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08.02.2012Evaluations for third parties and programmes conducted together with partners: Principles set out more precisely

The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) provides evaluation services to th...

08.02.2012Geneva continues to foster genetics and genomics

The University of Geneva has founded a new inter-faculty institute called "...

03.02.2012Agora: Promoting dialogue on scientific research

The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) is promoting dialogue between rese...

31.01.2012NCCRs continue to attract great interest

The SNSF received 63 pre-proposals in response to a call for proposals for the ...

30.01.2012Gabriele Gendotti takes the helm at the SNSF

Change in the Foundation Council of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)

26.01.2012Is drinking water derived from rivers still clean enough?

National Research Programme "Sustainable water management" (NRP 61)

25.01.2012National Research Council: Election of Presiding Board and five new members

In mid-December 2011, the Executive Committee of the Foundation Council unanimo...

16.01.2012More floods – more sediment transport – less fish?

National Research Programme "Sustainable water management" (NRP 61)

16.01.2012Finding research partners via a social network

Researchers interested in the "Bulgarian-Swiss Research Programme 2011-201...

13.01.2012Brain research as weekend entertainment

Researchers of the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) "SYNAP...

13.01.2012Young researchers: Is Switzerland doing enough?

On 11 January 2012, the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) got together w...

12.01.2012NRP 68: Steering Committee President elected

In December 2011, the Swiss National Research Council (SNSF) elected Josef Zeye...

10.01.2012The SNSF's research database P3 is online

The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) activated the research database P3...

09.01.2012Karl Gademann receives the National Latsis Prize 2011

Recognition for work at the crossroads of chemistry and biology

22.12.2011KORANET Joint Call: Announcement and Partnering Event

On 6 and 7 February 2012 a Partnering Event will be organised in Seoul/Korea...

22.12.2011'Einstein': Trout populations under threat

A team of reporters from the TV science programme "Einstein" is accom...

22.12.2011Service level agreement 2012 between the SNSF and the federal authorities

On 19 December 2011, the State Secretariat for Education and Research and the S...

22.12.2011Karstic waters, a water resource for the future?

National Research Programme "Sustainable water management" (NRP 61)

15.12.2011NRP 66 'Resource Wood': 28 projects approved

The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) has approved 28 projects in the Na...

14.12.2011New series of books devoted to democracy research

In mid-December, the publishing house Palgrave Macmillan will publish the first...

09.12.2011The SNSF publishes first report on plagiarism in applications

Between October 2010 and September 2011, the Swiss National Science Foundati...

06.12.2011Research magazine 'Horizonte' on Facebook: 'I like'

The Swiss Research Magazine "Horizonte" now has its own profile on th...

05.12.2011Finding research partners via a social network

Researchers interested in the Romanian Swiss Research Programme 2011-2016 are n...

01.12.2011Horizonte December 2011: Use-inspired basic research?

The latest edition of the Swiss research magazine Horizonte is out. It presents...

30.11.2011Call for proposals: Fellowships for advanced researchers

These Fellowships enable young scientists planning to follow an academic car...

30.11.2011Call for proposals: Fellowships for advanced researchers in experimental and clinical medicine

The Swiss Foundation for Grants in Biology and Medicine (SFGBM) allocates fello...

29.11.2011Call for proposals: Ambizione, Ambizione-PROSPER, Ambizione-SCORE

With Ambizione, Ambizione-PROSPER, Ambizio...

28.11.2011Research Day: the SNSF will visit Geneva on 7 December

 As part of the Research Day, the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) will...

25.11.2011Water and diplomacy

While water alone has not yet been the cause of a major war, water issues can l...

24.11.2011Comprehensive revision of the RIPA: Draft of the Federal Council takes account of the SNSF's needs

On 9 November, the Federal Council approved the Dispatch and the draft of the c...

24.11.2011The SNSF welcomes 150 advanced researchers

On 2 November, the SNSF welcomed advanced researchers from the whole of Switzer...

21.11.2011New innovation projects under ongoing NCCRs

The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) has issued a call for proposals fo...

21.11.2011Project funding: Rising demand slightly curbed

For the first time since 2007, fewer project proposals were submitted to the Sw...

15.11.2011Teenagers discover the fascinating world of social sciences

The November study week of "Schweizer Jugend forscht" (Swiss Youth in...