InnoTREK: one-year financial support to create your start-up
You are a UNIL CHUV researcher who would like to create a start-up and need a financial support to start? Apply for a one-year InnoTREK grant of CHF 100’000.- to launch your project! Applications for the InnoTREK grant can be submitted throughout the year to the Knowledge Transfer UNIL CHUV. Project selection will take place […]
BioInnovation Day 2026: A Day Dedicated to Innovators & Investors
The BIND BioInnovation Day 2026 will take place on April 1, 2026, at the CHUV – César Roux Auditorium. About 30 innovative projects from the top academic and research institutions in Western Switzerland will be presented there to the public and investors. The event is organized by BioAlps in partnership with KT UNIL–CHUV and UNITEC. […]
A Unil Discovery for Vaccine Development Turns into a Start-Up
The CRISPRi-seq technology, stemming from fundamental research within the team of Professor Jan-Willem Veening at the University of Lausanne, has reached a decisive milestone: it has been licensed to the start-up “i-Seq Biotechnology”. This innovation paves the way for new vaccines against diseases for which there is currently no protection. It all started with a […]
The project Hevelion wins an InnoTREK grant
The Knowledge Transfer UNIL CHUV congratulates Marco Varrone from the University of Lausanne (UNIL), Department of Computational Biology, for obtaining an InnoTREK grant for his start-up project: Hevelion Warmest congratulations also to the other recipients of this grant. Wishing you all every success and the best of luck in the next steps of your project […]
InnoTREK: one-year financial support to create your start-up
You are a UNIL-CHUV researcher who would like to create a start-up and need a financial support to start? Apply for a one-year InnoTREK grant of CHF 100’000.- to launch your project! Applications for the InnoTREK grant can be submitted throughout the year 2025 to the Knowledge Transfer UNIL CHUV. Project selection will take place […]
A jubilee that symbolizes rebirth
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UCREATE: From Idea to Impact—The Call for Proposals Is Now Open!
Registration is open until September 21, 2025 Do you have an idea and want to explore its potential? Do you need support to bring it to life? Do you want to be part of a vibrant community of entrepreneurs? REGISTER HERE A two-phase program for UNIL students, researchers, faculty, staff, and alumni. UCreate supports all […]
PACTT Becomes Knowledge Transfer UNIL CHUV
The joint service of UNIL and CHUV dedicated to the commercialization of research results is celebrating its 25th anniversary and changing its name: PACTT is becoming Knowledge Transfer UNIL CHUV. The University of Lausanne (UNIL) and the Vaud University Hospital (CHUV) are pleased to announce that their joint service dedicated to the commercialization of research […]
PACTT is celebrating its 25th anniversary on May 14—let’s celebrate together!
Join us in celebrating 25 years of innovation and research translation at UNIL and CHUV. When? May 14, 2025, starting at 2:00 p.m. (registration required). Where? Biopôle, Auditorium in Building SE-C. In 2000, the Canton of Vaud decided to establish a unit at UNIL and CHUV dedicated to the “commercialization of research results.” Since then, […]
Guidance for Submitting Bridge and Innosuisse Projects
We are pleased to announce the launch of a joint pilot initiative by PACTT and the Research Services (SR), designed to support the preparation of proposals for the following competitive funding instruments: Innosuisse projects without an implementation partner BRIDGE Discovery BRIDGE Proof-of-Concept The goal of this program is to increase the chances of success for […]