2026 National Call for Projects

As a National Research Infrastructure, the Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC) supports the academic, public and private sectors in leveraging data science, machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) in various domains in Switzerland.

The SDSC provides expertise and services for the design and implementation of strategic data science projects, including support for the development of research data infrastructures and data science platforms. While it places particular emphasis on projects in health and biomedical, climate and environment, energy and sustainability, digital society, and large-scale research infrastructures, we support initiatives across all domains that enable data-driven science and innovation for societal impact.

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We open our next National Call for collaborative projects starting in 2027. This call enables the SDSC to identify impactful collaborations and allocate in-kind resources in a fair and transparent manner.

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The 2026 Call will offer the possibility to submit:

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Collaborative Research Data Science Projects: In these projects, the SDSC will contribute in-kind expertise in statistical modeling, machine learning and AI to projects from different application domains requiring research-informed methodology.
Collaborative Data Science Infrastructure Projects: Through this type of projects the SDSC will support community-driven, FAIR-aligned initiatives to design, prototype, or develop sustainable and reusable data science infrastructure with potential for lasting impact across scientific domains and institutions.
End-User Innovation Projects: In these projects, the SDSC aims to ensure that novelty developed in an academic or research context achieves its full potential in end-user contexts, serving a community or society at large, e.g. public institutions, industrial and/or economic stakeholders.
Expertise Requests: Through this collaboration format, the SDSC offers independent advice, training and validation by senior SDSC members for organizations seeking guidance without entering a full project partnership.

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