MTEC Foundation
The MTEC Foundation aims to support innovative and relevant research and education projects at the Department of Management, Technology, and Economics at ETH Zurich.
Awarding of grants from the Research Promotion Fund
All professors, researchers, and students at D-MTEC are eligible to submit a grant application to the Foundation. Applications must include academic and financial justifications. In particular, applicants shall provide information on:
- Description and rationale of the proposed project
- State of the art in the relevant field
- Applicant’s own contribution in the relevant field
- Project plan
- Relevance for the macroeconomy and/or business administration
- Specific intended project outcome
- Project budget, broken down by own contributions, third-party funds, and requested funding.
The application must be submitted using the .
For additional requirements, please refer to the Download Regulations on the Awarding of Grants from the Research Promotion Fund. (PDF, 191 KB)
MTEC Foundation Board
The MTEC Foundation Board is the ultimate governing body of MTEC Foundation and comprises the following members:
President
- Dr Martin Folini
Board Members
- Désirée Heutschi Keller
- Prof Dr Georg von Krogh
- Elisabeth Mitter
- Dr Christina Seyler
- Dr Martin Stöckli
- Matthias Zurfluh
Managing Director
Contact
Schifflände 5
Postfach 110
8024
Zurich
Switzerland
Supported Projects
Since 2006, MTEC Foundation has invested 2.5 million Swiss francs in D-MTEC research projects listed below.
Current Projects
Feel It, Name It | Bodily Sensation Mapping – A Scalable VR Application for Accessible Mental Healthcare
A Unified Framework for Real-Time Macroeconomic Reanalysis and Forecasting via Probabilistic Graph Neural Networks
Beyond Classical Limits : Quantum as an Emerging Technology in Operations Management
Frontiers in AI : From Generative to Agentic Recommender Systems
Previous Projects
Navigating Economic Growth and Environmental Limits:
Exploring Alternative Growth Strategies for Swiss Companies
Julia Bachmann | Catharina Bening
At Switzerland's Technological Frontier: A Comprehensive Assessment of Emerging Risks and Opportunities in Science and Industry
The Role of Empathy in Generative Artificial Intelligence: Empathic Voice Assistants in Healthcare
A Cognitive Flexibility Training for Adaptive Decision-Making in Leadership
The Swiss Innovation Explorer: Using web-scraping and text-mining to analyze the Swiss innovation ecosystem in real-time
Assessing clean fuel technology innovation ecosystem in Switzerland
Electric Trucks in Switzerland: Electricity Demand Impacts and Flexibility
Food Waste Reduction in Switzerland – Rationales & Interdependencies
Julia Bachmann | Catharina Bening