Manufacturing is currently undergoing a revolution. Thanks to a new level of linkage between computers, data, and things we are seeing radical changes and innovations in how things are made. These developments are critical to the Swiss industry.
The program of the Strategic Focus Area (SFA) Advanced Manufacturing aims to enable Switzerland’s scientific and technical community to contribute at the most advanced level to these developments. It is to drive the institutions of the ETH Domain to team up, collaborate in exploratory research projects, and build the knowledge and infrastructure to position Switzerland as a leader in this domain. |
Call for joint initiatives
The ETH Board decided to launch a new call for Joint Initiatives in September 2023 in the Strategic Area of Advanced Materials & Key Technologies (AMKT). More information can be found here. A respective information and networking event is organized on 9 August 2023 at Empa, Dübendorf. Industry workshop Sensors
The SFA-AM wants to foster the exchange between researchers and industry. Join us for our first industry workshop about Sensing Technologies and Analysis of Sensor Data in the second half of 2023. SAMCE EXCHANGE GRANT 2023
This grant enables young researchers and technicians to visit another Swiss research group and expand their horizon in the field of advanced manufacturing. More information can be found here.
Application deadline: 31 January 2023 
Nano Assembly Spin-Off
As an ETH spin-off rooted in the Nano Assembly project, Chiral is currently industrializing the results. They will address different markets with their unprecedented fabrication capability for nanocarbon devices.
CERAMIC X.0 Workshop
On 28 April 2021 the SFA-AM project Ceramic X.0 organized an online workshop on "Advanced Polymer-derived Ceramics". The goals were to learn about the potential of high-precision ceramic technology and to network with researchers and industry representatives. More information is available here. Funding Decision
On 5 February 2021, the Steering Committee (SC) met to decide which projects will be funded by the SFA-AM in the period 2021-2024. Based on the international reviews, the evaluation of the SC members and the discussions during the meeting, the SC selected eight projects out of the 15 submitted full proposals. The SC judged these eight projects as the most attractive and promising projects. However, the quality of all 15 submitted full proposals were extremely high. The consortia of the selected eight interdisciplinary research projects will receive funding of in total more than 12 million CHF. The projects will start in the second quarter 2021. 15 Pre-Proposals selected
More than 120 Principal Investigators (PIs) and senior scientists across the ETH Domain teamed up and formed 33 project consortia, which submitted a pre-proposal in the 2020 call for project proposals. The members of the Steering Committee (SC) evaluated each pre-proposal individually based on the defined selection criteria. On 12 October 2020, the SC discussed all 33 pre-proposals and selected the 15 best and most promising proposals. The selected project consortia are now invited to prepare a full proposal. You find more information about the process here. Call For Project Proposals
The SFA Adanced Manufacturing has issued a new Call for Project Proposals for the period 2021 to 2024. You will find more information about the call here. joint initiatives - Event
The ETH Board decided to launch a new call for Joint Initiatives in September 2023 in the Strategic Area of Advanced Materials & Key Technologies (AMKT). More information can be found here. A respective information and networking event is organized on 09 August 2023 at Empa, Dübendorf. Industry workshop Sensors
The SFA-AM wants to foster the exchange between researchers and industry. Join us for our first industry workshop about Sensing Technologies and Analysis of Sensor Data in the second half of 2023. ANNUAL REVIEW MEETING 2022
About 90 participants from academia and industry attended this year's Annual Review Meeting on 08 February 2023, at PSI. After two online meetings, we could meet again in person. There was lively exchange and discussion among the participants during the sessions and the exhibition. More information about the event can be found here. ANNUAL REVIEW MEETING 2021
About 100 participants from academia and industry attended this year's Annual Review Meeting on 17/18 March 2022. Even though the meeting had to be held online due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation, there was a lively exchange and discussion among the participants. More information about the event can be found here. Annual Review Meeting 2020
About 70 participants from academia and industry attended this year's Annual Review Meeting on 29 January 2021. Even though the meeting had to be held online due to the current COVID-19 situation, there was a lively exchange and discussion among the participants. You will find more information about the event here. Workshop IE&CB (2021-2024 Program)
The workshop "Information Exchange and Consortia Building (IE&CB) for the Period 2021-2024 took place as web meeting on 13 July 2020. At this event, interested Principal Investigators of the four participating ETH institutions had the opportunity to present their project ideas and to find partners for their project consortia. You will find more information about the event here. Annual Review Meeting 2019
On January 29th, 2020, the leaders of the eleven research projects funded by the Strategic Focus Area Advanced Manufacturing presented the progress and first results of their projects. Interested representatives from academia and industry were invited to attend the meeting to get insights into the research activities of the SFA-AM and to foster the exchange and collaboration inside the advanced manufacturing community. You will find more information about the event here. Annual Review Meeting 2018
On November 12th, 2018, the leaders of the seven research projects funded by the initial program of the Strategic Focus Area Advanced Manufacturing presented the progress and first results of their projects. You will find more information here. Launch Event 2017
On November 13th, 130 executive from politics, science and industry participated in the official launch event of the SFA Adanced Manufacturing.
The Federal Councillor Johann Schneider-Ammann opened the event. The program included several key note speeches and a panel discussion. More information ... Workshop IE&CB (Expansion Program)
The workshop "Information Exchange and Consortia Building (IE&CD) of the Expansion Program took place on 6 July 2017 at EPFL in Neuchâtel. At this Event, interested Principal Investigators of the four participating ETH institutions had the opportunity to present their project ideas and find partners for their project consortia. More information ... Workshop IE&CB (Initial Program)
SFA Workshop in Dübendorf
On 17 Oct 2016, about 45 professors and scientists from the ETH domain met at Empa in Dübendorf at the workshop Information Exchange and Consortia Building (IE&CB) of the Initial Program of the SFA-AM to present and discuss project ideas and build project consortia. More Information ... |
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Key Figures of the Research Funding Program
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