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Date:12/5/2007

which are currently still being funded with monies from previous Systems Biology grants from the fusion partners of SystemsX.ch must also reapply for funding under the new scheme. Ralph Eichler, Chairman of the Board of Directors for SystemX.ch and ETH Zurich president says, The scope and volume of individual projects should be in the range of CHF 1-5 million per year. In addition to this rather large Research Technology and Development (RTD) projects, SystemsX.ch will fund about 40 Interdisciplinary PhD projects (IPhD) and 40 Interdisciplinary Pilot Projects (IPP). The IPPs should help seed interdisciplinary interactions among researchers from various academic backgrounds and institutions by allowing them to collaborate on an exciting and high risk project for a year.

The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) has been mandated to supervise the scientific quality of SystemsX.ch projects. A special SNSF panel has been created for the evaluation, and periodical review of all the applications for RTD and IPhD projects. In addition to its six Swiss National Science Council members, this panel will contain internationally recognized experts from various disciplines crucial to Systems Biology. It is the first time the SNSF has agreed to be responsible for the quality control of a large research initiative, which it is not directly funding. This represents another important novelty being launched under the SystemsX.ch initiative.

All strategic and operational business decisions and transaction, including the administration and distribution of the SNSF-approved grants, will be left to SystemsX.ch. SystemsX.ch is operationally controlled by a Scientific Executive Board which is chaired by ETH Zurich Prof. Ruedi Aebersold. The Board of Directors (BoD) functions as
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Contact: Thomas Mueller thomas.mueller@systemsx.ch 41-796-140-677 SystemsX Source:Eurekalert

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