Checklist: Did you remember everything before the submission?

The submission deadlines are considered: 31/01, 30/04, 31/07, 31/10.

The proposal answers all questions raised (for student projects, all sections are mandatory except section 2; for internal activities, sections 1 and 2 are mandatory, sections 4 and 5 are highly encouraged where applicable)

For student projects: The supporting professor signed the proposal.

The proposal does not exceed 4 DIN A4 pages in total.

The proposal is written in English, exported as PDF and submitted together with this cover page.

Title:

Type of Project:

Budget Request: CHF

Primary contact person (Surname, Name, e-Mail address):

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Supporting Professor (if applicable):

Abstract (max. half a page):

Questions to be answered by the project proposal:

1. Budget Request and Justification:

1.1 What is the requested budget and what is it used for?

2. Scope of Internal Activities:

2.1 How does the project / activity promote sustainability of or within D-MAVT?

3. Scope of Student Projects:

3.1 Which of MAVT’s focus areas does the project address?

(i) Reinventing manufacturing for the digital age and a circular economy,
(ii) Revolutionizing mobility and transportation across scales by pioneering autonomous systems, human-machine interactions and robotics,
(iii) Providing sustainable energy solutions on local and global scales,
(iv) Ensuring healthy lives by merging engineering and life sciences

3.2 What is the project’s goal within the project time?

3.3 What are the major risks for the project outcome and what are risk mitigation strategies?

4. Potential to reduce environmental impacts:

4.1 Which planetary boundary process (environmental category) is addressed by the project? (At least one category needs to be addressed!)

4.2 How does the technology / solution reduce environmental impacts in the addressed category? What is the technology / solution replacing?

4.3 Can the reduction potential be estimated (by order of magnitude)?

4.4 Are rebound effects possible or likely?

4.5 What are potential externalities induced by the technology / solution (e.g., impacts in other environmental categories, exploitation of critical resources, social inequalities)?

5. Technical feasibility and replicability:

5.1 Can the technology / solution be scaled?

5.2 What is the potential market for the technology / solution, if applicable?