A CHUV “invention” is making its way onto the international market!

It is the combination of research, a successful clinical trial, and a CHUV patent that has just led to a remarkable international success for the Department of Urology: the administration of a new treatment for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer has just taken place in the first human patient in the United States. The treatment is based […]
InnoDIGITAL: Financial Support for Digital Projects

PACTT is launching a new funding tool dedicated to digital projects by researchers at UNIL and CHUV. — PACTT launches a new funding tool dedicated to the digital projects of researchers at UNIL and CHUV. […]
Submitting an application for Innosuisse funding? PACTT is here to help — Submitting an application for Innosuisse funding? Contact PACTT for help

The Swiss innovation promotion agency Innosuisse funds innovation projects of researchers who have come across an innovative idea with great market potential in the course of their research work. Innosuisse particularly supports high-risk projects with strong innovation potential. >> As of March 2024, the PACTT is responsible to guide UNIL researchers through the administrative aspects of […]
2024 Leenaards Science Prize
Congratulations to Dr. Grégory Resch and Dr. Angela Koutsokera on winning the 2024 Leenaards Scientific Prize! Thanks to their work and tireless dedication, these two researchers from the CHUV and UNIL—along with Prof. Alexandre Persat—are advancing the development of bacteriophage-based treatments and helping to combat antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections even more effectively. We also extend our […]
UCreate call for projects for the spring 2024 session is open !

Do you have a project with social and/or environmental impact ? Do you need help to launch it ? The UCreate acceleration program is free and can be taken alongside your studies or work. UCreate offers : • 12 workshops sessions with support of experts in two phases • 1 dedicated coach for your team […]
InnoPACTT: Financial Support to Help You Start Your Business

SPRING CALL 2024 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! PACTT, the Technology Transfer Office of UNIL-CHUV, is calling for start-up projects in order to award the InnoTREK grant. As […]
NADUP, AWARDED INNOTREK FINANCING FOR ADVANCING CAR-T CELL THERAPY

PACTT is happy to announce that NADUP, the pioneer work of Dr Helen Carrasco Hope and Dr Pierpaolo Ginefra, both postdocs in Nicola Vannini Lab at the University of Lausanne and the Lausanne Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, has secured a CHF 100,000 FIT InnoTREK grant for its work in advancing CAR-T cell therapy and for starting the adventure […]
InnoPACTT: a financial support to create your start-up

AUTUMN CALL 2023 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! PACTT, the Technology Transfer Office of UNIL-CHUV, is calling for start-up projects in order to award the InnoTREK grant. As […]
PACTT is hiring a Licensing Manager (80% to 100%)
Background The Vaud University Hospital (CHUV) is one of Switzerland’s five university hospitals. Through its collaboration with the Faculty of Biology and Medicine at the University of Lausanne and EPFL, the CHUV plays a leading role in the fields of medical care, medical research, and education. At the heart of research activities across diverse fields […]
InnoPACTT: a financial support to create your start-up

SPRING CALL 2023 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! PACTT, the Technology Transfer Office of UNIL-CHUV, is calling for start-up projects in order to award the InnoTREK grant. As […]