To support interdisciplinary research and education and to promote the future generation of Systems Biologists, SystemsX.ch funds PhD positions for students pursuing research projects that integrate at least two disciplines relevant to Systems Biology. The students are mentored jointly by investigators from two different disciplines such as computer science, engineering, nanotechnology, physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology, medicine, etc. SystemsX.ch grants the same amount to each IPhD-Project including salary, consumables and participation at an international conference.
Calls for IPhD proposals will be published every year. The first SystemsX.ch Call for IPhD proposals was published in September 06, 2007. Fifteen IPhDs were chosen and are expected to start in late 2008. In 2009, 12 further projects have been approved.
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