Academia Raetica

Academia Raetica is the association and representative of the interests of the research institutions in the Canton of Graubünden, with its headquarters in Davos. It unites more than twenty member institutions. The association provides services for the promotion of scientific research and teaching in the canton of Graubünden within the framework of a performance mandate from the canton.

History and goals

Academia Raetica (ACAR) was founded in 2006 and represents over 20 member organizations from research and university teaching in the Canton of Graubünden. These include research institutes, universities and clinics, some of which have been conducting nationally and internationally recognized research for over 100 years. To provide various services to strengthen the sciences in the Canton of Graubünden, it received a performance mandate from the Canton of Graubünden from 2009 to 2013. In 2014, Academia Raetica founded the Graduate School Graubünden (GSGR) to continue the performance mandate of the canton. GSGR was integrated into Academia Raetica at the end of 2020 in favor of simple structures. The latter continues the former services of the GSGR in full.

Based on a performance mandate with a global contribution from the Canton of Graubünden, ACAR promotes the advanced training, work and development of scientists. It strives to provide researchers with ideal conditions to achieve excellence and find personal fulfillment in their work. ACAR supports its members in networking and collaboration, both among each other and with research institutions outside the canton. It communicates with cantonal offices as well as industry partners and promotes dialogue between disciplines. It also informs the public and politicians about the social and economic importance of research in the canton and supports the government in developing and implementing its higher education, research, and innovation strategies.

Research and science are gradually becoming a mainstay of the national economy in Graubünden, thus strengthening the innovative power and supporting social development of the mountain canton.

Activities

Target group researchers

  • Organization of interdisciplinary courses and seminars
  • Organization and implementation of the biennial congress "Graubünden forscht".
  • Information and communication through newsletter, social media, website and events (e.g. Science Café Graubünden)
  • Arranging opportunities for work visits and internships
  • Arranging access to offers at universities, central infrastructures, and services
  • Welcome services for newly arrived employees of scientific institutions in the canton
  • Monitoring the needs for scientific services

Target group research institutes and universities

  • Organization of platforms for exchange and networking
  • Support of cooperation projects
  • Support in the development of initiatives from among the scientific institutions
  • Clarification of the needs and concerns of the scientific institutions
  • Collection of statistical information about the scientific institutions

Target group cantonal administration and politics

  • Systematic and strategic examination of the environment of research and university teaching in the canton
  • Supporting the canton in the development and implementation of education, research, and innovation strategies
  • Comments on government consultations
  • Mediation of expert knowledge
  • Support for the presentation of funding awards to researchers

Members and partner institutions

Individual members

Individual members of the association are natural persons who are interested in the purpose of the association. They include founding members and other members.

Research institutions
  • AO Foundation, Davos
  • AO Education Institute, Davos
  • AO Research Institute, Davos
  • Christine Kühne – Center for Allergy Research and Education, Davos
  • CSEM Landquart
  • Institut dal Dicziunari Rumantsch Grischun, Chur
  • Institut für Kulturforschung Graubünden, Chur
  • Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium / World Radiation Center, Davos
  • Schweizerisches Forschungsinstitut für Hochgebirgsklima und Medizin, Davos
  • Swiss National Park, Zernez
  • Schweizerisches Institut für Allergie- und Asthmaforschung, Davos
  • Stiftung für Gastroenterologische Chirurgie, Davos
  • WSL-Institut für Schnee- und Lawinenforschung SLF, Davos

Universities, applied universities
  • Fachhochschule Graubünden, Chur
  • Pädagogische Hochschule Graubünden, Chur
  • Theologische Hochschule Chur

Clinics
  • Departement Chirurgie, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur
  • Departement Frauenklinik, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur
  • Departement Innere Medizin, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur
  • Hochgebirgsklinik Davos
  • Klinik für Neurologie und Neurorehabilitation, Kliniken Valens, Pfäfers
  • Klinik für Rheumatologie und muskuloskelettale Rehabilitation, Kliniken Valens, Pfäfers
  • Klinik Waldhaus|Psychiatrische Dienste Graubünden, Chur
  • Spital Davos

Partner institutions
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