UZH Entrepreneur Fellowships

The UZH Entrepreneur Fellowships provide funding, coaching, training and lab facilities to young researchers who intend to start up a company based on UZH research. Projects are supported in three tracks covering innovations in Bio & MedTech and Digital respectively. In 2022 seven new projects were supported.

Preclinical investigation of next-generation drug candidates against lead poisoning askEarth - democratizing access to earth observation Digital Fellowships

Developing a ROS-inducer into a therapeutic molecule BioTech Fellowships

Startups Founded

Since the launch of the UZH Entrepreneur Fellowships in 2017, 35 researchers have been supported and 20 have already successfully completed their fellowships. So far, 13 of them have founded companies based on their projects. Around 25 million Swiss francs in financial resources have been acquired by the fellows during and after their fellowships. In 2022 three new startups were founded.