education strives for a more powerful learning environment with innovation and creativity behind it. Learn more at the 17:15 Colloquium on 27 October 2022.
Online Information Fair: ETH Library – Your partner for managing the research life cycle
For researchers
Between 17.15 and 18.45 on 08 November 2022, doctoral students will be given a compact overview of the ETH Library services relevant for their doctoral thesis.
New Guidelines for Research Data Management: how the Scientific IT Services support you
- For researchers
- Internal news
Researchers at ETH Zurich are expected to comply to the new Guidelines for Research Data Management. Learn how the Scientific IT Services can support you.
IATUL Fall Seminar 2022, 13 to 15 December 2022
For researchers
?Breaking new ground: scholarly communication and libraries? – Registrieren Sie sich jetzt!
22 September 2022: brief period of restriction for ETH Library @ swisscovery
For researchers
Orders are subject to restrictions from 17.00 to 20.00.