Success and Impact Stories

Our Success Stories provide you with a glimpse into Switzerland's extensive, active, effective and strong participation in the EU Framework Programmes “Horizon 2020” (2013 – 2020) and its successor “Horizon Europe” (2020 – 2027).

In contrast to our Success Stories, where the focus is on the project itself, our Impact Stories are about the person behind the project. We are looking into the question of what impact the participation in Horizon 2020 had on the researcher.

Success Story / Prof. Dr. Julia Steinberger, University of Lausanne’s Institute for Geography and Sustainability (IGD), Faculty of Geosciences and Environment

Prof Julia Steinberger of the University of Lausanne researches ecological economics, studying the link between resource use and societal well-being. Watch her Success Story video to learn about her achievement of receiving a European Research Council Synergy Grant in 2022. (video)

Success Story / Michel Garcia, Senior Sales Manager at Almatech, EPFL Innovationparc

Almatech is active in the space business by developing high-precision mechanisms and lightweight structures. They participated in the proposal for the delivery of a capturing system in orbit satellite missions. (video)

Success Story / Prof. Dr. Ted Turlings (2023)

Scents and sensibility in agriculture. Develop odor sensors to perceive the inducible plant volatiles and to employ the sensors to detect pests in the field. (video)