Research Strategy

Strengthening the "research culture" and opportunities in the clinical setting, for example, through mentoring, support and grants for "protected research time" ("good care comes from good science"), strict adherence to the DORA criteria, and promotion of scientific integrity and data sharing.

Excellent research should be supported, for example, through the early identification of talented young researchers, faculty membership based on excellence in research, and "protected research time".

Enhanced networking of basic, translational, clinical, and patient-oriented research, for example, through the formation of research clusters, promotion of collaborative research projects, and dual affiliations.

Supporting existing as well as motivating new bridging or cross-disciplinary thematic areas enables interdisciplinary and interprofessional collaboration in different research fields, thereby facilitating breakthroughs in research at the intersection of different disciplines.

The close physical and thematic links between the university clinics of the Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University Psychiatric Services (UPD), School of Dental Medicine (ZMK), and pre-clinical institutes within the University of Bern faculties, Interfaculty Research Centers, technical universities of applied sciences, and innovation centers (including ARTORG and sitem-insel) should be strengthened and expanded.