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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Cross-cultural translation, adaptation and validiation of the Pediatric Evaulation of Disability Inventory (PEDI) für den deutschsprachigen Raum in Europa
Introduction Current developments in the health sector have promoted the necessity of having valid and reliable assessments in practice in Switzerland. Occupational therapists as a member of a caring profession are concerned with the integration of people with disabilities into community living and the promotion of ...
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Teaching Social Policy
The Swiss Association of Social policy (SVPS) is an above party lines organisation, which consist of pundits in social policy, which inform neutral and improve the quality of the debate in social policy. The SVSP approached us asking how young people could become ac-quainted with the subject of social policy. For ...
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Coherence measures
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Information needs of patients with prostate cancer
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