Projects We Support
Exploring the Frontiers of Knowledge
CHiwi Foundation partners with researchers committed to advancing fundamental science with profound future implications. Explore the projects supported through our grant programs and collaborations.
EPFL Rocket Team
The EPFL Rocket Team is a student-led association dedicated to forming the next generation of aerospace engineers. With the ultimate goal of reaching space, the team designs, builds, and launches complex rockets. The association is currently developing its own bi-liquid engines and regularly participates in the European Rocketry Challenge (EuRoC), pushing the boundaries of student-led technical innovation.
LunarLeaper project
LunarLeaper is an innovative robotic mobility concept designed to explore the Moon’s most challenging terrains, with a particular focus on lava tubes and subsurface cave systems. These environments are of high scientific interest, as they preserve records of lunar volcanism, thermal evolution, and potentially volatile deposits that are inaccessible from the surface.
The mission aims to provide new insights into the Moon’s geological history, internal structure, and resource potential, while also informing the search for stable environments that could support future human exploration.
The mission aims to provide new insights into the Moon’s geological history, internal structure, and resource potential, while also informing the search for stable environments that could support future human exploration.
EPFL Spacecraft Team
The EPFL Spacecraft Team is a student association at EPFL developing the CHESS mission, which aims to deploy two 3U CubeSats to study the composition of the exosphere, the outermost layer of the atmosphere.
The team has already completed two in-orbit demonstrations of its on-board computer in 2023 and 2025. Its next milestone is the launch of its first operational satellite, CHESS Pathfinder 0, planned for 2027. The satellite will carry two payloads, including a multi-GNSS receiver developed by ETH Zurich and a SPAD-based flight camera by NovoViz.
The team brings together more than 80 members, organized into specialized groups covering all aspects of the mission, from satellite subsystems to system engineering and ground operations.
The team has already completed two in-orbit demonstrations of its on-board computer in 2023 and 2025. Its next milestone is the launch of its first operational satellite, CHESS Pathfinder 0, planned for 2027. The satellite will carry two payloads, including a multi-GNSS receiver developed by ETH Zurich and a SPAD-based flight camera by NovoViz.
The team brings together more than 80 members, organized into specialized groups covering all aspects of the mission, from satellite subsystems to system engineering and ground operations.
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dedicated to advancing scientific research.
We are based in Switzerland, next to the beautiful lake of Zug.
