Lunch event about Swiss and European grant opportunities

Are you developing an innovative life sciences project and looking for the right funding opportunities? Join us on November 18, 2026 at Walter Klybeck for a focused lunch event on Swiss and European grant opportunities. The FHNW School of Life Sciences, Innosuisse and Euresearch will share practical funding guidance as well as concrete project examples. We look forward to bringing researchers, start-ups and life sciences companies together to explore how promising projects can access the right funding and collaboration opportunities. Programme 12:00 Welcome and introduction 12:10 FHNW School of Life Sciences and Walter Klybeck – collaboration and innovation ecosystem Project examples 12:20 Development of a high sensitivity point-of-care test.Prof. Dr. Dominik Meinel, Team leader, In vitro diagnostics, FHNW School of Life Sciences 12:30 PFAS: analysis and quantification in water streams.Prof. Dr. Stefan Gaugler, Team leader, Instrumental Analytics, FHNW School of Life Sciences European and Swiss grants 12.40 European funding opportunities for research and innovation.Dr. Sasha Hugentobler, European Research Advisor, Euresearch 12:55 Funding opportunities for innovation projects in Switzerland.Pascale Hirschi and Ramona Schürch, Project Funding Coordinators, Innosuisse 13:10 to 14:00 Business lunch, networking and exchange with the speakers