Being one of UZH's University Research Priority Programs (URPP), the URPP Evolution in Action involves multiple research groups in biology, and it plays an important integrative role for the diverse biological disciplines at UZH. It reaches beyond the Faculty of Science (MNF) by including institutes of the Faculty of Medicine (MeF) and the Faculty of Arts (PhF).

The URPP Evolution aims at achieving its goals through funding activities in the following areas:

• Funding collaborative, interdisciplinary research projects in evolutionary biology to strengthen and integrate existing competence at UZH.
• Supporting next generation scientists such as PhD Students and Postdocs.
• Hiring Assistant Professors to strengthen the research focus of the URPP Evolution.
• Providing funds for additional research projects in evolutionary biology (Pilot Projects) that are solicited in open calls and awarded on a competitive basis.
• Building an integrated ‘Evolutionary Biology Community’ at UZH through joint meetings, workshops, courses, seminars and social events.

URPP Evolution Organizational Chart (PDF, 43 KB)

Annual Reports of the URPP Evolution in Action