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With Monday's ground-breaking ceremony in Lindau, Cantonal Councillor Markus Kägi, ETH Zurich President Lino Guzzella and University of Zurich Rector Michael Hengartner have commenced the construction work for the Agrovet-Strickhof education and research centre. Research on sustainable agriculture will be conducted at the centre from 2017.

In autumn 2016, the SNSF will introduce changes to project funding: the maximum duration of projects will be raised from three to four years and grants can be used more flexibly. Researchers are encouraged to focus as much as possible on a single research project.

In the Deliscope blog, ETH educational developers regularly inform readers about innovative teaching trends.

The ETH juniors and the ETH Seniors Club have recently established the ‘ETH juniors jFund’ start-up fund.

The new logistics centre in Oerlikon will commence operations on 17 August 2015. By establishing it, ETH Zurich has created a central location in which logistics services can be carried out and is preparing itself for any further logistical needs required in the operation of a university.

ETH Zurich is constructing a new building for medical research – the GLC building – which will be ready by 2020. The artwork that currently stands between ETZ and the future GLC building will be preserved and integrated into the construction project.

Die Congressi Stefano Franscini (CSF), die Kongress-Plattform der ETH Zürich, hat die Ausschreibung für wissenschaftliche Konferenzen 2017 und Winter Schools 2016/2017 eröffnet. Neu können auch Kandidaturen für Workshops eingereicht werden.

More than four fifths of students at ETH Zurich are satisfied or very satisfied with their studies at ETH Zurich. This is the result of the 2015 Student Survey of Satisfaction. The Executive Board acknowledged the survey in July.

On Wednesday, 19 August 2015, Climate-KIC Switzerland invites you to its fourth annual Swiss Venture Competition finals at ETH Zurich.