Uplift Fundraising Campaign
The Uplift Fundraising Campaign aims at developing and establishing a holistic approach on the entire continuum of rehabilitation by promoting research, education and outreach activities within a multidisciplinary network. The research grants are funded by the ETH Zurich Foundation.
Research Call 1: Changing Behaviours
In October 2020, the Competence Centre for Rehabilitation Engineering and Science (RESC) published its first research call “Changing Behaviours”. Applicants were invited to propose novel approaches in the field of rehabilitation that addressed one of the following thematic areas:
- Acceptance: How to change user behaviour to increase acceptance of novel therapeutic and assistive applications?
- Telerehabilitation: How to change patient behaviour to increase responsiveness and motivation in telerehabilitation?
- Inclusive Environments: How to change human and social behaviour via the design of inclusive environments?
Funding for this research call is supported by the external page ETH Foundation within the framework of external page ETH’s Rehabilitation Initiative.
Winner: User-led Innovation in Rehab Technology
The grant was awarded to the project “User-led innovation in online communities: An exploratory study of the design principles and the diffusion of affordable rehabilitation technology”.
The grant will be used to explore the design principles and the factors affecting the diffusion of affordable rehabilitation technology. The interdisciplinary research group, led by RESC members Professor Georg von Krogh, Chair of Strategic Management and Innovation (SMI) at D-MTEC, in collaboration with Professor Mirko Meboldt, Chair of Product Development and Engineering Design at D-MAVT, and Professor Christoph Stadtfeld, Chair of Social Networks at D-GESS, started the project in July 2021 and will run it for 1.5 years.