Research foundations
Of more than 14,000 foundations found in Switzerland, around one in four provide funding in the area of research and development in accordance with their stated purpose. ZHAW researchers also work successfully on application-oriented projects on behalf of foundations.
You can find details of our foundation-funded projects further down on this page. If you have any questions about the ZHAW and its collaboration with foundations, Manuel Bamert from the Research and Development / Business Service Unit will be happy to help.
You can also find further information on foundations throughout Switzerland under the following links:
- Foundation directory of the Federal Department of Home Affairs (FDHA) (in German, French and Italian)
- SwissFoundations – Association of Swiss grant-making foundations (in German and French)
- Current news from the foundation sector in the blog for research and development (in German)
- Center for Philanthropy Studies, Universität Basel – interdisciplinary research and executive education institute, specialized on the non-profit sector
ZHAW-projects funded by foundations
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MIKE-Study
The MIKE study focuses on the media use of six to thirteen years old children. It is the first representative study of media use of children in Switzerland and is conducted every two years since 2015. MIKE stands for Medien, Interaktion, Kinder, Eltern (media, interaction, children, parents). Each time, the study ...
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Swiss Agile Study 2014
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SODES: Swiss Open Data Exploration System
In recent years, national and international institutions, governments and NGOs have made large amounts of data publicly available: there exist literally thousands of open data sources, with temperature measurements, stock market prices, population and income statistics etc. However, most open data sets are provided ...
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ZHAW Agri-food Database
The Agrifood database is collection of life cycle inventory data for agricultural and food products. This database can be used to analyse the environmental impacts of processes in the agricultural and food value chain and to determine the corresponding environmental hotspots. The Agrifood database includes life ...
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Vicino – elderly migrants in their neighbourhood
The research and development project vicino looks into the question of how elderly mig-rants are interconnected in their neighbourhood, and which participatory methods can be used to strengthen their existing social Networks and to incorporate elderly migrants into programmes to a greater extent. This project is a ...