Matteo Pinna (CLE/ETH Zurich) receives BRIDGE Grant for Safespace Project
Doctoral student Matteo Pinna from the ETH Center for Law & Economics (CLE) has won a BRIDGE grant of 130'000 CHF by the SNSF and Innosuisse for the development of Safespace Research, a project to provide mental health support.
external page BRIDGE is a funding program of the external page Swiss National Science Foundation and external page Innosuisse for researchers who are about to finish their Ph.D. or who have recently completed it. The funding is provided to academics whose research has potential to be transformed into an innovative product or service, but yet need to determine the potential.
external page Matteo Pinna, Ph.D. candidate at the Center for Law & Economics (ETH Zurich), received the funding for external page Safespace Research. The aim of the project is to provide accessible and affordable mental health support for students while fostering healthy communication. The first product of Safespace Research is external page Safespace, a mobile application that features an AI powered diary and a social network for peers support.
With the funding of 130'000 CHF for 12 months, founder Matteo Pinna and his team can invest in the further development of Safespace Research. The project advisors are Prof. external page Elliott Ash (CLE/ETH Zurich), Dr. external page Timon Elmer (University of Zurich), Dr. external page Chiara Focacci (University of Oxford), and external page Jingwei Ni (CLE/ETH Zurich).
