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The "Strategische Erfolgspositionen" (SEP), also called Strategic Excellence Projects, is a program for large scale research projects in selected areas of science, aimed at innovation through interdisciplinary cooperation. The program, sponsored by the ETH-Board and named "Innovations- und Kooperationsprojekte" (IKP), also strongly encourages collaboration between researchers of ETH and other Swiss universities.

The key project areas of research and education to be developed by this three-year program are:

• Information Science
• Computational Science and Engineering
• Life Sciences and Medical Engineering
• Financial Science and Entrepreneurial Science

The goal of the program is to have ETH Zürich and its affiliates develop "Strategische Erfolgspositionen" (SEP), i.e. areas where ETH and its partners show a significant competitive advantage.

A brief statement on the goals and incentives for these four SEP can be found in Projects. Each of the SEP is an entity with its own organization (see People), projects and sub-projects.