Research Grants

Current Projects

  1. Imaging System for Fluorescence Detection in Biological Samples
    • PI: Lothar Kalmbach et al.
    • Institution: University of Neuchâtel
    • Funding Scheme: R’EQUIP
    • Discipline: Embryology, Developmental Biology
    • Duration: Dec 2024 – Nov 2025
    • Funding: 350,000 CHF
  2. Luctor et Emergo: Conserved Developmental Trajectories in Lateral Root Organogenesis
    • PI: Josephus Vermeer
    • Institution: University of Neuchâtel
    • Funding Scheme: Project Funding
    • Discipline: Plant Biology
    • Duration: Oct 2024 – Sep 2028
    • Funding: 866,433 CHF
  3. Spatial Accommodation During Plant Development
    • PI: Josephus Vermeer
    • Institution: University of Neuchâtel
    • Funding Scheme: Project Funding
    • Discipline: Embryology, Developmental Biology
    • Duration: Oct 2020 – Sep 2025
    • Funding: 899,303 CHF

Completed Projects

  1. Primary-Transformant Analysis Using Fluorescence-Activated Sorting
    • PI: Niko Geldner et al.
    • Institution: University of Lausanne
    • Funding Scheme: R’EQUIP
    • Discipline: Genetics
    • Duration: Dec 2020 – Nov 2021
    • Funding: 296,000 CHF
  2. Deep Tissue Imaging for Plant Development Studies
    • PI: Josephus Vermeer et al.
    • Institution: University of Zurich
    • Funding Scheme: R’EQUIP
    • Discipline: Cellular Biology, Cytology
    • Duration: Dec 2015 – Nov 2016
    • Funding: 490,000 CHF
  3. Talking with Neighbours: Spatial Accommodation During Plant Development
    • PI: Josephus Vermeer
    • Institution: University of Zurich
    • Funding Scheme: SNSF Professorships
    • Discipline: Embryology, Developmental Biology
    • Duration: Oct 2015 – Sep 2021
    • Funding: 1,921,638 CHF
  4. Dynamics in Plant Development and Evolution (PSC Symposium 2017)
    • PI: Josephus Vermeer et al.
    • Institution: University of Zurich
    • Funding Scheme: Scientific Conferences
    • Discipline: Genetics
    • Duration: Nov 2017 – Jan 2018
    • Funding: 6,000 CHF
  5. PSC Creative Camps for Youth
    • PI: Consuelo De Moraes et al.
    • Institution: ETH Zurich
    • Funding Scheme: Agora
    • Discipline: Molecular Biology
    • Duration: Apr 2017 – Jul 2020
    • Funding: 192,131 CHF